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There’s a certain sublime beauty one sometimes encounters in the course of reading or doing research.   Scholars know the feeling of immersion into a pool of sources so deep that one cannot dive deep enough to find all of that is in the pool, yet the diving itself takes on a certain special joy. This happened to me this week, as a circle completed itself.   I was taking the opportunity to read Kwame Alexander’s novel in verse, The Crossover , which won the Newbery Award for the best in children’s literature this past year.   Mr. Alexander is visiting UNCG and Bookmarks in September, a visit I am pleased to recommend and coordinate.   Our Libraries’ annual children’s book author and storyteller series is near and dear to my heart, and I always enjoy putting it together.    When I finished The Crossover , which is a superb book for readers of any age to dive into, I read a blurb at the end from Ashley Bryan, two-time winner of the Coretta Scott K...

Clint Jackson IV and Terri Jackson The Jackson family’s legacy at UNCG extends for yet another generation, supporting the Special Collections and University Archives in Jackson Library, named for the first generation of Jacksons associated with the University.  The family’s connection to UNCG goes back more than a century, to 1909. Walter Clinton Jackson, IV (Clint) and Terri Jackson have committed to establish the Walter Clinton Jackson Family Acquisition and Preservation Endowment with a testamentary gift.  Clint and Terri’s intention in making this gift is to honor the generations of Jackson family involvement with UNCG and to support the work of the University Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives. Walter Clinton Jackson (June 28, 1879 – August 12, 1959) served as the Chancellor of the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina (currently the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) from 1934-1950.  His father was a farmer who h...