It’s the end of April and we’re a quarter through the year already! We hope you’re joining us in our 2015 Read Harder Challenge (flyers at Circulation and Reference), where we are challenging ourselves and you by reading books based on place, author, subject, etc. Why? Because we’re stretching out of our […]
Monthly Archives: April 2015
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Sadly, National Poetry Month is almost over. Hopefully you’ve taken some time to enjoy your favorite poets or find some new ones like Rumi, Billy Collins, e.e. cummings, an anthology of poets, or one of the many other famous and not-so-famous poets we have in the collection. Don’t like poetry? Not […]
The incomparable Maya Angelou is this week’s Poet of the Week (in honor of National Poetry Month). She’s been a staff pick before, and she absolutely deserves to be again. An American author, activist, poet, dancer, actress, and singer, she published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books […]
It’s National Poetry Month! It’s time to enjoy your favorite poets or find some new ones like Rumi, Billy Collins, e.e. cummings, an anthology of poets, or one of the many other famous and not-so-famous poets we have in the collection. Don’t like poetry? Not a problem. Try a novel […]
The Reading Buddies Program returns in summer 2015! Please keep an eye out around May 1, 2015 for updates regarding applications and schedules for this popular program.
For this week’s National Poetry Month Poet-themed staff pick of the week, we are highlighting 3 prominent and very different poets. One is the widely acclaimed Shel Silverstein, the immortal bard William Shakespeare, and the popular children’s poet Jack Prelutsky. Silverstein is well known for his children’s poetry collections A Light […]
It’s National Poetry Month, and who better to be the poet of the week then one of the most popular poets in America. Billy Collins has said about his poetry that it is “suburban, it’s domestic, it’s middle class, and it’s sort of unashamedly that.” Accessible, delightful, and celebrating and mourning the […]
It’s finally starting to feel like spring! We know a lot of you will be doing your spring cleaning soon (or maybe you already have), and might be going through your books as well. If you’re thinking of donating them, please bear in mind our guidelines for donation when […]
It’s National Poetry Month! It’s time to enjoy your favorite poets or find some new ones like Rumi, Billy Collins, e.e. cummings, an anthology of poets, or one of the many other famous and not-so-famous poets we have in the collection. Don’t like poetry? Not a problem. Try a novel […]
Mawlānā Jalāl-ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, most commonly referred to as Rumi, was a 13th century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi Mystic, among other things. His poetry covers a wide range of topics, and are amazingly relatable and full of advice centuries later. These two collections showcase this magnificent poet’s work. […]