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Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-821199795560584022015-02-06T23:25:00.004-08:002015-02-07T00:06:43.327-08:00My Visit to Bitch Community Lending Library<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As a longtime reader of <a href="http://bitchmagazine.org/"><i>Bitch Magazine</i></a>, I knew the publication had a lending library at its headquarters in Portland, Oregon. This week, I checked it out.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The <a href="http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Lia-Friedman/361718297">Portland chapter</a> of <a href="http://radicalreference.info/">Radical Reference</a> helped establish Bitch Community Lending Library, which <a href="http://readingfrenzy.com/ledger/2009/07/bitch-media-to-open-community-lending-library">opened</a> on July 30, 2009. At that time, the lending library had "800+ books on feminist theory, media studies, sociology, gender and queer studies, pop culture, and more," according to an online announcement made by <a href="http://readingfrenzy.com/">Reading Frenzy</a>, an "Independent Press Emporium" that is also based in Portland. Today, according to the <a href="http://bitchmagazine.org/library">lending library's web page</a>, it "holds over 2,500 books, zines, magazines, and DVDs that explore feminism, media studies, pop culture, queer studies, race studies, sex and sexuality, body image, and much more."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The lending library is located at 4930 NE 29th Avenue, just off of NE Alberta Street, in a happening section of North Portland. (If you're using public transit to get to the lending library, the number 72 bus will drop you off at NE Alberta Street and NE 27th Avenue, just a couple short blocks away.) Turning the corner onto NE 29th Avenue, I saw the building that houses Bitch Media, which publishes <i>Bitch Magazine</i> and operates the lending library, looks pretty much like any other residence on the block. What distinguishes it, however, is the "Bitch Media" sign posted above the entrance. The front entrance was not locked, and there was no other measure of security, so I was able to easily walk in off the street.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Entering 4930 NE 29th Avenue, I was faced with a somewhat steep, carpeted stairwell that went straight to the second floor of the building. At the top of the stairs, I found myself in the open doorway of the Bitch Community Lending Library. The main, front room of the lending library made me think of a waiting room of a private practice - calm and quiet, with everything tidied and in its proper place, and with soft, slightly used furniture to sit on - but much cozier, brighter, and airier. Dim sunlight filled the room, around which were vintage touches, like antique lamps and retro-patterned pillows, and green, leafy, flourishing plants. All in all, the lending library was very welcoming, despite no one immediately coming out to greet me or otherwise see who was poking around.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was pleased to see an impressive range of books, meticulously labeled and arranged on the shelves, allowing them to be located easily. The shelves themselves were clearly labeled, making obvious the genre of books that you're browsing. The genres of books available for lending include Feminist Activism, Feminist Theory, Cultural Criticism, Reproductive Rights, and Parenting. At the end of one of the bookshelves is a large plastic bin labeled "FREE." Opening it, I saw back issues of magazines such as <i>Utne Reader</i>, <i>Mother Jones</i>, <i>Curve</i>, and <i>The Advocate</i>; there were also zines, comics, books, DVDs, and CDs, all in good condition. Rooting through this box, I made out like a bandit.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Looking at the zines available for lending, I saw a wide variety as well. Displayed on a revolving rack by the entrance of the library, the zines are quite diverse, covering a range of interests. There are zines focusing on health issues, as well as personal zines ("perzines"), which are zines that relate personal stories. Queer zines were on display, as were zines on parenting. Bitch Community Lending Library <a href="http://www.easyvegan.info/2010/05/12/bitches-zines-lending-libraries-and-women-food-consumption-oh-my/">accepts donations</a> of "zines made by and for feminist thinkers, activists, and fans, though they don't have to be 'grrrl zines' per se. Whether your zines were Xeroxed back in 1992 or just last month, we'd love to have them."</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bitch Community Lending Library is a donation site for Books to Patients PDX.</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In addition to items that you can take home with you, Bitch Community Lending Library has bins in which you can drop stuff off. Specifically, there is a plastic crate into which you can place books and other reading materials that will be donated to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bookstopatientspdx">Books to Patients PDX</a>. Books to Patients PDX is "a volunteer-run organization in Portland, Oregon, that provides donations of reading materials to people living with mental health issues in institutionalized settings because a book, at the right moment, can change a life - and everyone deserves access to books," states the organization in a flier posted above the donation crate. For more on Books to Patients PDX, whether you want additional information or would like to host or coordinate a donation side, contact the organization at BooksToPatientsPDX@gmail.com.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bitch Community Lending Library is open Monday through Friday, from 9am to 5pm. Visits to the lending library are by appointment only; <a href="http://bitchmagazine.org/bitch-community-lending-library-appointments-donations">appointments can be made online</a>, but it is still wise to call ahead (503-282-5699) in order to confirm your appointment before you arrive. If you wish to check out items from the lending library, all you need is a photo ID, which gets you ongoing membership. Members of Bitch Community Lending Library can take out five items at time over the course of a month. If you're curious about what the lending library holds, you can browse the collection's <a href="http://www.librarything.com/catalog/bitchlibrary/yourlibrary">online catalog</a> that is hosted by LibraryThing.com.</span></span>Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-11918784008448429212015-01-31T02:51:00.003-08:002015-01-31T03:11:42.644-08:00Tom Hiddleston Reads Erotic E. E. Cummings Poem<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tom Hiddleston has done it again. The handsome English actor of stage and screen, who is best known for playing "Loki" in the <i>Thor</i> and <i>Avengers</i> films for Marvel Studios, has once more set hearts aflutter and loins aflame.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In a highly sensual recording, Tom Hiddleston reads the erotic e. e. cummings poem "May I Feel Said He." The poem was <a href="http://www.amazon.com/May-Feel-Said-Art-Poetry/dp/0941807002">originally published</a> in cummings' 1935 collection of poetry, titled <i>No Thanks</i>. It is astounding that Hiddleston's recording of the incredibly sexy poem hasn't either broken the Internet or spontaneously, </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">simultaneously </span></span>gotten millions of women all over the world instantly pregnant.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You may listen to Tom Hiddleston read "May I Feel Said He" at this <a href="https://soundcloud.com/hiddlestonersargentina/may-i-feel-said-he-de-e-e">SoundCloud LINK</a>. If you would like to know the words to <a href="http://www.poetry.org/cummings.htm">this memorable poem</a>, see below.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">may i feel said he<br />
(i'll squeal said she<br />
just once said he)<br />
it's fun said she</span></span>
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how much said she<br />
a lot said he)<br />
why not said she</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(let's go said he<br />
not too far said she<br />
what's too far said he<br />
where you are said she)</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">may i stay said he<br />
(which way said she<br />
like this said he<br />
if you kiss said she</span></span>
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is it love said she)<br />
if you're willing said he<br />
(but you're killing said she</span></span>
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but your wife said she<br />
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don't stop said she<br />
oh no said he)<br />
go slow said she</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(cccome?said he<br />
ummm said she)<br />
you're divine! said he<br />
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Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-88025335852357588162015-01-31T00:58:00.001-08:002015-01-31T03:12:01.867-08:00Manhattan's Dwindling Bookstore Landscape<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shortly after moving to New York in the late 1990s, I began to discover the city's bookstores, starting in the borough of Manhattan. I soon found my favorites.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hung out south of 14th Street quite a bit, which meant I could often be found browsing in Spring Street Books and Rizzoli on West Broadway, both in SoHo. Farther up, in Greenwich Village, I'd poke around Posman Books on University Place, just off of Washington Square Park. North of 14th Street and walking westward, I would cross into the Chelsea neighborhood, which then was largely populated by gay men. I'd pass by The Gauntlet, a body piercing salon that was at the corner of 5th Avenue and 19th Street and was hugely popular with gay men in the S&M community, and turn the corner and go inside Revolution Books, a leftist bookstore on 19th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. Leaving Revolution Books and walking farther west on 19th Street, I would come upon <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/nyregion/bookstore-on-gay-life-is-a-victim-of-tolerance.html">A Different Light</a>, a multistory gay bookstore and event space. At A Different Light, a man in female drag would sometimes be working at the cash register, which - in my young eyes - was pretty radical and made the bookstore an even more special place to visit. But by far my most favorite bookstore at that time was Coliseum Books, a huge independent bookstore on the corner of 57th Street and Broadway, just south of Central Park. It took up much of the city block. You could spend hours in there, and each visit, you would come upon something new and interesting to read, and it was often priced affordably. (It was at Coliseum where I first discovered <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bust_%28magazine%29">Bust</a>.