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Saturday, May 9, 2020Herman Melville (1819- 1891) had at least 1,300 thoughts about the white sperm whale that earns the title position of his most famous novel, Moby-Dick (1851). Let’s pare things down and deal with, say, three approaches to think about right now.
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Sunday, May 3, 2020More wonderful things about our 2019-2020 NYC Book Award winning authors.
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Friday, May 1, 2020
Alongside Tolkien and my uncle’s fantastical tales, I grew up with all kinds of folkloric genres. Bedtime consisted of all kinds of stories and tales, even songs - I remember fondly singing loudly the Jamaican folksong ‘Brown Girl in the Ring’ - lyrics I still know by heart.
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Thursday, April 30, 2020Stave off boredom and restlessness by picking up some knitting needles and a new hobby.
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Monday, April 20, 2020Charming, satirical, touching, inspiring: friends share the poem they have in their pocket today.
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Monday, April 20, 2020Welcome to the witty, wacky world of Shakespeare cartoonist Good Tickle Brain.
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Friday, April 17, 2020It's National Library Week! We're celebrating virtually with a beautiful ode to libraries from member writer Ellen Feldman.
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Thursday, April 9, 2020Beverly Cleary is a beloved children’s author who turns 104 years old on Sunday, April 12!
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Ah, spring, when a Bible buff’s fancy turns to thoughts of...Jesus novels. 'Tis the season for a slightly tongue-in-cheek dive into the Library’s broad holdings of fiction writers who’ve taken on that “Greatest Story Ever Told.” Results range from the not-too-far-from-sublime to the frankly-fairly-ridiculous.
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Monday, March 30, 2020For National Poetry Month: How poems can help now.
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