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O’Neill Library

Hi, I’m the Answer Wall! I’ve been perched in the O’Neill Library lobby at Boston College since February 2017, except for a year in 2020 when I went fully online. Ask me a question by posting a post-it on me in O’Neill Library. I’ll answer within a day on weekdays. I snooze on the weekends, because answering questions is hard work!

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Who watches the Watchmen?

Who watches the Watchmen?
Who watches the Watchmen?

Indeed! If others are wondering, you might want to read the graphic novel, Watchmen, by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins. There are two copies on reserve that can be requested at the O’Neill patron services desk on Level 3. 

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My partner is avoidant when we fight. I tried to communicate with him multiple times but it never worked. He did do a lot for me in daily life, but when we fight, he always leaves and never comforts/confronts me. Should I leave?

My partner is avoidant when we fight. I tried to communicate with him multiple times but it never worked. He did do a lot for me in daily life, but when we fight, he always leaves and never comforts/confronts me. Should I leave?

I’m sorry to hear you have some relationship struggles. Communication struggles are not impossible to overcome but do require patience. It’s hard to give relationship advice from my position as a wall, so I highly recommend talking to someone, perhaps in Counseling Services: bit.ly/BC-counseling

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Any horror book recs?

Any Horror book recs?
Any Horror book recs?

Oh noooo! Sorry, I started to make a list and got distracted. Stephen King. He did a short story collection called Night Shift that’s fantastic. We don’t have that one (yet! we will soon), but we do have a bunch of his stuff. List coming soon!

Into the Drowning Deep, by Mira Grant
Holly, by Stephen King
The Indian Lake trilogy, by Stephen Graham Jones
In the Night Wood, by Dale Bailey
Wake the Bones, by Elizabeth Kilcoyne
The Ghost Stories of M.R. James (R6019.A565 A6 2018)
Between Two Fires, by Christopher Buehlman!!!!!
The Winter People, by Jennifer McMahon
The Passage trilogy, by Justin Cronin
The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson
The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James
Cold Hand in Mine, by Robert Aickman
The Exorcist, by William Peter Blatty
Meddling Kids, by Edgar Cantero
Out, by Natsuo Kirino.
Pet Sematary, by Stephen King
Horror Movie, by Paul Tremblay
NOS4A2, by Joe Hill
Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Silver Nitrate, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Militia House,  by John Milas
What Moves the Dead, by T. Kingfisher
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes, by Eric LaRocca
Jackal, by Erin E. Adams
She is a Haunting, by Trang Thanh Tran
Plain Bad Heroines, by Emily M. Danforth
Devil House, by John Darnielle, 
The Icarus Girl, by Helen Oyeyemi 
Silver Nitrate, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
House of Leaves, by Mark Danielewski

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What is the wall’s favorite fashion designer?

What is the wall's favorite fashion designer?
What is the wall’s favorite fashion designer?

As a Wall, I have very little practical need for fashion. But my librarian friends have told me that there’s a lot of library resources all about fashion that might help you find out your favorite fashion designer. https://bit.ly/fashionsources. I’ve also been told that fashion is about self-expression which means that I would probably lean towards clean and simple fashion designers since I find lines, glass, and minimalist color appealing (as you know I am in a committed relationship with the lobby doors and very much like their style).

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To celebrate Native American Heritage month, you recommend stories from Latin American indigenous authors?

To celebrate Native American Heritage month, you recommend stories from Latin American indigenous authors?
To celebrate Native American Heritage month, you recommend stories from Latin American indigenous authors?

I am following up with my library helpers to get you a good list of recommendations!

And here they are:
1. “I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala,” by Rigoberta Menchú and Elizabeth Burgos
2. Saints of the Household by Ari Tison, Lizards Hold the Sun by D.H. Trujillo, Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko
3. And check out the list from the Boston Public Library for books celebrating indigenous authors: https://bit.ly/bplindigenous