Where You Can Find Half the Sky
UConn Libraries
The UConn Libraries offers copies for check-out at each of its campuses across Connecticut to University students, faculty, and staff as well as community borrowers with a UConn library card. A University of Connecticut photo Husky One Card or a library-issued Borrower's card is required to borrow materials.
Not a UConn Libraries patron? Find out how to obtain a UConn library card or request a copy through your local public library via Interlibrary Loan.
UConn Co-op
Visit the UConn Co-op bookstore to purchase a copy of the book, available at a discount.
Undergraduate students who stop by the SUBOG office, SU room 204, can pick up a coupon for $5.00 off the purchase of Half the Sky at the UConn Co-op bookstore while supplies last.
SUBOG coupon for Half the Sky
Your UConn Reads Reading Guide
Engage one another in our University-wide conversation! All members of the University community are invited to organize book clubs, brownbag lunches, and discussion groups centered on Half the Sky. Discussion groups can now follow our Half the Sky discussion guide, developed by members of the UConn Reads Steering Committee.
We encourage students, faculty, alumni, and others across the UConn community to consider coordinating and leading any number of other events focused on raising awareness about global violence against women, from fundraisers that might benefit one of the charities identified in the book to panel discussions or other educational events that would involve the community.
Other Resources
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Half the Sky – Information and resources about the book.
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Attention, UConn Students: Enter the "2012 Win-a-Trip With Nick" Contest – Win a reporting trip to the developing world with New York Times columnist and Half the Sky author Nicholas Kristof. Contest entries – in the form of an essay, or video, or both – are due by Jan. 22, 2012.
- Download informational posters about how to get the book and discussion groups for Half the Sky.
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Additional Reading recommendations from the Half the Sky website – Includes book reviews and interviews.
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Sample Discussion Guide – A reading and discussion guide for Half the Sky, from BookBrowse.com.
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Dateline NBC Video Interview – Ann Curry interviews the authors of Half the Sky and explores the stories of several women.
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National Public Radio Interview – In this 2011 radio interview, Michel Martin speaks with Sheryl WuDunn, one of the co-authors of Half the Sky.
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Oprah.com Interview Transcript – Ashley Judd, actress and humanitarian activist, interviews Nicholas Kristof, a New York Times columnist and one of the co-authors of Half the Sky.
- Special Issue: Saving the World's Women, NYTimes Magazine, August 23, 2009
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Nicholas Kristof's Twitter feed
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Nicholas Kristof's Facebook page
- Nicholas Kristof spoke at Quinnipiac College, urging studens to chance the world in his lecture, "A Call to Action: Encouraging Young People to Join the 'World's Fight & Take on a Cause Larger than Themselves". Read more from Quinnipiac Chronicle.
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Interview with filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy about her short documentary, Saving Face, an Oscar-winning documentary on Pakistani acid attacks on women
- A facilitation guide to help structure discussions, developed by the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities (VCIC) and the University of Richmond.
- Read about Barry Rosenberg's "'Half the Sky: Visualized' at UConn Contemporary Gallery" courtsey of the Hartford Courant.
Resources for Support
Half the Sky highlights often graphic and painful stories of the abuse and torture women and girls face around the world. This material can be difficult, and may trigger difficult feelings. Below, please find the links to sources of support on campus for those who have experienced violence, or for those who love and support someone who has experienced violence.