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">With the exception of Revolution Books, which in recent years has relocated to a smaller space on West 26th Street, none of these Manhattan bookstores are still in business. And far more have disappeared as well, including prime locations of the corporate behemoth Barnes & Noble, which closed a store on Astor Place in the East Village, two stores on 6th Avenue (in Greenwich Village and in Chelsea), and a store on upper Broadway by Lincoln Center in the years that I was in New York. The disappearance of so many bookstores in Manhattan is incredible to think about when you consider that the borough was once home to nearly 400 bookstores, many of them clustered along "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/13/nyregion/book-row-is-gone-but-used-bookshops-aren-t.html">Book Row</a>" on 4th Avenue, just south of 14th Street. Last year, there were only 106 bookstores left in Manhattan, a decline of 21.4 percent over the course of the previous four years, according to Steven Melendez. <a href="http://gothamist.com/2015/01/30/rip_nyc_bookstores.php">Melendez mined city data</a> to chronicle the last 60 years of Manhattan's bookstore landscape, and in doing so, he created a <a href="http://assets.gothamistllc.com/maps/bookstores/">map</a> illustrating the disheartening changes from 1950 to 2014. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You could blame the dwindling number of Manhattan bookstores on skyrocketing rents that have succeeded in pushing out even the big bookstores. You could also chalk it up to a change in people's reading habits and to changes in technology. Still, the steady decimation of the city's bookstore landscape is a shame when you think that, not that long ago, Manhattan was a book lover's mecca.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">To read more about Steven Melendez charting the changing Manhattan bookstore landscape, see <a href="http://gothamist.com/2015/01/30/rip_nyc_bookstores.php">THIS LINK</a>. For the map chronicling his findings, go to <a href="http://assets.gothamistllc.com/maps/bookstores/">THIS LINK</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Addendum: Searching online for photos of long-disappeared Manhattan bookstores to use in this blog post, I was amazed at the difficulty of finding such photos and, as a result, was saddened by the realization that these bookstores can now only be seen in the mind's eye of people who were there.</span></span>Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-4701495516503227302015-01-26T22:18:00.002-08:002015-01-26T22:23:34.134-08:00Kimya Dawson Sings Praises of the Library<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The singer-songwriter Kimya Dawson is best known for being one half of the Moldy Peaches, an anti-folk musical group that recorded a string of quirky, catchy songs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As a solo artist, Kimya Dawson has created equally memorable music. In 2011, she released the album <i>Thunder Thighs</i>. One song on the album, a collaboration with rap talent Aesop Rock, is a tribute to the local library. The song is titled, aptly enough, "The Library," and its chorus goes:</span></span><br />
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Is the perfect place for me,<br />
The library, the library,<br />
You can hang out all day and it doesn't cost a penny<br />
The library, the library<br />
It's such a big part of our community.</i> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dawson and Aesop Rock sound as if they had a great time making this song, and it's fun to listen to. To hear the complete song, click on the video below. If you're interested in reading the remainder of the lyrics for "The Library," see <a href="http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/kimyadawson/thelibrary.html">THIS LINK</a>.</span></span><br />
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Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-77652577769366387462015-01-17T19:00:00.003-08:002015-01-17T19:18:22.067-08:00Bearded Librarians Celebrated in New Tumblr<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you take a good look around, you will notice that beards are back in a big way, especially with men under a certain age. On more than one occasion, I came to believe that a handsome young man was older than he actually was, thanks to the beard trend. Despite this bummer, I still love beards, and I gladly discovered that there is a new(ish) Tumblr that simply focuses on librarians who have beards.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fittingly enough, this Tumblr is called <a href="http://librarianbeards.tumblr.com/">Bearded Librarians</a>, and it was started in 2014 by the mysteriously named "citygirllibrarian." The blog got off to a great start in its first month, with twenty-four posts featuring young and middle-aged, mostly white male librarians - all bearded - posing in a variety of settings. After that, it seems to have sputtered out, but it appears that citygirllibrarian is still accepting photo submissions for the Tumblr.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the Tumblr's "<a href="http://librarianbeards.tumblr.com/submit">Submit your beard</a>" page, it makes it clear that the blog is "Pretty much library folks with beards." So submissions aren't limited to photos of bearded male librarians. Looking at the Tumblr's <a href="http://librarianbeards.tumblr.com/archive">archive</a>, it's apparent that two of the librarians featured are women: one is wearing a fake mustache and beard combo, while the other has fashioned a beard out of her own long hair. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The <a href="http://librarianbeards.tumblr.com/">Bearded Librarians</a> blog is definitely far from serious; it's a fun place to browse for beard lovers of any persuasion. If you would like to be featured on <a href="http://librarianbeards.tumblr.com/">Bearded Librarians</a>, or if you know someone whose beautifully bearded face would be a great addition to the Tumblr site, see <a href="http://librarianbeards.tumblr.com/submit">THIS LINK</a> to "Submit your beard."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Above photos via http://librarianbeards.tumblr.com.</span></i></span></span>Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-48505555493940287072015-01-11T23:41:00.000-08:002015-01-13T18:32:01.247-08:00Barnard College's New Library Stirs Controversy<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On many occasions, I have visited <a href="https://library.barnard.edu/">Barnard College Library</a> on the Morningside Heights campus in New York City. The library is located within Lehman Hall, a four-story building with a below-ground level that formally <a href="https://library.barnard.edu/library-history">opened in April 1960</a>. Barnard College Library occupies the first three floors of Lehman Hall.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 2013, the administration at Barnard College <a href="http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2013/04/15/barnard-plans-demolish-lehman">announced plans to demolish Lehman Hall</a> and construct a new, state-of-the-art facility in its place. What would these plans mean for the college library? Faculty and staff at Barnard College Library didn't know for certain <a href="http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/12/08/barnard-faculty-frustrated-plans-remove-40000-books-library">until a faculty meeting</a> held just weeks before Christmas, on December 2, 2014. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Prior to the December 2 meeting, faculty and staff at Barnard College Library were informed by email about the resignation of Lisa Norberg, who had been the Dean of Barnard Library and Information Services since 2010. Staff at the <i>Columbia Spectator</i>, the campus newspaper for Columbia University, <a href="http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/12/08/barnard-faculty-frustrated-plans-remove-40000-books-library">obtained a copy</a> of the November 21 email, which stated Norberg "will be leaving the College on December 31st of this year to devote her full attention to the launch of an exciting non-profit venture focused on Open-Access Network." News of Norberg's resignation did not bode well for the future of Barnard College Library in relation to plans for the new facility.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Indeed, at the December 2 meeting, Barnard library's faculty and staff learned that the layout of the new Teaching and Learning Center would require the <a href="http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/12/08/barnard-faculty-frustrated-plans-remove-40000-books-library">removal of 40,000 books</a> from Barnard's on-site collections. Also, the amount of space allocated for the library in the Teaching and Learning Center would be minimized. Barnard library's faculty and staff were largely left out of the planning process for the new library. (One anonymous staffer said "they weren't listened to" and, in fact, were "shut down and gagged.") At the December 2 faculty meeting, they were merely informed by Barnard president Deborah Spar about the administration's plans for the new library, <a href="http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/12/08/barnard-faculty-frustrated-plans-remove-40000-books-library">according to</a> the <i>Columbia Spectator</i>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Barnard library's faculty and staff expressed great dissatisfaction over the administration's actions, citing "reducing the library's collection from 200,000 to 160,000 books, minimizing the space of the library in the new building, and a lack of transparency in the planning process" as their three main areas of concern, <a href="http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/12/08/barnard-faculty-frustrated-plans-remove-40000-books-library">reported</a> the <i>Columbia Spectator</i>. In regard to the removal of 40,000 books from the library's collection, faculty and staff were told by Spar at the December 2 meeting "that the size of the new library won't allow for new acquisitions to be added in the future." (Another anonymous source refuted this claim, saying, "That's actually not true. There's not much growth space, but we'll still acquire new books.") Speaking to the <i>Columbia Spectator</i>, an anonymous library staff member said, "We are a very small library, but our books circulate a lot. The impact of not having those books accessible is big."