Certain books just get inside your head. The language somehow finds your resonant frequency and refuses to leave. There is no choice. You have to finish the book as quickly as possible. The experience can be exhilarating and exciting but also disturbing and disorienting at times. If you find yourself staying up too late or [...]
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April 12, 2010
And the Winner Is…
The Pulitzer Prizes are awarded annually for achievement in newspaper journalism, literature, and musical competition in the United States. The 2010 awards were announced earlier today in a variety of categories. Fiction: Tinkers by Paul Harding History: The Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed Biography: The First Tycoon: The Epic [...]
December 16, 2009
Marhaba and Salaam (Welcome & Peace)
This past November, I spent several incredible weeks in Egypt and Jordan. Of course, being a librarian, I had to visit the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria. It’s a stunning building surrounded by water to give the effect of floating. The building’s curve is covered on the outside with a gray granite wall that displays letters from the [...]
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