LW Library Leads

In Library Leads, library staff highlight new additions to the library collection.

“Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng,” by Kylie Lee Baker Genre: Horror, Mystery, Fiction

Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner, washing away the remains of brutal murders and suicides in Chinatown. The bloody messes don’t bother her, not when she’s already witnessed the most horrific thing possible: her sister being pushed in front of a train.

“Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival,” by Stephen Greenblatt Genre: Nonfiction, Historical Biography

The story of how Christopher Marlowe, Shakespeare’s greatest rival, leveraged his classical education to ignite an explosion of English literature, nourished the literary talent of Shakespeare and challenged societal norms with his transgressive genius.

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