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The <i>Columbia Spectator</i> <a href="http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/12/08/barnard-faculty-frustrated-plans-remove-40000-books-library">stated</a>, "Of Barnard's 198,000 current volumes, 20,000 that are unique to Barnard's library will be stored at Columbia libraries during the construction of the new library, and the rest will be in storage" at an off-site facility. Many faculty and staff believe that such a move is in direct conflict with Barnard College's mission. "How are we conceptualizing the role of the library as it relates to the mission of the college? Twenty-first-century colleges are made up of all kinds of media - that's a fact and that's, generally speaking, a good thing - but I think the concern really has to do with what the balance is of different kinds of resources for an institution like ours and what are the criteria that are being used to decide how that balance is being established for us?" Elizabeth Castelli, Ann Whitney Olin professor of religion at Barnard, <a href="http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/12/08/barnard-faculty-frustrated-plans-remove-40000-books-library">told</a> the <i>Columbia Spectator</i>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Barnard's new Teaching and Learning Center <a href="http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/04/08/barnard-taps-architecture-firm-design-teaching-and-learning-center-lehmans-place">will be designed by</a> architectural firm Skidmore, Ownings & Merrill LLP. The new facility will contain conference spaces, classrooms, labs, study and dining areas, a cafe, and the library. "When you look at the design of the building and the first thing you see is the Athena Center and the cafe, it in fact has usurped the mission of the college, which is for critical thinking and the production of knowledge," an anonymous faculty member at Barnard told the <i>Columbia Spectator</i>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Frustrated at not being listened to during the decision-making process for the new library, Barnard College Library's faculty and staff have made their voices heard in other ways. On December 8, 2014, the same day that the <i>Columbia Spectator</i> revealed plans for the new library and its place within the Teaching and Learning Center, concerned parties vented on social media. In response to one library staff member sharing the <a href="http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/12/08/barnard-faculty-frustrated-plans-remove-40000-books-library"><i>Columbia Spectator</i> article</a> on Facebook, one obviously exasperated commentor said:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"As a sign o' the times for academic institutions generally, it is wildly depressing that the plan puts the cafe and the bullshit Athena Center front and center. Especially in light of Barnard's ongoing efforts to hide and downsize those unfeminine STEM fields. The library is the lab for humanities scholars, but I guess the humanities aren't a Barnard thing. And math and science are too hard for Barnard women. So that leaves them with what? Lattes and 'leadership studies.' Leadership of what? No actual content required..." </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Part of the whole national trend to turn the library into a student center and downplay the information resources. Everyone is seeing library spaces shifting rapidly into something that doesn't resemble a library." </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Employees of Barnard's library articulated their concerns and advocated for the library and for themselves in <a href="http://columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2014/12/29/people-over-paper-barnards-libraries">an op-ed piece</a> published in the <i>Columbia Spectator</i> on December 29, 2014. The piece, titled "People Over Paper in Barnard's Library," was penned by Jenna Freedman, Michael Diggs, Vani Natarajan, Martha Tenney, Alexis Seeley, and Nick Wolven, all of whom are Barnard Library & Academic Information Services (BLAIS) staff representing the archives, collection services, IMATS (Instructional Media & Technology Services), the Personal Library program, and the zine library at Barnard College Library.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the <a href="http://columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2014/12/29/people-over-paper-barnards-libraries">op-ed piece</a>, these BLAIS staff members state, among other things, that:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"A library's worth is not based solely on its book collection. Despite its compact size,
our collection has the second highest circulation in Columbia. Our
little collection is carefully curated by thoughtful and knowledgeable
librarians. Areas of specialization include women's studies, dance,
lesbian genre fiction, LGBTQ young adult books, and works supporting
First Year English.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Our offerings and accomplishments are not sad, but mad
impressive. The spaces and physical resources are important mostly in
that they aid us in supporting the liberal arts mission of Barnard
College. Our staff is small, but we achieve a lot through collaboration
with each other, students, faculty, and campus units. Our vision for the
new library is one in which these collaborations can flourish, one that
represents all the strengths of BLAIS."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This <i>Columbia Spectator</i> article was also shared through social media, including Twitter. On Twitter, the response to the op-ed piece was ample:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's hope the administration at Barnard College reconsiders its plans for the new Barnard College Library. The campus library is an indispensable resource for any college or university. To recognize it as such, and to respect the library faculty and staff who strive every day to make it an indispensable resource, is necessary in order to fully serve scholars on campus and off well into the future.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For additional information on the plans for the Barnard College Library, go <a href="http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2013/04/15/barnard-plans-demolish-lehman">HERE</a>, <a href="http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/04/08/barnard-taps-architecture-firm-design-teaching-and-learning-center-lehmans-place">HERE</a>, and <a href="http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/12/08/barnard-faculty-frustrated-plans-remove-40000-books-library">HERE</a>. For more on the new Teaching and Learning Center, go <a href="http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/11/11/barnard-announces-details-construction-schedule-new-teaching-and-learning-center">HERE</a>. To read the complete <i>Columbia Spectator</i> op-ed article by BLAIS staff, see <a href="http://columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2014/12/29/people-over-paper-barnards-libraries">THIS LINK</a>. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span>Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-66102475413048378802014-12-30T23:16:00.004-08:002014-12-30T23:16:44.008-08:00Wishing This Was a Real Book<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-46777782904367472342014-12-30T22:52:00.000-08:002014-12-30T23:12:31.478-08:00Susan Sarandon Reads "Goodnight Moon"<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have been a big fan of the actress Susan Sarandon ever since I watched the 1991 road movie (and feminist classic) "Thelma & Louise" during my formative years.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Every film I've seen of hers since then has solidified my opinion of Sarandon as a bold actress who makes fierce, feminist choices when it comes to selecting roles. I also admire her outspokenness when it comes to political causes she believes in. She has always come across as someone who is very much her own person.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In addition to being an outspoken political activist and an actress with impressive career longevity, Susan Sarandon is also an excellent narrator of classic children's books. In a soothing voice, Sarandon has been recorded reading with tender emotion the 1947 children's picture book <i>Goodnight Moon</i>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Authored by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd, <i>Goodnight Moon</i> is a brief bedtime story, written in rhyme, in which familiar household objects, animals, and people populating a dimly lit bedroom at nighttime are said good-night to by a small, soon-to-be-sleeping child.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since its publication in 1947, <i>Goodnight Moon</i> has become one of the best-loved children's books worldwide. It was listed among the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time, according to a poll by <a href="http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/07/06/top-100-picture-books-poll-results/"><i>School Library Journal</i></a>, and it was named one of the "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children" in a poll by the <a href="http://www.nea.org/grants/teachers-top-100-books-for-children.html">National Education Association</a>. <i>Goodnight Moon</i> has been published in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight_Moon#Literary_significance_and_reception">more than 10 languages</a>, including Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, Catalan, and Hebrew. It's easy to visualize parents the world over reading this classic to little ones tucked in for the night.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Listen to Susan Sarandon sweetly reading <i>Goodnight Moon</i> in an animated version of the classic children's book seen in the video below.</span></span><br />
