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Booklist Review of the Day:
Man in the Dark.
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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National Library Legislative Day 2008: Vote 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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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
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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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