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Metropolitan Library System in the Library of Congress

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 05/04/2016 - 08:01

Ralph Ellison loved his library. He loved the public library as a child, and he loved the one that was named in his honor some fifty years later. A Ralph Ellison scholar discovered just how much he loved them while working with his papers in the Library of Congress.

 

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Ralph Ellison, Literature, Readers Advisory

Gal Pals

Submitted by tstone on Wed, 03/23/2016 - 08:07

Real friendship can be hard to capture in fiction, but a few authors have managed to pull it off. In honor of Women’s History Month, Librarian Tracy celebrates the power of "gal pals" in some of her favorite books. So dive right in to the following literary works which succeed in expressing close bonds among women.

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Readers Advisory, Fiction, Literature, Women's History Month

Pulitzer Prize Possibilities

Submitted by tstone on Fri, 02/19/2016 - 11:08

Our literature blogger Tracy likes literary prizes. Although she rarely predicts the winner, and is often disappointed, she feels the prizes generally do more good than harm. If nothing else, a prestigious literary prize keeps a (usually) good book in print, generates publicity, and hopefully sells a few more copies. Check out Tracy's picks for the gold medal.

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Readers Advisory, Literature, awards

2015 Literary Awards Wrapup - Dive Right In (The Literature Blog)

Submitted by tstone on Wed, 11/25/2015 - 08:43

Autumn is here, leaves are falling, and the literary world is humming with activity as the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Man Booker Prize and National Book Award have been handed out for 2015. It was shaping up to be the Year of the Woman, did it turn out that way? I've got the scoop for you. Dive right in!

 

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Books, Readers Advisory, Literature, awards

Sizzle in the Stacks

Submitted by awhitney on Fri, 10/23/2015 - 07:51

I thought about books I've read that stand out to me as romantic. Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre was the first book that came to mind. To me, "Reader, I married him." Is one of the most romantic lines in all of literature because of all the drama and intensity that came before it. Jane Eyre also contains a lot of the elements we still find in romances: a heroine with a strong sense of self who is in some kind of trouble, a wealthy hero with a tragic past and a lot of secrets, and a connection between the two main characters that seems magical, unusual, and inexplicable in its strength. Read on to find several more romances/romantic novels that owe something to Jane Eyre.

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Books, Reading, Literature

The National Book Award Longlist - Dive Right In (The Literature Blog)

Submitted by tstone on Mon, 09/28/2015 - 07:57

Now that Great Britain’s Man Booker Prize committee has narrowed the list to six eligible works of fiction (the shortlist), we Yanks have gotten into the act with the recent announcement of the 2015 National Book Award Longlist for Fiction. It is quite an honor to make the list; publishers submitted a total of 419 books written by U.S. citizens and published in the U.S. for consideration. Follow me, Dive Right In, on the Dog-Eared Blog, and I’ll keep you up to date on the exciting results. 

 

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Books, Reading, Literature, awards
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