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Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-78686661373115370142014-12-29T23:00:00.001-08:002014-12-29T23:13:52.758-08:00Show Your Support for Seattle's Left Bank Books<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Founded in 1973 by a small collective, <a href="http://www.leftbankbooks.com/">Left Bank Books</a> has been a longtime fixture in Seattle's radical community. Situated in the city's famous Pike Place Market, the independent bookstore is open to anyone seeking reading material of all kinds, from small press books to fiction to cookbooks to pamphlets to zines.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Left Bank Books is <a href="http://www.leftbankbooks.com/aboutus.php">collectively run and worker-controlled</a>, and it is largely staffed by a dedicated group of volunteers. The handful of paid workers - a core staff of approximately six members - handle a range of responsibilities, including lease negotiating, bookkeeping, ordering, marketing, general store maintenance, and volunteer coordination, all while earning low wages. For paid staff members and volunteer workers alike, running Left Bank Books is truly a labor of love.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This independent bookstore in Seattle has recently embarked on an <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/left-bank-books-collective-seattle">Indiegogo fundraising campaign</a>, not necessarily because it needs saving. "We are not asking you to save us," Left Bank Books expressly states on its <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/left-bank-books-collective-seattle">Indiegogo page</a>. "We ask you to help us continue to thrive and to grow in four new directions." What new directions might this be? According to Left Bank Books:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">1) "We want to establish an easy-to-use and efficient online ordering system for our customers. This means we need to invest in technology upgrades to computerize our entire inventory so we can get books and goods to you quickly."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">2) "We want to expand our publishing of both reprints and original materials." In addition to being an independent bookstore, Left Bank is also a small publisher.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">3) "We want to keep our shelves stocked with the best and most interesting books you could hope to find!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">4) "We want to continue our long-standing sponsorship of the Books-to-Prisoners Project, which answers thousands of requests from prisoners throughout the U.S. They receive donated books for free, but our postage costs have gotten higher."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">To accomplish these goals, Left Bank Books is admittedly setting its sights high, hoping to raise $50,000 between now and the final day of the fundraiser, which for now is January 19, 2015. With twenty-one days left in the Indiegogo campaign, Left Bank Books has raised $4,517 toward its ultimate goal. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you would like to help Left Bank Books "continue to thrive and to grow," give to its Indiegogo campaign at <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/left-bank-books-collective-seattle">THIS LINK</a>. If you're traveling to Seattle, or if you're in the Seattle area, stop by <a href="http://www.leftbankbooks.com/">Left Bank Books</a> in Pike Place Market at 92 Pike Street. Its hours are 10am to 7pm Monday through Saturday, and 11am to 6pm on Sunday. Support independent bookstores!</span></span>Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-15939882464212662372014-12-25T13:41:00.003-08:002014-12-25T13:42:05.669-08:00Happy Holidays!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-89891482755768738262014-12-23T00:14:00.001-08:002014-12-23T01:49:00.249-08:00In Other Words: Portland's Feminist Bookstore<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You've seen the popular "Portlandia" sketches featuring </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Women
and Women First, the feminist bookstore that a random assortment of
people wander into and encounter </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Toni (Carrie Brownstein) and Candace (Fred Armisen), </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the unsmiling owners</span></span></span></span> who deliver their own</span></span></span></span></span></span> brand of usually unhelpful customer service</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What many viewers of "Portlandia" may not realize is that Women and Women First is an actual bookstore in Portland, although "Women and Women First" is not the store's real name. Its real name is <a href="http://inotherwords.org/">In Other Words</a>, and it's been serving as a bookstore, meeting place, and more for Portland, Oregon's feminist community since 1993. Shortly after I moved to Portland, I decided to stop by for a visit.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Other Words is located at 14 NE Killingsworth Street in North Portland. Because I was coming from a different part of the city, and because I was relying on public transportation, I found the bookstore slightly inconvenient to get to. The nearest station is the N. Killingsworth Street stop on the MAX (light rail) Yellow Line. From the station, you walk three blocks, cross an overpass, and then walk another 13 to 14 blocks to reach the bookstore. However, I should say that if you have time to spare, it's better to wait for the number 72 bus on N. Killingsworth, just across the street from the MAX station; the bus goes past In Other Words. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Arriving at In Other Words, I smiled at seeing the facade that should be familiar to all viewers of "Portlandia." It was a beautiful and warm fall afternoon, and the late-day sun reflected brightly off of the bookstore's many shiny windows. Painted prominently on the larger windows was the rallying cry "All Women Unite!" and a trio of women's symbols, each symbol containing a raised, clenched fist.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Walking through the front door, I was immediately struck by how bright and spacious In Other Words is. I also quickly realized that In Other Words is much, much more than a bookstore. To the immediate left of the front entrance is a long table that is set up for arts and crafts activities; indeed, next to the table are stackable bins brimming with craft supplies. And next to the crafts table is a Kids' Corner, complete with a shelf full of brightly colored toys and a big, fluffy, stuffed toy bear propped on a short chair. So, in addition to being a bookstore, In Other Words is also a crafting space and a place that small children can enjoy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Also just inside the door is a tall display of books advertised, by a hand-drawn sign, as being "Hot Off the Press." On the top tier of the display are all products tied in to the "Portlandia" TV show: <i>The Portlandia Activity Book</i> (with a bird on the front) by Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein and Jonathan Krisel; the <i>Portlandia</i> Season One DVD; and <i>Portlandia: A Guide for Visitors</i> by Armisen and Brownstein. I really can't fault In Other Words for capitalizing on the <i>Portlandia</i> connection; I'm sure many people outside of Portland wouldn't know about the feminist center if it weren't for the top-rated IFC show. I even had one friend ask me, after I said I had visited In Other Words, "Is that a real bookstore?!?" So if I were the owners of In Other Words, I would totally play up that connection if it meant further boosting my profile and bringing in more customers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just beyond the display of books "Hot Off the Press" is shelving that holds row upon row of zines. Being a fan of zines, I moved in for a closer look. I was happy to see zines by women of color and also zines I had never seen before. Especially impressive to me was the inclusion of <i>OP: Original Plumbing</i>, which has the tagline "Trans Male Quarterly." Flipping through it, I was amazed at how far the conversation about and the representation of trans people have come in the past twenty years. It was refreshing to see the self-representation of trans males in its pages, and it was also revolutionary (and admittedly, titillating) to see trans male centerfolds offered up for the <i>OP</i> reader's gaze.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Walking away from the zines, I noticed - artfully arranged on brightly painted, stand-alone displays - jewelry, buttons, trinkets, balms, and more produced by local artisans. So not only is In Other Words a crafting center, a place for kids, a bookstore, and a zine store; it is also a boutique. I saw an impressively extensive selection of unique, carefully made pieces, including delicate earrings and long necklaces, that would make perfect gifts. If you're looking for a one-of-a-kind gift for a significant other, or if you're shopping for a lovely little something for yourself, I'd recommend checking out In Other Words' boutique-quality offerings.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After much browsing, I finally made my way toward the back of In Other Words, where the bulk of the books are. Signs just above the rear half of the space point toward a bookstore on the left and a lending library on the right.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, In Other Words, in addition to being a crafting center, a place for kids, a zine store, a boutique, and a bookstore, is also a lending library. Talking <a href="http://inotherwords.org/library">about the lending library</a>, In Other Words says on its website:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"[We have made] literature accessible though the creation of a free lending
library. Our library is a free resource that enables everyone to find
radical books and zines and enables us to further our mission of
supporting education. In times of economic hardship, libraries are
crucial institutions to ensuring access to literature, and a library
that is specialized is even more of an asset because it ensures that
those materials include work from and for underrepresented and
marginalized groups. You can see what books have in our collection
