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Library Lines: Take time to appreciate National Poetry Month
Cheboygan Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApril is Poetry Month! This year is the 26th annual celebration of National Poetry Month in the...
New Bedford Public Library launches Standard-Times online obituary index, 1968-today
The Standard-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNEW BEDFORD —The New Bedford Public Library fields many requests for help finding Standard-Times...
Library of Congress accepts sisters' NNY document collection
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJun. 17—On the evening of Nov. 24, 1854, a road-weary Peter Horr of Stone Mills paused in his labors to write to his parents in Watertown, informing them that he had just returned from a journey ...
Margaret Sanger Did Not Advocate 'Exterminating the Negro Population'
Snopes via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLibrary of Congress Catalog/Wikimedia Commons A quote from birth control advocate and sometime...
A collection as big as Texas: 6,000+ books about state added to San Marcos Public Library
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSAN MARCOS — Mike Cox acquired his first Texas book in 1954 while in the first grade. It was the...
Life of Ozarks' folk song collector chronicled in book, 'Ballad Hunting with Max Hunter'
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSarah Jane Nelson had never been to the Ozarks when she first heard about Max Hunter, a traveling...
Upcoming documentary looks at B-26 Marauder and young crew members in World War II
The Repository via Yahoo News· 8 months ago"I'm in this plane about to go miles and miles across the ocean, with a good chance I'm not...
“I Have a Problem With the Stealing of My Material”: A Common Rallying Cry Emerges On AI
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 10 months agoNothing had prepared William Passano for a new technology introduced in 1960 that threatened to...
Lubbock entertainment in brief
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Edge presents 'Salomé' The Edge: A Company of Fine Artists presents Oscar Wilde's "Salomé" at 2:30 p.m. Sunday for a final performance, at the theater, 4228 Boston Ave. Written in 1891, ...
Former West Virginia folklorist's new book highlights hidden parts of Appalachia
Times West Virginian, Fairmont via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNov. 26—FAIRMONT — A former West Virginia folklorist wants to challenge the common perception of folklore and Appalachian culture in her new book. In her book, "Making Our Future: Visionary ...