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Man in the Dark.


Auster, Paul (author).
Aug. 2008. 192p. Holt, hardcover, $23 (9780805088397).
REVIEW. First published May 15, 2008 (Booklist). To be “in the dark” is to be ignorant and vulnerable. To lay awake and brooding in the dark is to suffer the miseries of insomnia. Both variations on the theme are at play in Auster’s latest astute and mesmerizing metaphysical fiction. Widower August Brill, a retired book critic crippled by a car accident, is living in a “house of grieving” with his divorced daughter and his college-age granddaughter, who is heartbroken over the death of her boyfriend. Unable ...

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Counting on Grace
Elizabeth Winthrop
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Inspired by a Lewis Hine photo of a child at work in a Vermont cotton mill in the early twentieth century, Winthrop imagines the story of Grace, 12, torn from her one-room schoolhouse and forced to work long hours in the textile mill as a "doffer," turning cotton into thread, alongside her mother, i...
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National Library Legislative Day 2008: Vote for Libraries!

Vore for Libraries



On May 14, the Halls of Congress will be stormed by hundreds of librarians and library supporters during National Library Legislative Day, and you can help! All you have to do is organize library supporters in your state to phone, fax and email their Members of Congress on May 14 about the ugent needs of libraries. Read more...


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Get Through Tough Times @ your library

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All this talk of recession and economic downturn is a bit scary isn't it? As a librarian, I look at what is occurring and begin to wonder how it will affect our budgets in coming years. But I couldn't help but think of all the ways libraries can help their communities and actually increase patronage during tough times through the "free" services we offer. Read more...

A Library Mission to Kyrgyzstan

The children’s corner of a local Kyrgyzstani library.

Something weird and wonderful happened to me in October 2007. The U.S. State Department sent me to the Kyrgyz Republic in central Asia on a public library good will mission. This odyssey began in August 2007 when I found a message on my desk from the U.S. State Department offering me a speaking engagement in a central Asian republic. Read more...


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Students collaborate and study at the Eugenio María de Hostos Community College LibraryThe Eugenio María de Hostos Community College Library is a visible and critical partner in the college's teaching and learning mission. The Hostos Library demonstrates excellence in a wide range of areas, including creativity and innovation in meeting the needs of its academic community; leadership in creating and implementing exemplary programs; and developing substantial and productive relationships with classroom faculty and students. Read more.