Book Sketches

On Keeping a Reading Diary       My visionary friend Louise...

Wed, 03/19/2008 - 10:34am -- JDavanza



On Keeping a Reading Diary 

     My visionary friend Louise Blalock often asks people she cares about to give her a baby picture of themselves, and to describe a “lost book” from their childhood.  “Everyone has one”, she’d say, “that wonderful book whose story you remember but whose title and author are lost to time.  You’d give anything to find it again but the way to it is lost.” 

Award winning poet Michele Cooper will be reading from her...

Mon, 03/10/2008 - 11:08am -- JDavanza



Award winning poet Michele Cooper will be reading from her recently published book Posting the Watch at the library on Tuesday, March 18 at 7PM.  Michele is well-known in Rhode Island as editor of The Newport Review and the Crone’s Nest and for her tireless encouragement of poets, both new and experienced.  Welcome Michele back to RI and enjoy her wonderful poems!

LIFE CAN CHANGE AT THE LIBRARY!!Recently a woman approached the...

Mon, 02/25/2008 - 3:09pm -- JDavanza



LIFE CAN CHANGE AT THE LIBRARY!!

Recently a woman approached the Reference Desk and asked if anyone knew how she could contact local area animal shelters, dog pounds or any other source that could help her and her husband find a dog, preferably of a smaller size as all their attempts had been met by people offering breeds that were much larger than they could handle.

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