Spencer German's Articles

Adult Services Librarian Stephen Sanders tells us about a spooky audiobook from our collection: The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Stories by H.P. Lovecraft.

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Enjoy this week’s Wordplay, Hard Child, featuring  poems: – Hard Child, by Natalie Shapero – Will We Survive, by Peter Harris – Plates Are Hot, by Stephen Dunn – New Thing, by Mark Halliday – Peonies, by Jim Harrison

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Friends of Heights Libraries Book Shop Chair Jan Jones talks to us about the Friends Book Shop and monthly book sales.

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Technology Librarian Jackie Mayse tells us about a new library program called Learning Circles.

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That bump you hear in the night may be a raccoon, or it may be this week’s Wordplay. Enjoy these six poems: – Her Door, by Mary Lieder – The Singing, by Patrick Philllips – The Great Escape, by Charles Bukowski – Flamingo Watching, by Kay Ryan – Swiss Family Robinson, Ron Padgett – This […]

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Communications Coordinator Jay Rosen talks about the library’s public art gallery, which he manages.  

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This week’s Wordplay was filled with onomatopoeic poems. Enjoy these seven poems: – The Last Swim of Summer, by Faith Sherin – New Criticism, by Paul Hostovsky – Invisible Visitor, by Daivd Budbill – Onamotomania, by Thomas Lux – Where I Come From, by Shirley Fisher – Photo of Me, by Margaret Atwood – Ode […]

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