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The library is working toward purchasing ebook versions of print-only titles listed within this guide to ensure immediate, non-location specific, and simultaneous access for current members of the W&L community.
If you are a public patron and cannot access the physical library during 2021, take advantage of our carry-out service. Send desired titles and call numbers to library@wlu.edu. Requested books will be available for pickup within 24-48 hours (weekdays).
The Bluest Eye by 
Citizen: An American Lyric by 
The Hate U Give by 
Kindred by 
Sing, Unburied, Sing by 
Their Eyes Were Watching God by 
Americanah by The library is working toward purchasing ebook versions of print-only titles listed within this guide to ensure immediate, non-location specific, and simultaneous access for current members of the W&L community.
If you would like to check out a print-only book from this guide and are a W&L student studying remotely, email library@wlu.edu. The library will ship a limited amount of books to remote students during Fall 2020.
If you are a public patron and cannot access the physical library during Fall 2020, take advantage of our carry-out service. Send desired titles and call numbers to library@wlu.edu. Requested books will be available for pickup within 24-48 hours (weekdays).
A Sense of Regard: Essays on Poetry and Race by 
Black Wings and Blind Angels: Poems by 
Brutal Imagination: Poems by 
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by 
Letters to America: Contemporary American Poetry on Race by 
Life on Mars by 
Reading Race: White American Poets and the Racial Discourse in the Twentieth Century by 
Reading Race in American Poetry: "An Area of Act" by 
Running the Dusk by 
