"Talk of the Stacks," the reading series at the downtown Minneapolis public library, is out with its spring lineup.March 10: David Plotz, editor of slate.com talks about Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible.April 21: Laurie Hertzel, books editor of the … Continue reading Talking in the Library
Man, They Love Their Library!
This photo was taken at the January 7 opening of the new library--yes, a library--in the Lehen neighborhood of Salzburg, Austria. The building is built in a former football (read, soccer) stadium. You can see the architects' presentation here. Click "Bilder" to see the pictures.And that's not the half of it. Check out this video … Continue reading Man, They Love Their Library!
Smile!
Poets & Writers has posted ten book portraits by Richard Baker. They are quite literally that--paintings of books. They're also accompanied by brief statements from the artist about what books have meant to him.--David E
Musings from Magers and Quinn 