October 5, 2013
Dr. Michelle M. Wright is an Associate Professor of African American Studies at Northwestern University and the author of the forthcoming book The Physics of Blackness: Rethinking the African Diaspora in the Postwar Era. On Tuesday, October 8th, she will discuss her new book and related topics when she visits EPL’s 1st Floor Community Meeting […]
October 3, 2013
“Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul” is a new exhibit opening Friday at New York’s Morgan Library & Museum. Drawn from holdings of the Morgan, the New York Public Library’s Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, and Susan Jaffe Tane, described as “the world’s foremost private Poe collector, […]
October 3, 2013
Facebook has initiated a project, Internet.org, to help get more people worldwide online. According to this article in ReadWrite, Chicago’s Smart Communities objective has already successfully hooked up 30,000 families in two years and may be able to teach the media giant a thing or two. The increase in computer use was achieved through concentrated […]
October 2, 2013
Best-selling novelist of espionage thrillers Tom Clancy died Tuesday in Baltimore at the age of 66. A former insurance agent, he sold his first novel The Hunt for Red October to the Naval Institute Press for only $5,000. After the book’s publication in 1985, he was propelled to fame and fortune. And when President Ronald […]
October 1, 2013
The Fred W. Smith National library for the Study of George Washington opened on September 27. The $47 million library in Mount Vernon is dedicated to the study of America’s first president. Ann Bookout, chairman of the board of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, which has maintained George Washington’s home since 1853, said: “I really […]
October 1, 2013
Yesterday on the CBC’s evening program “Q,” Margaret Atwood, award-winning Canadian author, spoke with program host Jian Ghomeshi about her new book MaddAddam, third in a post-apocalyptic trilogy. The first and second titles in the trilogy are Oryx and Crake (2003) and The Year of the Flood (2009). Their conversation focused on the fact that […]
September 26, 2013
Given that science fiction and fantasy books exist to challenge our preconceived notions of reality, it’s no wonder that they are frequently the targets of book-banning efforts. Many books in these genres revolve around different views of politics, religion, sex, or sexuality (or all of the above!). While fans of science fiction and fantasy are […]
September 25, 2013
The 24 MacArthur “genius” grants awarded today are given to “talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.” Among the winners are authors Karen Russell, whose 2011 novel Swamplandia was a finalist for the Pulitzer Award; Donald Antrim, associate professor at Columbia University and author […]
September 24, 2013
According to Amazon their vinyl record sales are up over 700% in the last 5 years. The company has combined the ability to order albums with the AutoRip feature, which entitles the user to an MP3 version of certain recordings and CD’s. Part of the revival of interest in this older technology is a crowd […]
September 22, 2013
Sarah Hahne is a local printmaker, painter, and the latest artist to be featured in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. Her show – titled A New Practice – is currently on display on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Library and reuses carpet tread, plastic, and even window screens to create quilt-like […]