online on <a href="http://www.librarything.com/catalog/In.Other.Words" target="">our Library Thing page</a>, or come in anytime we are open to browse our shelves and check out books."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">According to a sign on one of the shelves of the lending library, patrons "can check out three or fewer items at a time for up to three weeks. If they are returned overdue, expect a small late fee. Due date reminders arrive via email. Patrons can renew items over the phone or in person. After hours, items can be returned through the mail slot in our front door."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The area of In Other Words that contains the lending library and the bookstore section also has a welcoming setup of soft-looking purple couches and other seating available for those who would like to sit and read a while.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the far rear, left-hand corner of In Other Words is a feminist archives, which to me was an amazing discovery. In Other Words' website makes little mention of the archives, and I believe if you hadn't visited the store (and wandered to the back), you would never know that the feminist archives was there. Granted, it's a small collection, but I still think it's noteworthy.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The Feminist Archives, accessible to all, at In Other Words.</span></b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Items in the archives are kept in a tall metal filing cabinet, and hanging above the cabinet is a row of T-shirts that appear to be relics of the Second Wave feminist movement. Placed above the T-shirts is a hand-painted banner that designates that corner of the center as the "Feminist Archives." A sign on the filing cabinet encourages visitors to "Browse Our Archives." The sign further says:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"In Other Words' archives were donated by a local feminist and PSU professor. After sitting in storage for years, they are finally available for public use. Please feel free to look through any items you'd like; we just ask that you handle with care. A listing of the collection's contents is located in the top drawer. Contents are cataloged by file drawer and folder. Please take a place holder to mark the place of any items you remove. Archive items cannot leave In Other Words. Enjoy!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Crafting center. A place for kids. Zine store. Boutique. Bookstore. Lending library. Feminist archives. What else could In Other Words be? How about an art gallery? Adjacent to the feminist archives is wall space dedicated to the display of artwork. Local artists can show their work here.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It should also be noted that a pull-down projection screen is mounted on the wall above where the art is displayed. In Other Words hosts film screenings as well. In the past year, In Other Words has shown the 2013 documentary "After Tiller," which focuses on the current climate of abortion access in the U.S., and the 2013 documentary "Guarda Bosques" ("Forest Keepers"), about an indigenous community of hunter-gatherers in the Ugandan rainforests who fight to protect their way of life. In Other Words has also partnered with <a href="http://cstpdx.com/">Clinton Street Theater</a> for film events titled "reel feminism!" that are followed by panel discussions.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was still browsing In Other Words as the feminist community space was closing for the day. Its regular hours are noon to 7pm Tuesday through Saturday; it's closed on Sundays and Mondays. As I walked to the front of the store to pay for my handful of items, I saw three young women behind the counter. One was obviously a new volunteer - In Other Words is almost entirely run by volunteers - and she was being instructed on how to ring up purchases. Among my first jobs were cashier positions, so I sympathized and was smiley and chatty with all three as I patiently waited for the newbie to carry out the transaction. All three volunteers at In Other Words that day were extremely pleasant and easy to talk to, and they seemed to genuinely appreciate my business. I'll definitely return.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you're lucky enough to live near In Other Words, I hope you are a regular customer and familiar supporter of this feminist community space. If, like me, you aren't within short traveling distance, I still encourage you to visit; it's more than worth the trip. And if you're arriving from out of town and are a fan of "Portlandia" who's curious about where the "Women and Women First" skits are filmed, by all means drop by and buy something with a bird on it and other great items that In Other Words has. Support feminist spaces! Support In Other Words!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Follow In Other Words on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/iowbooks">THIS LINK</a> and on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/inotherwordsbooks">THIS LINK</a>. </span></span>Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-61350863698369797382014-12-21T23:43:00.001-08:002014-12-21T23:52:49.374-08:00PJ Harvey to Pen Poetry Book<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was a moment of sheer serendipity: A pair of friends had won tickets to a sold-out PJ Harvey show at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, and they had an extra one. They asked, "Would you like to join us?" Of course, I answered yes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On the unforgettable night of the concert, Harvey filled the cavernous music venue with her larger-than-life stage presence and rafter-rattling vocals. During one song in particular, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjyT5ntbqnY">Meet Ze Monsta</a>," she carried every single fan in the venue on the same, massive sonic wave that rose higher and higher as she sang, "Big...black...monsoon!" and let out a howl that went straight through you. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Before seeing PJ Harvey in concert that night, I understood that she was a songwriting genius whose songs were weighted with emotional power. But that night I was a witness to the unmistakable creativity of this unique artist, and it was clearer to me than ever before that she is a gifted wordsmith. After completing an impressive succession of amazingly crafted albums, the last being 2011's <i>Let England Shake</i>, Harvey is at last releasing a collection of poetry.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://pitchfork.com/news/57646-pj-harvey-announces-poetry-book-the-hollow-of-the-hand/">Pitchfork broke the news</a> that Harvey is working on her first collection of poetry, <i>The Hollow of the Hand</i>. A collaboration between Harvey and photographer and filmmaker Seamus Murphy, <i>The Hollow of the Hand</i> will feature words by Harvey and pictures by Murphy. The two amassed inspiration for their collaborative project by traveling the world for three years, from 2011 to 2014, stopping in places such as Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Washington, DC, along the way.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Talking about the project in a press release, Harvey said:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"Gathering information from secondary sources felt too far removed for
what I was trying to write about. I wanted to smell the air, feel the
soil and meet the people of the countries I was fascinated with. My
friend Seamus Murphy and I agreed to grow a project together – I would
collect words, he would collect pictures, following our instincts on
where we should go." </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bloomsbury/fiction/bloomsbury-circus/">Bloomsbury Circus</a>, the literary imprint of London-based Bloomsbury Books, is scheduled to release <i>The Hollow of the Hand</i> in October of next year. According to product <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Hollow-Hand-PJ-Harvey/dp/1408865734">details about the book</a> from Amazon.com, <i>The Hollow of the Hand</i> will be 224 pages long. The book will be simultaneously released in both hardcover and paperback editions. "A limited number of signed special editions will be also available," reveals the Amazon.com page for the anticipated book.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For more on <i>The Hollow of the Hand</i>, go to <a href="http://pitchfork.com/news/57646-pj-harvey-announces-poetry-book-the-hollow-of-the-hand/">THIS LINK</a> and <a href="http://www.stereogum.com/1722007/pj-harvey-readies-poetry-book/news/">THIS LINK</a> as well.</span></span>Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-43335699031158595852014-12-16T01:02:00.000-08:002014-12-16T01:03:46.794-08:00Literary Graffiti, Part 2: Holden in Our Hearts<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-48952345613767545852014-12-15T01:16:00.000-08:002014-12-15T01:27:03.749-08:00Focus on Campus Library Security Post-FSU Shooting<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the wake of last month's <a href="http://boundbooksandlibraryblog.blogspot.com/2014/11/library-books-save-fsus-students-life.html">shooting inside Strozier Library</a> at Florida State University, discussion has increased about security at on-campus libraries.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I first started working in academic libraries as an undergraduate student, there was little security on campus, let alone inside the university's libraries. Anyone from off-campus could enter, without having to stop at a checkpoint or even show ID, and countless did on a daily basis. At least once a week, it was my responsibility to close the library, and on many occasions I was the only one there at the end of the night. I was informed that if trouble arose, a security guard was nearby, although I don't remember ever seeing him. Thankfully, trouble never did occur, and as far as I know, my fellow library workers and those who used the library never encountered danger while at the library. But this was a number of years ago. I would hope that since then, the university has put security measures in place at its libraries.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In sharp contrast to the lack of security at my undergraduate library many years ago, security at the graduate library at the school where I just earned my MLIS was anything but lax. Before you even cast a shadow on the steps of the library, you would have passed through campus gates that were constantly under the watchful eye of unformed security personnel who were stationed at booths just inside the entrance...at every entrance. Once through the gates and en route to the library, you would see at least one vehicle with security guards inside, and typically they would drive on the sidewalks, forcing students to stand off to the side. Upon entering the library itself, you had to take out an ID issued by the college before gaining access to the stacks. With ID in hand, you approached turnstiles above which you had to wave your ID in order to gain entrance. And always positioned next to the turnstiles was a bored-looking security guard. Once through the turnstiles, you faced the circulation desk, which was always manned by at least two workers. And library workers were on every floor of the building. As a result, I never felt like I was ever in any danger as a library patron at my graduate school.