May 3, 2012
I’m not sure if this is a step in the right direction or not– Detroit is now home to outdoor libraries which are being opened in response to recent closings. The U of M, in collaboration with students from the Marcus Garvey Academy, has arranged for several libraries. They feature waterproof bookcases, use the […]
May 3, 2012
Ronnie Dukes is a local painter, illustrator, designer, and the latest artist to be featured in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL. His show – titled Vitruvian Hero: Act I – was on display at EPL’s Main Branch throughout April and inspired by Da Vinci’s famous Vitruvian Man drawing. The first of a planned […]
May 1, 2012
Yesterday’s Sun Times article by Hedy Weiss announced the Chicago Public Library choice for fall One Book, One Chicago is Markus Zusak’s highly acclaimed book set in a German town just outside Munich during World War II. Originally released in 2006 as a YA title, The Book Thief quickly crossed over into the adult readership. […]
April 30, 2012
Walking around the Block with a Three-Year-Old by David Wagoner She sees a starling legs-up in the gutter. She finds an earthworm limp and pale in a puddle. What’s wrong with them? she says. I tell her they’re dead. . She scowls at me. She stares at her short shadow And makes it dance in […]
April 29, 2012
I Wrote a Good Omelet by Nikki Giovanni I wrote a good omelet…and ate a hot poem…after loving you . Buttoned my car…and drove my coat home…in the rain… after loving you . I goed on red…and stopped on green…floating somewhere in between… being here and being there… after loving you . I rolled my […]
April 28, 2012
A Silly Poem by Spike Milligan Said Hamlet to Ophelia, I’ll draw a sketch of thee, What kind of pencil shall I use? 2B or not 2B? This poem was selected by Olivia M. (Readers’ Services) Poetry Copyright Notice
April 27, 2012
In recognition of Mother’s Day May 13, PW has a few suggestions for that most important woman in your life. Another lengthy PW article from a few months ago discussed mom bloggers and their impact on publishing. “Not only are we influencing people who are buying books but also other editors from magazines or TV […]
April 27, 2012
The Evanston Public Library (EPL) is hosting free educational programs to celebrate El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros (Children’s Day/Book Day) on Monday, April 30, 2012, in the morning and after school hours at both the Main Library (1703 Orrington Avenue) and the North Branch Library (2026 Central Street). This daylong celebration […]
April 27, 2012
Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, […]
April 26, 2012
Stays by Jill Alexander Essbaum Everything alludes to the mood of us. This color, for instance, the color of you. Blood-blue like the walls of the house we share. Blue-black like the ravels in my hair. . Everything habituates the shatter of our glass. This tiger of yours that mauls on command. Or yours, the […]
