All locations are closed on the Fourth of July. The Main Library now has Internet access and is fully operational.
April 11, 2011
To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, Lady, were no crime We would sit down and think which way To walk and pass our long love’s day. Thou by the Indian Ganges’ side Shouldst rubies find: I by the tide Of Humber would complain. I would […]
April 10, 2011
Under the Chicago Cultural Center a new poetry space has been installed and is ready for visitors. Formerly housed in the School of the Art Institute, the new location will serve as “gallery, reading room, retail space and gathering spot for the poetic type.” The address is 78 E. Washington St. and the hours are […]
April 10, 2011
It’s not often that writers tackle the periodic table. Hugh Aldersey-Williams‘s passion for the elements led him to assemble a book of vignettes on the subject. His goal has been to obtain samples of the complete periodic table. “Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, From Arsenic to Zinc” sounds intriguing as the author […]
April 10, 2011
in Just- by e.e. cummings in Just- spring when the world is mud- luscious the little lame baloonman whistles far and wee and eddyandbill come running from marbles and piracies and it’s spring
April 9, 2011
Rebecca Miller, features editor of Library Journal magazine, shares her 10 favorite library locations around the country with USA Today. ~ Olivia M.
April 9, 2011
Love’s Stratagems by Donald Justice But these maneuverings to avoid The touching of hands, These shifts to keep the eyes employed On objects more or less neutral (As honor, for the time being, commands) Will hardly prevent their downfall. Stronger medicines are needed. Already they find None of their stratagems have succeeded, Nor would have, […]
April 8, 2011
The latest marketing ploy for cookbook authors is pop-up stores for their books and food samples offered through portable trucks (like pushcarts). Martha Stewart has recently been touting her tarts this way. Anyone willing to shell out $27.00 for her book receives a free tart and a raffle ticket for tickets to her show. Dorie […]
April 8, 2011
Mrs. Sullivan by Guy W. Longchamps “Function follows form,” Said Louis Sullivan one warm Evening in Chicago drinking beer. His wife said, “Dear, I’m sure that what you meant Is that form should represent Function. So it’s function that should be followed.” Sullivan swallowed And looked dimly far away And said, “Okay, Form follows function, […]
April 7, 2011
The More Loving One by W.H. Auden Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast. How should we like it were stars to burn With a passion for us […]
April 6, 2011
Emily Dickinson While searching for the perfect poem, I encountered this website (Poets’ Graves) with interesting quotes from well-known writers. Here are several I especially liked- ‘The poet is the priest of the invisible.’ Wallace Stevens ‘If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.’ […]
