On a rainy spring morning in Muncie, Indiana, a White, middle-aged, conservative woman met a transgender woman for a date. It did not start well. The transgender woman was waiting at a table when the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kim Elsesser covers issues that impact women in the workplace. This article is more than 5 years old. The Human Library promotes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There will be books, and there will be readers. Certainly stories to follow with lessons to learn, just waiting to be checked out.

Every book has a unique cover, but the real story lies within the pages. Getting more people to let go of initial assumptions is the Human Library’s mission. "Often times when we meet someone, we ...

Volunteers at a “human library” share their stories through conversations— sort of like a live, human memoir. The event’s organizer, Prairie Markussen, stands with Alejandro Joleanis, a volunteer who ...

At a Human Library event at the Santa Monica Public Library in California, a police detective "book" talks to two "readers." Human Library events and projects, which are held at libraries across the ...

WILTON — Spending quality time with a good book that opens up new thinking is always something readers strive for. Being able to have a one-on-one conversation with the author of that book to create a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MONROE COUNTY — People judge each other. People need more human connection. Those beliefs motivated three local women to bring the ...

The phrase "I can read you like a book" became reality at the University Writing Center's Human Library Saturday, Feb. 10 where volunteers and staff were books, available for checkout and open to ...