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Coleman Barks, a renowned poet and Rumi translator, will give a poetry reading and sign his books Thursday, January 28th, 7-9 pm in the Troy…

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I found a wonderful book yesterday, The Anglo Files LN 5 DA589.4 .L93 2008 by American journalist Sarah Lyall about her experience with British culture…

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I was reading an issue of Library Journal today which included an editorial by John Berry confessing that he hates reading and would rather see…

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  A few days ago I wrote about a pigeon who wandered into the library which made me think about animals in libraries. The Lilian Jackson…

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    Illustration by John Leech  from The Victorian Web A new book in the library's browsing collection The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dicken's…

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