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The security measures in place at my graduate school's library are now commonplace at on-campus libraries at colleges and universities across the country. Indeed, at Florida State University, such measures, including "a front desk ID check," "a turnstile entry system activated by FSU ID cards," and "a security desk where visitors are required to sign in and register for a guest card," were already present at the time of the November 20 shooting, <a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/12/managing-libraries/fsu-shooting-highlights-need-for-library-security/#_">according to <i>Library Journal</i></a>. In addition, "Strozier employs a full-time security staff, as well as student workers manning the front desk," reported <i>Library Journal</i>. Despite these measures, the shooting still occurred and students and library staff were injured. (It turned out that the <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/college/fsu-shooters-friends-tried-to-get-help-for-him-months-before-the-shooting/2207514">shooter was an alumnus</a> of the university; amid the altercation, he was shot and <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article4035362.html">killed by FSU police</a>.) Thankfully, none of the injuries were fatal, although one of the students who was shot is now <a href="http://www.tallahassee.com/media/cinematic/video/70052316/fsu-student-paralyzed-by-gunmans-bullet/">paralyzed</a> as a result. The aftermath could have been a lot worse if Strozier Library workers hadn't been <a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/12/managing-libraries/fsu-shooting-highlights-need-for-library-security/#_">trained</a> on what to do in the case of emergencies. As a matter of fact, it was Strozier Library worker Nathan Scott, who was at the library's front desk at the time of the shooting, who <a href="http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/2014/11/21/fsu-library-worker-warned-others-after-he-was-shot/19337225/">warned the students</a> inside after he himself was wounded by the gunman. Scott, who was shot in the leg, is making a <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/01/fsu-shooting-victim-libarary/19763851/">full recovery</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Speaking to <i>Library Journal</i>, Julia Zimmerman, dean of libraries at FSU, said, "We were thankfully well-prepared for this." As evidence, <i>Library Journal</i> <a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/12/managing-libraries/fsu-shooting-highlights-need-for-library-security/#_">cited</a> "Strozier Library's security system and staff, recent emergency drills, a responsive police force, and a quick-thinking front desk employee" that, collectively, saved many lives that November night.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For more on library security at FSU after the November shooting, see the <i>Library Journal</i> article "FSU Shooting Highlights Need for Library Security" at <a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/12/managing-libraries/fsu-shooting-highlights-need-for-library-security/#_">THIS LINK</a>. For more dialogue on security at on-campus libraries, especially those in Florida since the FSU shooting, see <a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-college-safety-follow-20141121-story.html">THIS LINK</a>.</span></span>Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-6514395905685625712014-12-04T22:41:00.002-08:002014-12-04T22:53:06.022-08:00Unearthing Fossil's Library and Archives<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When searching for a library or archive job, MLS degree holders are encouraged to look beyond traditional libraries and archives, such as those at colleges and universities. Yet, how many MLS grads would know to look toward a watch and lifestyle company based in Richardson, Texas, for a library or archive job?</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Inside the library at Fossil headquarters in Richardson, Texas.</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.fossil.com/">Fossil</a> creates high-quality watches, handbags, wallets, and more that can be found in luxury shopping meccas around the world. But it's at the company's Texas headquarters where ideas for its designs are helped brought to fruition, thanks to reference materials at the Fossil library and archive.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Fossil library contains books, magazines, and reference materials that creatives at the company can use to help realize their design ideas. Among the magazines the library subscribes to is <i><a href="http://uppercasemagazine.com/">UPPERCASE</a></i>, which specializes in graphic design, illustration, and crafting content. Curious about the library that carries the magazine, Janine Vangool, publisher, editor, and founder of <i>UPPERCASE</i>, decided to interview the librarian at Fossil, Laura Pike-Seeley.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On the shelves at the Fossil library.</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Laura Pike-Seeley, the librarian at Fossil, gladly spoke to Vangool about the Fossil library and archive. Vangool published Pike-Seeley's great responses in a highly insightful interview that can be read on the <i>UPPERCASE</i> magazine <a href="http://uppercasemagazine.com/blog/2014/11/18/fossil#.VGtoi_R4qzY=">website</a>. Some highlights from the interview:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Fossil library "manages collections for our product design teams, the largest being our collection of retail and vintage samples." </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The library also has "a variety of materials, from books on Expressionist woodcuts and jazz
album covers to a circulating iPad full of digital magazine
subscriptions."</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The archives features "signature
watch tins, catalogs and mailers, advertising collateral, newsletters,
press releases, merchandising props, and of course, product, including
watches."</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fossil's "digital archives holds
commercials, internal videos and our art department’s work from the past
twenty years or so." </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pike-Seeley also tells Vangool how the Fossil library and archive are curated, she reveals the coolest item in the archive, and she explains how the library and archive assist Fossil's brand and company culture. Read the entire interview with Fossil librarian Laura Pike-Seeley at <a href="http://uppercasemagazine.com/blog/2014/11/18/fossil#.VGtoi_R4qzY=">THIS LINK</a>.</span></span>Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-65352486722374991822014-11-27T02:16:00.002-08:002014-11-27T02:16:36.568-08:00Banksy: "Books Are the Basis of Knowledge"<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Image from @therealbanksy/Twitter</span></span></b></td></tr>
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Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-68869441116504071592014-11-27T01:54:00.004-08:002014-11-27T02:23:25.053-08:00Ferguson Library Offers Normalcy in Anomalous Times<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The city of Ferguson hasn't been the same since August 9, 2014. On that day, an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in this suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. In the wake of this incident, Ferguson has been a hotbed of unrest. Throughout months of tumult, the city's public library has been steadfast at being the calm at the center of the raging storm.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.ferguson.lib.mo.us/">Ferguson Public Library</a> stayed open while local businesses and schools closed as protests sprung up and National Guard troops arrived on the scene. The library's director and its only full-time librarian, Scott Bonner, had only been at Ferguson Public Library since July. Yet amid escalating tensions and chaos, Bonner stepped up to let the community know that Ferguson Public Library was keeping its doors open to serve the people of Ferguson. Through social media, especially <a href="https://twitter.com/fergusonlibrary">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ferguson-Municipal-Public-Library/1393732714182499?fref=nf">Facebook</a>, and through the efforts of volunteers, the posting of signage around the library, and word of mouth, news spread that Ferguson Public Library would be an oasis of normalcy in increasingly anomalous times.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In response to classes at area schools being cancelled due to unrest in the streets, Ferguson Public Library <a href="http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/article/fergusons-safe-haven">allowed for a makeshift school</a> to be set up inside. Collaborating with Carrie Pace, an art teacher at local Walnut Grove Elementary who proposed the idea of a pop-up school at the library, Bonner and teachers, volunteers, and staffers enabled the start of informal classes. In <a href="http://magpielibrarian.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/an-interview-with-scott-bonner-ferguson-librarian/">an interview with the Magpie Librarian</a>, Bonner said:</span></span><br />
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metaphorical fires, and played taskmaster to the press, and the teachers
and volunteers made an actual, working school. We spread across two
locations, the Ferguson Library and the First Baptist Church up the
street. We had 200 students across locations at our peak — before we
established the second location, we had 150 at the library alone on
Wednesday, and wasn't that a crazy day! We had educational
organizations from across St. Louis clamoring to help, including
SpringboardSTL, St. Louis Science Center, MO Dept of Conservation, and
