Beinecke Top Tens

Beinecke Top Tens gather (approximately) ten related items to give an at-a-glance look at some of the Library’s interesting, important, strange, compelling, beautiful holdings.

Female American Poets: Archival Connections
March 7, 2019
Our next female American poet is Margaret Walker, an educator, writer, and scholar.
Female American Poets: Archival Connections
February 27, 2019
An exploration of twentieth-century female American poets, tied to one another through the movements of the archive.
Female American Poets: Archival Connections
February 27, 2019
The third in our series, Female American Poets: Archival Connections, this post focuses on the life and language of Elizabeth Bishop.
Beinecke Top Ten: Jen Bervin
January 1, 2019
Unique and editioned works by artist, poet, and scholar Jen Bervin.
Ordinary Objects, Unusual Books
February 9, 2018
A Beinecke Top Ten List of unique and limited edition books made using everyday objects in unusual ways.
African American Women Writers: A Top Ten List
November 11, 2017
Ten fascinating books, photos, collections, archives, documents and topics…related to wriiting African American Women Writers
Great Books by Immigrant Authors: A Beinecke Top Ten List
February 3, 2017

Beinecke Top Ten: Immigrant Authors Things Fall Apart (1958) , No Longer at Ease (1961), and Arrow of God (1969) first editions by Chinua Achebe Born in...
Advocacy, Protest, Resistance: A Beinecke Top Ten List
December 7, 2016
Ten fascinating books, photos, collections, archives, documents and topics…related to advocacy, protest, and resistance.
Beinecke Top Tens: Great American Novels in Context
November 17, 2016
Great American Novels in Context
Beinecke or Bust
July 17, 2014

Sculptural portraits in the Beinecke collections (an incomplete list): Anna Glenny Dunbar (1888-1990) Francis Hyde Bangs (1892-1964) Bronze YCAL MSS 47 Justin...