To say the least, today was a roller coaster. I think the pressures of the pandemic are getting to the staff at the library, so there is DRAMA in all caps. But during today’s drama,[…]
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On Comic-Con @Home
Greetings from Covidland (also known as Libraryland). I am back at work today after being off last week. What was hopefully to be my first trip to SDCC, sadly, obviously, did not come to fruition,[…]
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White allies are being tested right now; I recently failed.
Something has been bothering me the past few days. It’s something I have to just type out, I suppose, to get it out of me. Over the past few years, I have been determined to[…]
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Support the work of my library heroes
Hi, everyone! I have quite a few heroes who are friends, colleagues, and acquaintances in the library world, and many of them are also writers. I wanted to take this opportunity to share my excitement[…]
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Confederate statues are not history and tearing them down is not censorship.
A couple of days ago at work, a patron came into the library (no mask) and asked me this question: “If you could take a pill to erase your memory, would you take it?” I[…]
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This Spider-Woman Adventure is over, but the journey has just begun
Well, I did it. I read all 50 issues of the original Spider-Woman comic book series, one issue per day, for 50 days. This was quite an enjoyable experience and perfect way to kill time.[…]
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My book is in libraries all over the world!
In an act of vanity, I decided to hop onto WorldCat to see which libraries have my book. According to the catalog, a whole lot o’ academic libraries and special libraries have purchased it, including[…]
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Horror with animal heroes
Happy quarantine! Sorry, not actual quarantine, just stay-at-home orders and following social distancing guidelines. Anyway, since I’ve nearly exhausted every streaming service imaginable over these past several weeks while staying at home, and I happened[…]
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Spider-Woman: the stay-at-home adventure continues
Last week I wrote about my little personal adventure during our stay-at-home orders: reading the entire original Spider-Woman series one issue per day. As of today, I am on issue 25. Over the past several[…]
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Here's our first look at Frank Miller's CURSED coming to Netflix!
Last summer, I had the pleasure of meeting Frank Miller at ALA. He was so giddy for this book and this show, and he signed my copy of the advanced reader copy. I am excited[…]
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