many more."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile, Ferguson Public Library continued to provide routine library services, including access to computers and the Internet, circulation of books and other library materials, story times for small children, crafts workshops, teen meetups, book swaps, and exhibits supporting the arts in Ferguson. The library did all this and more for the community of Ferguson on a limited budget. Speaking to <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyford/ferguson-library-sees-huge-spike-in-donations-overnight?bffbbooks">BuzzFeed</a>, Bonner said, "Libraries are famous for squeezing every dollar, making the most of what we have." He revealed <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/book-blog/ferguson-library-stays-open-attracts-over-in-grassroot-support/article_2ef8a4eb-fe0c-5390-87b7-bb471d6f06a3.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed">in another interview</a> that "Ferguson library's budget decreased about $200,000 after the recession." But as word got out about what Bonner and Ferguson Public Library were doing for the community during this time of crisis, donations in the form of money and books - including kid's <a href="http://fatgirlreading.com/books-for-ferguson/">books from Powell's</a> <a href="http://www.powells.com/">Books</a> in Portland, Oregon - began to pour in. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The public's reaction to this announcement was swift, with people mobilizing primarily through Twitter to encourage donations to Ferguson Public Library. Soon, celebrities tweeted their support for the donation effort. Among these celebrities was author Neil Gaiman, who tweeted:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since these tweets, Ferguson Public Library has seen an incredible <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ferguson-library-donations">spike in donations</a>. In just two days, the library received nearly $200,000 in donations. According to the <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/book-blog/ferguson-library-stays-open-attracts-over-in-grassroot-support/article_2ef8a4eb-fe0c-5390-87b7-bb471d6f06a3.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed"><i>St. Louis Post Dispatch</i></a>, "The money donated so far adds up to almost half of the library's annual budget (about $400,000) and Bonner hopes it will allow him to hire another full-time librarian to work with children and programming." Discussing the amount of money that has come from supporters, Bonner <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/book-blog/ferguson-library-stays-open-attracts-over-in-grassroot-support/article_2ef8a4eb-fe0c-5390-87b7-bb471d6f06a3.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed">told the <i>Dispatch</i></a>, "It doesn't seem real yet. I had no idea there was anything like that coming."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And the donations are continuing to come in. If you would like to show your support for Ferguson Public Library, you can donate at <a href="https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=MltDMe3qOII_HqU0BDLKfAol9ZOtkbjrFTvnatJmhT98mhLvZ7yIPhSD1bO&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d66f31424b43e9a70645c907a6cbd8fb4">THIS LINK</a>. The library is also accepting donations in the form of bitcoins. Bitcoin donations to Ferguson Public Library can be made at <a href="https://bitpay.com/867847/donate">THIS LINK</a>. If you prefer to send donations to a physical address, you can, at:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"I think that when there's all these negative stories," Bonner said in <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/together-ferguson-library-stays-open-amid-violence-n256346">an interview with NBC News</a>, "a community comes together unified behind a common cause... it makes people remember that, you know, we're all human beings and we're in this together." </span></span>Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-68377551370026581352014-11-20T23:22:00.003-08:002014-11-20T23:32:57.934-08:00Library Books Save FSU's Student's Life (Literally)<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When the topic of the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2842011/Gunman-opens-fire-Florida-State-University-library-shooting-two-captured-authorities.html">school shooting at Florida State University</a> began to trend in news outlets on the morning of Thursday, November 20, 2014, my heart dropped and my throat tightened. Yet another incident of senseless violence involving guns taking place in a U.S. school - in an environment where bright-eyed students and hard-working teachers, staff, and administrators are supposed to be safe - was just too much for me to deal with. So I turned away from the news sites.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Later, I logged into Facebook and began to scroll through my News Feed. An amazing story caught my eye: An FSU student hadn't realized that he had been targeted by the gunman until after returned home, removed his backpack, and took out the library books inside. Holding the books, he noticed they were pierced with bullet holes and that they had actually prevented the bullets from the gunman's weapon from entering his body. Reading this story, I found it absolutely incredible. It wasn't until I saw photos of these bullet-riddled library books - photos that were posted by the student himself - that I at last believed the story.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As reported in <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/11/studious-fsu-student-saved-by-library-books.html">media</a> <a href="http://fortressamerica.gawker.com/one-fsu-student-was-saved-from-gunman-when-his-books-st-1661132848/+laceydonohue">outlets</a>, student Jason Derfuss was at Strozier Library on the FSU campus on the night of the shooting. He checked out a stack of library books, placed them inside his backpack, and began walking out of the library when the gunman entered the building. The gunman started to unload his weapon, and Derfuss heard the shots. Relating the incident to his friends and followers on Facebook, Derfuss said:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Tonight there was a shooting at FSU, right as I was leaving
Strozier. I didn't know this at the time, but the Shooter targeted me
first. The shot I heard behind me I did not feel, nor did it hit me at
all. He was about 5 feet from me, but he hit my books. Books one minute
earlier I had checked out of the library, books that should not have
stopped the bullet. But they did. I learned this about 3 hours after it
happened, I never thought to check my bag. I assumed I wasn't a target, I
assumed I was fine. The truth is I was almost killed tonight and God
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As bibliophiles, we are well aware that books have the power to change lives. We now know that they also have the power to save them. </span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">All above photographs are by Jason Derfuss.</span></i>Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-51015461580373307772014-11-09T16:49:00.000-08:002014-11-09T16:57:01.085-08:00As Spoken by Tyrion<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-25160816651807347462014-11-06T19:51:00.000-08:002014-11-06T23:04:47.330-08:00Ekstrom Library Home to Underground Music Archive<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What began as a donation of local zines has become an archive documenting the 1980s and '90s punk, hardcore, and indie rock scenes in Louisville, Kentucky.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Louisville Underground Music Archive got its start in 2011, when Ekstrom Library at the University of Louisville accepted vintage sets of two local zines: <i>Burt the Cat</i> and <i>Hard Times</i>. Processing them, archivist Carrie Daniels at Ekstrom Library's Archives and Special Collections recognized </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">fellow archivist Heather Fox</span></span> on the cover of one of the zines. Fox, a musician active in the local scene, was working at the Filson Historical Society in Louisville. Daniels contacted Fox, who in turn contacted the publisher of <i>Burt the Cat</i>, Paul Curry, who donated additional issues, enabling Ekstrom Library to house the complete run of <i>Burt</i> and fill major gaps in the run of <i>Hard Times</i>. It was then that Daniels and Fox began to consider building a more comprehensive archive of Louisville's rock scenes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The push to create a comprehensive collection gained momentum with the 2012 death of Jason Nobel, member of the Louisville bands Rodan, Rachel's, and Shipping News, and the 2013 death of Jon Cook, member of the bands Rodan, Crain, and Cerebellum. "We started losing members of the music scene, and that really brought things to a head," Daniels said <a href="http://wfpl.org/post/louisville-underground-music-archive-scholarly-home-citys-punk-rock-past">in an interview with WFPL</a>, a Louisville radio station. "We realized we had to start collecting now; it had to be more than a cool idea. Because material was going to get lost. If the flyers get lost, if the music gets lost, if the set lists disappear, then an essential part of the scene is lost forever." The Louisville Underground Music Archive, or LUMA, was officially formed. Archivists Sarah-Jane Poindexter and Elizabeth Reilly, both interested in Louisville's local music scenes, came on board to help build LUMA.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Right now, Daniels and her colleagues are actively seeking donations to LUMA. These can include personal papers and correspondence, business records, set lists, photographs, flyers, posters, original artwork, albums and other recorded music, videotaped shows, T-shirts, buttons, zines, newsletters, stickers, and any other ephemera related to the punk, hardcore, and indie rock scenes in Louisville, Kentucky, in the 1980s and '90s. Fan mail is also welcome. <a href="http://wfpl.org/post/louisville-underground-music-archive-scholarly-home-citys-punk-rock-past">Talking to WFPL</a>, archivist Poindexter said, "The Rachel's, for instance, donated their materials here. It covers their process of creating music as well as the artwork and packaging, their press release, their tour information, how they planned their tour and executive it, as well as fan mail."