May 2013
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Holler If Ya Read Me: African-American... →
But Ms. Clark actually went one step better. Or worse. She switched places with her husband. She was released from prison in 2007 after serving nine and a half years for mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. She’d been the ringleader of an illegal scheme that solicited thousands of dollars from consumers to put into a pot and then paid out to different “winners” at different times. She...
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“Once upon a time there was a king who was in possession of the Romany alphabet....”
– The Polish Boxer - Eduardo Halfon. Check it out @ Brentwood Library right now!
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“Heller wrote Catch-22 in the evenings after work, sitting at the kitchen table...”
– Mason Currey, “Daily Rituals of Famous Authors” (via ashleyriordan)
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5 Reasons Libraries Will Fail – Published in 1864 →
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“I believed in a good home, in sane and sound living, in good food, good times,...”
– On the Road, Jack Kerouac (via ralphjames)
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Libraries Changed My Life →
thelifeguardlibrarian:
Real life accounts from library patrons whose lives have been changed for the better by libraries.
Everyone, share the impact libraries and librarians have had on your lives—ALL submissions are welcome and encouraged. Take a moment and tell your story!
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“Social media is not going away. As new platforms emerge, libraries will need to...”
– Social Media: Libraries Are Posting, but Is Anyone Listening?
This is about Facebook but its still very good.
(via libraryjournal)
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“If you’re trying to raise a reader, you need your library. It’s too expensive...”
– Parents, Children, Libraries, and Reading: Select quotes from parents and library staff (via pewinternet)
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April 2013
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“When I received news of this award, my first thoughts were of my mother and...”
– Don Delillo, on being awarded the Fiction Prize from the Library of Congress. This is the first Fiction Prize Awarded by the Library of Congress.
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Forest Park Reads: Poem of the Day →
forestparklibrary:
Song in a Minor Key by Dorothy Parker
There’s a place I know where the birds swing low,
And wayward vines go roaming,
Where the lilacs nod, and a marble god
Is pale, in scented gloaming.
And at sunset there comes a lady fair
Whose eyes are deep with yearning.
By an old, old gate…
Pick up the Portable Dorothy Parker @ Brentwood Library. Click here to view the link.
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“Though biographical details may be sketchy, his literary legacy is certain. He...”
– Shakespeare might’ve been born today. Maybe. We don’t really know for sure. We don’t really know much of anything about him, or many other things, really. But happy day or something, Shakespeare. Maybe. Thanks for the words and wonderful ideas, if you thought them up. Either way. (via...
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Ray Bradbury's Biographer Is Taking Your Questions... →
queenslibrary:
What have YOU always wanted to know about the author?
ask!
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$30 Project: have you ever really read... a woman?... →
thirtydollarproject:
Over the weekend, I was thinking about Deborah Copaken Kogan’s piece and this interview with Meg Wolitzer and FlavorWire’s list of books by women that men should read. (I’m not totally on board this list. I really think that you’ll be able to get a grasp on femininity without reading The…
30$ project asks the men of Tumblr (and their over-the-shoulder followers) if...
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Serving Deaf/Hard of Hearing Teen Patrons →
morerobots:
(h/t Anna/ehbeesea)
This is a list of tips on how to serve your teen patrons who are deaf & hard of hearing, and it’s pretty great! Teens are such a specialized population group to work with anyway, since they deal in all manner of emotions (or non-emotions) and can even be intimidating. Deaf/hoh teens may still be struggling with advocacy skills (I know I sure did), and need...
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This Ain't No Disco: The List List #52 →
bookriot:
at The Hugo Awards, 2013 Nominees
at Huffington Post Books, 17 Body Facts from Mary Roach’s GULP
at LitStack, Staff Pick Favorite Shakespeare Characters
at LitReactor, 6 Types of Poems to Banish Writer’s Block
at Flavorwire, References to David Foster Wallace on Last…
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“Libraries want to buy your work at a reasonable price so that we may continue to...”
– ALA President Maureen Sullivan’s response to Scott Turow in The New York Times.
Booya. That is all.
(via cloudunbound)
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The Books Behind the 'Mad Men' Premiere
bookish:
“Mad Men” is back—season 6 began Sunday night with a two-hour premiere called “The Doorway.” This most literate of TV shows has always employed a mixture of fiction and real-world references to create a gloss on American society, so we at Bookish watched closely last night for literary and book-related hints. We didn’t have to wait long.
Read more of our episode recap with a literary...
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“Claire said, “Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of...”
– A science-Fiction Essay written by Mr. Roger Ebert, in today’s New Yorker Blog. RIP (Links to the works of Roger Ebert are here @ your library)
Read more (New Yorker):
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“For me the trick has been to structure my life so that most of my time is spent...”
– George Saunders on writing, adding to our ongoing archive of notable wisdom on the written word. (via explore-blog)
George Saunders just won the 2013 PEN/Malamud Award for Short Fiction for Tenth of December. Pick it up at the library! Congratulations, Mr. Saunders.
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March 2013
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“My weapon is literature.”
– Chinua Achebe, who died today at the age of 82. (via bookriot) 