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Dr. Richard D. Deverell
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PhD in modern U.S. cultural & comic book history (UB, 2021). Info. & Library Science M.S. (UB, 2024). Former LOC Swann Fellow (2019-2020). M.A. in U.S. history (Brockport, 2013). Rochesterian. Nerd.

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Just finished reading Angie Klink’s “Divided Paths, Common Ground: The Story of Mary Matthews and Lella Gaddis, Pioneering Purdue Women Who Introduced Science into the Home” – a well-researched volume on the changes women experienced in the early 20th-century US!
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November 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Finished the audiobook of Annie Jacobsen’s “Nuclear War: A Scenario” this afternoon – a harrowing account of how the world could end.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Just finished reading Joe Sacco’s “The Once and Future Riot” – a great work of journalism using the graphic novel format!
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November 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Finished the audiobook of M.G. Sheftall’s “Nagasaki: The Last Witnesses” earlier today – a phenomenally researched and recounted volume for anyone studying the end of World War II or the Cold War period!
www.librarything.com/work/3328112...
November 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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With the guidance of Adrienne Boutang, associate professor of film studies at University of Franche-Comtéa, I published this article based on my dissertation's third chapter in the journal Mise au Point!

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#ComicBookHistory #ComicsCodeAuthority #MiseAuPoint
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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I attended the ILF conference earlier this week and was fortunate to learn from my fellow librarians’ experiences & insights, visit the Indiana State Library, and meet Adriana Harmeyer, Purdue University Archives & Special Collections librarian and Jeopardy champion!
#ILFAC2025
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Just finished reading Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ “The Knives” – a fun contemporary noir story!
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November 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Finished the audiobook of M.G. Sheftall’s “Hiroshima: The Last Witness” a couple days ago – a brilliantly-researched narrative that preserves the hibakusha’s testimony for those who grew up after the Cold War officially ended.
www.librarything.com/work/3272583...
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Finished the audiobook of Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin’s “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of Robert J. Oppenheimer” earlier today – an excellent work of research and narrative history.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Just a couple of nerds getting ready for Halloween! 🎃

#StarTrek #Halloween
October 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Finished reading Gregory Maguire and Scott Hampton’s “Wicked: The Graphic Novel, Part I” last night – a nice companion volume to the original novel!
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October 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Finished reading Homer H. “Sonny” Hickam, Jr.’s “Rocket Boys” last night – a great memoir that both inspires and connects to the reader on a deeply personal level!
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October 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Finished the audiobook of Fred Haise and Bill Moore’s “Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut’s Journey” earlier today – a good, if occasionally dry, memoir of the space age from Sputnik to Shuttle.
www.librarything.com/work/2763612...
October 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Finished the audiobook of Gregory Maguire’s “Elphie: A Wicked Childhood” earlier today – a nice treat for fans of “The Wicked Years,” but an odd choice for a late interquel in this series.
www.librarything.com/work/3263193...
October 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Finished the audiobook of Gregory Maguire’s “The Witch of Maracoor” earlier today – a fitting conclusion to this “Wicked” spin-off!
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October 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Finished the audiobook of Gregory Maguire’s “The Oracle of Maracoor” earlier today – a great continuation in this sequel series to “The Wicked Years”!
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October 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Finished reading Mike Grell’s “Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters” last night – a classic comic that brought the adventuring archer down to the street level.
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October 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Just finished the audiobook of Gregory Maguire’s “The Brides of Maracoor” today – a fun continuation of his “Wicked” series, though slightly disorienting for newcomers.
www.librarything.com/work/2643223...
October 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Finished the audiobook of Kathryn Sullivan’s “Handprints on Hubble: An Astronaut’s Story of Invention” last night – a great read for those interested in Hubble and the space program in general!
www.librarything.com/work/2358069...
September 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Finished the audiobook of Loren Grush’s “The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts” earlier today – a great read for those interested in the history of human spaceflight!
www.librarything.com/work/2985018...
September 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Finished the audiobook of Bill Zehme and Mike Thomas’ “Carson the Magnificent” today – a great text surveying the legacy of an American icon!
www.librarything.com/work/3287724...
September 17, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Finished the audiobook of David Grann’s “The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder” earlier today – a brilliant work of scholarship that recalled what I loved most about Patrick O’Brian’s writing!
www.librarything.com/work/2875687...
September 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Finished reading David Duchovny’s “About Time: Poems” last night – a nice collection of the author/actor’s poetry!
www.librarything.com/work/3411608...
September 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Just finished the audiobook of Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child’s “Beyond the Ice Limit” – a fun sequel to “The Ice Limit” that also works well as a Gideon Crew story!
www.librarything.com/work/1705059...
September 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Finished reading Xiran Jay Zhou’s “Heavenly Tyrant” last night – a great novel for sci-fi fans and the rare sequel that surpasses its original!
www.librarything.com/work/2752153...
September 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM