The Summer Book
I had high hopes that Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book (translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal) would melt the …
Monthly Archives: January 2011
The Ideal Library
The ideal library. Is it personal or is there a sort of universal ideal? Alberto Manguel in his essay “Notes …
Knotty
Ok, one more day of poetry, I couldn’t resist. I’m going off the beaten path to a generally lesser-known poet, …
The Shirt
I hope you aren’t getting tired of poems. I have been having fun reading some old favorites and sharing them. …
The Art of Blessings
I am still in a poetry mood so I thought I would share one of my favorite Marge Piercy poems …
Revery Will Do
Today I feel like a little poetry so I thought I’d post one of my favorite Emily Dickinson poems: Poem …
My Weekend, In Bullet Points
Bookman surprised me with a copy of a new poetry book by Adrienne Rich. I surprised him by being completely …
eBooks and Libraries
Reading another essay in Roberto Manguel’s A Reader on Reading, he discusses ebooks in “Saint Augustine’s Computer.” Manguel notes that …
A Friend of the Library
Several years ago the Minneapolis Public Library system merged with the Hennepin County Library system. It was a very sad …
How Does Your Garden Grow?
I came across a great passage in one of Alberto Manugel’s essays in A Reader on Reading. The essay is …
