What compels a person to keep and collect every scrap of paper they come in contact with? Don’t we all have odd, sentimental collections - things we simply can’t part with, even though they have no practical use? What’s the difference between someone who collects and someone who hoards? Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee…
I Guess I’m into Cookbooks Now
Have you ever had, I don't know, five years of your life that are pretty challenging and you start to see yourself making some unhealthy choices in an effort to cope and you're like, "Maybe I should do something other than drink and compartmentalize?" You and the Bota family (pretty sure that's their name) have…
Invented Worlds: An Interview with Johanna Winters
In April, my kids and I were lucky enough to see a performance of Ric Averill’s The Runaway Orchestra at the Lawrence Arts Center. Among the play’s many charms were giant paper mache heads worn by actors portraying various characters. These puppets were created in a special course taught by the Arts Center’s 2018-2019 printmaker artist-in-residence…
Game of Thrones: I Still Have Questions
*This post is dark and full of spoilers.* Winter came and went with the series finale of Game of Thrones. I tuned in, along with over 19 million others, and felt a pretty full range of emotions. Among them pride that what started as a cult classic high fantasy series I first read in 2006…
Star Wars Lock-In for Teens
It's time for our annual after-hours lock-in at the library just for teens! Join us for a Jedi versus Sith melee, crafts, games, and movies. We've got space for 30 lucky teens. Grab an application in the Teen Zone or print out the Star Wars lock-in permission form here. Return your answers by July 1 and…
21 Authors Who Write Fanfiction
You might be surprised by the number of bestselling authors who also read (or even write) fanfiction! In no particular order, here's the most comprehensive list that I could make of authors who have also dabbled in fanfiction writing: 1. Cassandra Clare Before she got her start in professional publishing, Clare was a wildly popular fanfiction…
The Four Doorways
Recently, intrepid Book Squaders Polli and Kate sprinkled some of their reader’s advisory (that’s librarian-speak for recommending stuff you might like to read) mojo on others of us here at LPL by teaching us about uber-librarian Nancy Pearl’s Four Doorways: story, character, setting, and language. Basically, part of identifying what you might love next is…
Paying Attention
Attention is the beginning of devotion. ~ Mary Oliver I’ve written before about the importance of unplugging (and the difficulties of doing so) but friends, I’ve been taken by a deeper desire. In this case, the desire looks like moving to Ireland, living in a village where I raise my own food and barter with…
041: How to Podcast Nothing
This is an episode about Doing Nothing. Well, it's about Doing Something to Do Nothing. It's also about lemons and cows. What? Yeah. Just listen. Two Book Minimum: The Farmer's Son (or The Cow Book if you're in Ireland) by John Connell The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead The Book of Flora by Meg Elison…
Celebrating #MerMay with Stories!
I work as an artist in addition to being a youth assist at LPL, so naturally I follow multiple painters and illustrators on Instagram. I've noticed in the last couple years that #MerMay has become a thing in the online artistic community. According to mermay.com, the month of May is a "celebration of creativity, community and above all… MERMAIDS." The idea…
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