06/05/2022
“Every now and then a book comes along that reaches the marrow of your bones, settles in, and stays forever. This is one," said of Colson Whitehead's "The Underground Railroad." Have you read this 2016 Book Club selection and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel?
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06/04/2022
Here are the Biggest Fiction Bestsellers of the Last 100 Years
As the year draws to a close, some of us like to look forward, and some of us backward—and some way backward. Last month, while working on the not-at-all-controversial Books That Defined the Decade…
05/31/2022
Song of Myself, 51 by Walt Whitman - Poems | Academy of American Poets
Literature in our worlds - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for...
05/29/2022
The Writer's Almanac for Friday, May 27, 2022 - Garrison Keillor
It’s the birthday of the American poet who once said, “The public needs poetry; I need poetry, to help celebrate and console.” Linda Pastan, born in 1932.
05/27/2022
The Writer's Almanac for Tuesday, May 24, 2022 - Garrison Keillor
Poet Jane Kenyon would be 75 on this day had she not died of leukemia in 1995. We hear her poem “Philosophy in Warm Weather.”
05/26/2022
The Writer's Almanac for Thursday, May 26, 2022 - Garrison Keillor
Today is the birthday of photographer Dorothea Lange, 1895, whose photo “Migrant Mother” is one of the most iconic images of the Great Depression.
05/25/2022
Next Thursday, May 26th at 6 p.m., the Lincoln County Public Library will host a Kentucky Reads Dear Ann book discussion.
Make plans to join in the conversation!
05/24/2022
"The great authors were great readers, and one way to understand them is to read the books they read."
- Mortimer J. Adler
05/23/2022
The Writer's Almanac for Monday, May 23, 2022 - Garrison Keillor
Poet Jane Kenyon would be 75 on this day had she not died of leukemia in 1995. We hear her poem “Philosophy in Warm Weather.”
05/22/2022
The Writer's Almanac for Sunday, May 22, 2022 - Garrison Keillor
It is the birthday of Harvey Milk (1930), the first openly gay man elected to public office. He was assassinated in 1978 about a year after his election to City Supervisor.
05/21/2022
The Writer's Almanac for Saturday, May 21, 2022 - Garrison Keillor
On this day in 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. Clara Barton said, "I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them."