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In housing the Louisville Underground Music Library, the University of Louisville joins other academic institutions that have decided to collect the artifacts of independent music scenes, including New York University with its <a href="http://boundbooksandlibraryblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/riot-grrrl-archive-to-be-published-in.html">Riot Grrrl Collection</a> and George Washington University with its <a href="http://boundbooksandlibraryblog.blogspot.com/2014/06/dc-public-library-establishing-punk.html">D.C. Punk Rock Collection</a>. According to the <a href="http://louisville.edu/library/archives/luma">LUMA website</a>, "Generally speaking, records of popular culture of this type are underrepresented in archives, putting this history at risk for loss." By accepting and preserving these records, these university archives can help keep the memories of these scenes alive for those who created and participated in them, as well as educate those who weren't part of those scenes but want to know about them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Ultimately, the goal of this collecting is to make it freely available to the community and researchers in general, and to preserve it for future generations," says the Louisville Underground Music Archive <a href="http://louisville.edu/library/archives/luma">website</a>. In the meantime, LUMA is eagerly accepting donations. "We are interested in taking anything and everything related to the music scene, things that people won't even think could be useful to an archive, Reilly <a href="http://wfpl.org/post/louisville-underground-music-archive-scholarly-home-citys-punk-rock-past">told WFPL</a>. "Every little piece tells the bigger story."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For more on the Louisville Underground Music Archive (LUMA), go <a href="http://wfpl.org/post/louisville-underground-music-archive-scholarly-home-citys-punk-rock-past">HERE</a> and <a href="http://louisville.edu/library/archives/luma">HERE</a>. If you would like to donate materials to the archive, send LUMA an email message at: luma@louisville.edu. Also, like LUMA on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LUMAproject">THIS LINK</a>. </span></span><br />
<span class="st"></span>Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-84471627056333892692014-10-31T20:55:00.000-07:002014-11-01T00:47:30.072-07:00Librarian (and Roller Derby Star) Gives Book Recs<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One of Portland's nicknames is "Rose City." Thus its roller derby league, formed in 2004, is called the <a href="http://www.rosecityrollers.com/">Rose City Rollers</a>. A shining star of the league is Yoga Nabi Sari.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Seeing a cool photo of a roller derby team at Portland's Voodoo Doughnuts - and inspired by the 2009 film "<a href="http://www.foxsearchlight.com/whipit/">Whip It</a>" - she decided that she wanted to play roller derby. At the time that she joined the Rose City Rollers, in 2010, Yoga Nabi Sari was also starting library school. She was enrolled at the School of Library and Information Management at Emporia State University. However, she discovered that the rigors of a library school education paled in comparison to the sheer intensity of being on a roller derby team. Still, she saw playing roller derby as "<a href="http://www.rosecityrollers.com/2010/wreckers-testimonial/">a major, positive change in my life</a>."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yoga Nabi Sari began by joining the <a href="http://www.rosecityrollers.com/teams/wreckers/">Rose City Wreckers</a>, a recreational and noncompetitive derby training and exercise program that is open to women aged 18 and older. She would then move on to the Rose City Rollers' <a href="http://www.rosecityrollers.com/teams/fresh-meat-program/">Fresh Meat</a> training program, which readies skaters for the competitive level of roller derby. Ultimately, she would go on to skate for the <a href="http://www.rosecityrollers.com/teams/guns-n-rollers/">Guns N Rollers</a> (GNR) and <a href="http://www.rosecityrollers.com/teams/axles-of-annihilation/">Axles of Annihilation</a> (AoA) teams. In the meantime, she worked at the OHSU West Campus Science and Engineering Library and at Multnomah County Library, where she did volunteer work and research. She earned her Master's in Library Science (MLS) degree from Emporia State University in 2012.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today, Yoga Nabi Sari has the day job of librarian for a commercial real-estate company in Portland. Yet, in the evenings and on weekends, she skates as a jammer in the Rose City Rollers league. Her onetime employer, Multnomah County Library, recently <a href="https://multcolib.org/blog/20141027/guest-readers-how-they-roll-favorite-reads-axles-annihilation">asked her and her AoA teammates</a> for book recommendations. Thinking about her favorite reads, she suggested <i>Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence</i> by Gary Mack and <i>The Inner Game of Tennis</i> by Timothy Gallwey. She also recommended <i>Roller Girl</i>, written by fellow league member Victoria Jamieson. Yoga Nabi Sar called <i>Roller Girl</i>, which will be published in March 2015, a "beautifully illustrated book [that] captures the heart of this sport."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Talking more about roller derby, <a href="http://www.rosecityrollers.com/2010/wreckers-testimonial/">Yoga Nabi Sari said</a> the sport "is what I was looking for: comraderie, exercise, a humbling experience, and feeling alive. This is the PE class I never had. I'm not picked last for the team, no one laughs at me (just with me), and we are all here because we love derby so much."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For more on what Yoga Nabi Sari and her fellow Rose City Rollers think you should read, see the Multnomah County blog post "Guest Readers: How They Roll - Favorite Reads from the Axles of Annihilation" at <a href="https://multcolib.org/blog/20141027/guest-readers-how-they-roll-favorite-reads-axles-annihilation">THIS LINK</a>. To keep up with the Rose City Rollers, like them <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rosecityrollers">on Facebook</a> and follow them <a href="https://twitter.com/RoseCityRollers">on Twitter</a>.</span></span>Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-3263171419766479632014-10-29T21:35:00.000-07:002014-10-30T00:38:16.596-07:00Have a Happy (Harry Potter) Halloween!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952654356405206776.post-52423380839729376942014-10-29T21:19:00.000-07:002014-10-30T00:28:13.914-07:00What Daria Morgendorffer Read<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I remember when <i>Daria</i> was on television. The animated series was on MTV from 1997 to 2002. During those years, when I was young adult who was just making her way in the world, I either didn't own a television or, if I did have a TV, I didn't have cable television. So, for the most part, I missed the show's five-season run.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since the series ended in January 2002, <i>Daria</i> has increasingly become viewed as one of the smartest animated shows ever to air in the history of television. And it remains loved (and much remarked upon) by many who came of age in the 1990s/early 2000s. Not too long ago, I finally committed to sitting down and watching the entire series on DVD, just to see what I missed out on. Although the animation style didn't appeal to me, I did see smartly written female characters. I appreciated the show's sharp satire, and I laughed out loud at the dry, deadpan delivery of the eponymous character, Daria Morgendorffer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Daria as a character was fearless in that she was unapologetically herself in the cookie-cutter (fictional) suburb of Lawndale. Despite the continued admonishments of her parents, who wanted her to fit in for her own social benefit, and in the face of the ever-growing popularity of her vacuous, conventionally pretty kid sister, Quinn, Daria stood fast in remaining an original. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In addition to her strong self-confidence and sense of self, Daria was also extremely smart. On many occasions, she cleverly and openly mocked her bland high school peers, and her comments often went straight over their heads. She was also very well read. (That Daria was so well read was a stark departure from the animated series that <i>Daria</i> the show was spun off from: <i>Beavis and Butt-head</i>, whose two central characters were dimwits who reveled in low-brow humor and were anti-academic in their approach to life.) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Throughout the series' respectable run, Daria was often shown reading a book, or the show itself referenced books. <a href="http://www.aerogrammestudio.com/">Aerogramme Writers' Studio</a>, a Melbourne, Australia-based publisher of "news and resources for emerging and established writers," <a href="http://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2014/09/30/daria-morgendorffer-reading-list/">compiled a list</a> of all the books that Daria read or that were mentioned on the show. Fifty-seven books make up the list, and some of them are:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Divine Comedy</i> by Dante Alighieri</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>How to Win Friends and Influence People</i> by Dale Carnegie</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Brothers Karamazov</i> by Fyodor Dostoyevsky</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Madame Bovary</i> by Gustave Flaubert</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Life and Complete Work of Francisco Goya</i> by Pierre Gassier</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Howl and Other Poems</i> by Allen Ginsberg </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Metamorphosis</i> by Franz Kafka</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Critique of Pure Reason</i> by Immanuel Kant</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Being and Nothingness</i> by Jean-Paul Sartre</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Breakfast of Champions</i> by Kurt Vonnegut</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">That's quite a scholarly selection of books. Even more impressive is that they were referenced on a cartoon show airing on MTV and that the central character, a high school girl, was shown reading. When you think about it, that's pretty amazing. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">To see all 57 books on "Daria Morgendorffer's Reading List," go to the Aerogramme Writers' Studio article at <a href="http://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2014/09/30/daria-morgendorffer-reading-list/">THIS LINK</a>. What's great is that for the books on this reading list, Aerogramme Writers' Studio provided links to FREE e-book editions wherever possible. Thanks, Aerogramme Writers' Studio!</span></span>Boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12692711456877298989noreply@blogger.com0