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Category Archives: Libraries
A Year of Good Reading
January. A year of good reading ahead is a wonderful book poster from a large WPA collection from the Library of Congress. The series of posters was created by the Federal WPA during the 1930s.
The Person of the Year
The book trade magazine Publishers Weekly has named the “Book Business Worker” as person of the year. The wonderful graphic above illustrates just some of the multitudes who keep publishing and bookselling going even in the midst of a world-wide pandemic. You … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Bookselling, Bookstores, Publishing
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Old Nieuw Amsterdam
I come from two old New York City families, but not nearly as old as these 17th century views of the city when it was still the Dutch West India Company’s colony of Nieuw Amsterdam. Published in 1651, the image … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, USA
Tagged Manhattan, New York City, New York Public Library
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Books By Bike
Although Sri Lanka has one of the highest youth literacy rate in South Asia, there are still many villages all across the country with no libraries and no access to books. To address this problem, social worker Mahinda Dasanayaka created … Continue reading
Reading is still the path
“The gears of poverty, ignorance, hopelessness, and low self-esteem mesh to create a kind of perpetual failure machine that grinds down dreams from generation to generation. We all bear the cost of keeping it running. Illiteracy is its linchpin…. Frederick … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Carl Sagan, Frederick Douglass, illiteracy, literacy
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Escape to New York
Every year, the New York Public Library publishes humorous Black Friday ads that promote things like free books and 100% off coupons. This Thanksgiving the library offered a “Book Your Dream Getaway.” The “Black Friday travel deal” is an “all-inclusive … Continue reading
Remember the sky that you were born under
Remember Remember the sky that you were born under, know each of the star’s stories. Remember the moon, know who she is. Remember the sun’s birth at dawn, that is the strongest point of time. Remember sundown and the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Jo Harjo, Library of Congress, Native Americans, Poetry
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Help Save a Paris Landmark
I have had the pleasure of visiting Paris many times over the last 40 years. And ever time that I’m in Paris the iconic bookstore Shakespeare and Company is one of my first stops. Even if you have never been … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, History, Libraries
Tagged Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Paris, Shakespeare and Company
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Welcome to Planet Word
Last week a long-awaited new museum opened in Washington, D.C. that will be a must-see destination for readers and language lovers. Planet Word is promoted as “a revolutionary museum dedicated to the power, beauty, and fun of language and to … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, History, Libraries, Museums, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged language, Washington D.C
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