Massive book donation planned for Hurricane Sandy victims
Dan O'Connor
“Schools and libraries in the tri-state region suffering significant damage from Hurricane Sandy are eligible” to receive books… Read more »
“Schools and libraries in the tri-state region suffering significant damage from Hurricane Sandy are eligible” to receive books… Read more »
Despite the welcome news — reported on MobyLives on Tuesday — that a ban has been lifted on 23,000 books in Turkey, the situation for freedom of expression in the… Read more »
Richard Blanco, a poet from Miami who was raised by Cuban parents, has been selected by the Obama camp to be this year’s inauguration poet. Blanco is the youngest (44),… Read more »
In Script & Scribble, an homage to handwriting and the history of penmanship, Kitty Burns Florey describes a recurring dream (or nightmare) in which she is looking at a piece… Read more »
As highlighted in the New York Times, the opposition to the New York Public Library’s Central Library Plan continues. A new letter (PDF) from scholars Joan Scott and Stanley Katz,… Read more »