While every day is a good day to celebrate Black American leaders, we are now in the peak of Black History Month. Here I honor creative leaders in Black culture especially in literature, as well as film legend Kevin Willmott, and a visiting Black land advocate and author with a new book. Please read on…
I Need to Elpy So Bad I Might Have an Accident
Librarian Dan Coleman returns to bestow Elpy Awards upon those hidden gems of children's literature that deserve extra praise and recognition!
My New Year’s Resolution to “Read Nothing”
Adam shares their complicated thoughts on New Year’s resolutions and “reading nothing.”
On MLK Day and Community (ft. Sean, Nicole, and Cairo)
Info Services Librarian Terese Winters talks with the Hunt family about empathy, resilience, and community this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
LPL’s Best Books of 2024
Whether they were published in 2024 or simply discovered by our librarians in 2024, here are the BEST things we read all year! Lady Macbeth "This haunting retelling of one of literature’s most famous tragedies puts one of Shakespeare’s most vilified characters at center stage. Sent across the continent to wed the general Macbeth after…
Sometimes, I Am Wrong About Books
Readers' Services Assistant Adam Lopez admits that *maybe* some of the novels they've been avoiding *might* be worth a read after all.
Taylor Is in the Building
Dan knabs the Eras Tour Book for the Swifties in his family on Black Friday.
A Harvest of Books for Your Heart and Mind
This is an invitation to discover several new great reads. I'm reflecting on my favorites published in 2024. I enjoy championing eclectic works by acclaimed as well as new authors in stories about social justice and the natural world. Whether these stories pique your own interests or seem fitting gifts, I hope you find interesting…
Let’s Get Sconed!
"Once you start on scones, where do you stop?" - English cooking pro Elizabeth David Here is everything you missed from our recent RetroActive program, Let's Get Sconed! There are so many variations on the beloved scone. Singing hinnies, fat rascals, rock cakes....dropped, shaped, or rolled....sweet or savory....a "cream tea"....toppings....spreads....! The choices are seemingly endless…
Lots of Wild Surprises
This year I moved into town from the rural side. First time a city dweller in almost four decades(!). It's, well, different, but there are surprises. At the open house I was serenaded by a vireo and an atypically mellifluous catbird. The first morning as a resident I watched a coyote saunter down the street…
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