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April 5th, 2021 – National Poetry Month

Threshold by Maggie Smith You want a door you can be            on both sides of at once.                        You want to be           on both sides of here and there, now and then,         Continue reading “April 5th, 2021 – National Poetry Month”

What I’ve Been Reading – 4/5/2021

Why Saying Chinese Food is “Unhealthy” is a Recipe for Racism | Well + Good NextDoor is Quietly Replacing the Small-Town Paper | OneZero How COVID-19 is Speeding Up Change Process in the Digital Workspace | CMS Wire LexisNexis To Provide Giant Database of Personal Information to ICE | The Intercept Have a good week!

April 4th, 2021 – National Poetry Month

Dear Dr. Frankenstein by Jericho Brown I, too, know the science of building menOut of fragments in little lightWhere I’ll be damned if lightning don’t Strike as I forget one May have a thief’s thumb, Another, a murderer’s arm,And watch the men I’ve made leaveLike an idea I meant to write down,  Like a vehicle stuckInContinue reading “April 4th, 2021 – National Poetry Month”

April 3rd, 2021 – National Poetry Month

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wadsworth I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretchedContinue reading “April 3rd, 2021 – National Poetry Month”

April 2nd, 2021 – National Poetry Month

won’t you celebrate with me by Lucille Clifton won’t you celebrate with mewhat i have shaped intoa kind of life? i had no model.born in babylonboth nonwhite and womanwhat did i see to be except myself?i made it uphere on this bridge betweenstarshine and clay,my one hand holding tightmy other hand; come celebratewith me thatContinue reading “April 2nd, 2021 – National Poetry Month”

April 1st, 2021 – National Poetry Month

Perhaps the World Ends Here by Joy Harjo The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live. The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table. So it has been since creation, and it will go on. We chase chickens or dogs away from it. BabiesContinue reading “April 1st, 2021 – National Poetry Month”

What I’ve Been Reading – 3/15/2020

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez On Her Catholic Faith and the Urgency of Criminal Justice Reform | America An Unintended Consequence | UCSB The Current A Recipe for Connection | Tablet Fencing: The Perfect Sport for Women | Her Campus at MSU How a Donkey Became My Running Partner | The New York Times Podcast Gives SBCC StaffContinue reading “What I’ve Been Reading – 3/15/2020”

What I’ve Been Reading – 3/8/2020

Resolutions, PA Style | Pennsylvania WILDS The Internet’s Most Incredible Collection of Food History Has Been Saved | Eater Former Amoeba Music Music Manager Now Works As An Echo Park Librarian | The Eastsider LA Rest in Pieces, Dave Thomas Circle | The Washingtonian Last Night Out | Slate An Incomplete History of Spice inContinue reading “What I’ve Been Reading – 3/8/2020”

What I’ve Been Reading – 3/1/2021

Embroiled in Multiple Hollywood Sex Scandals, Charlotte Kirk Breaks Her Silence | Los Angeles magazine Drawing the Line: How Libraries Handle the Legacy of Racist Murals | American Libraries Vivan Howard’s Christmas Ode to the Piggly Wiggly | Garden & Gun More Seats at the Table: Diversity in Librarianship Starts With Hiring | American LibrariesContinue reading “What I’ve Been Reading – 3/1/2021”