WSU Libraries and the Center for Civic Engagement will sponsor a book drive Oct. 5-16 to benefit inmates of Washington State Penitentiary.
The drive is part of a related exhibit (https://news.wsu.edu/2015/09/21/exhibit-book-drive-highlight-prison-literacy-programs/#.Vglsy02FOfD ) in Terrell Library on programs that provide free books to prisoners and this year’s common reading book “Just Mercy,” by Bryan Stevenson.
Gently used novels, chess books, dictionaries and GED test preparation books are frequently requested by inmates. Also popular are thesauruses, African American history and fiction, Native American studies, legal materials, vocational-technical manuals, politics, anthropology, art and drawing books (including blank notebooks) and books on paranormal phenomena.
Donors are asked to NOT include spiral-bound or hardback books, romance novels or books published before 1984 (binding glue used before that year becomes brittle, causing books to fall apart).
Collection bins will be located in Holland/Terrell Library, Owen Science and Engineering Library and the Student Recreation Center.
For more information about the book drive, please contact Holly Luetkenhaus at 509-335-4667 or holly.luetkenhaus@wsu.edu.
