Memory Cannot Be Confined
Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia is a novel about memory–remembering, forgetting, trying to forget and attempting to find peace …
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Frida, Ecojustice, and a Quiz
Short and sweet tonight. First, if you are in the Philadelphia area, the Frida Kahlo exhibit that was in Minneapolis …
Monday Reading Notes
Had a lovely weekend and I hope all of you did too. I took the evening off on Friday, I …
Three Decades Make a Difference
What a difference 30 years (actually 29) makes in Emerson’s opinion of war. Back in 1938 when he gave an …
New Books, Book Coveting, and Other Things
I came home from work today to find a couple of books in the mailbox. One, June Jordan’s Affirmative Acts, …
Woolf’s “A Society”
Virginia Woolf has an odd short story called “A Society.” The plot is about a group of girls who form …
Update on Library School
Class is going along swimmingly this quarter. I am learning how to do database searches. We are learning how to …
Best Fundraiser Ever
My Bookman and I are not ones for attending fundraisers. If I am going to donate money to a cause …
Emerson on Lincoln
Emerson delivered his address, Abraham Lincoln, at the funeral services held in Concord on April 19, 1865. Lincoln was assassinated …
Library Factoid: Andrew Carnegie
Between 1883 and 1929, Andrew Carnegie used his wealth to build 2,509 libraries around the world. 1,679 of those libraries …
