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The COVID relief plan is a big win for libraries

March 11, 2021
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 |  Libraries

This is really huge. I mean, really, really huge. President Biden just signed the American Rescue Plan Act and within […]

Oh ffs, Dr. Seuss isn’t cancelled and you know it, spare us your outrage

March 3, 2021
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 |  Books, Libraries

Yes, the Dr. Seuss estate has decided to cease publication of six of his more obscure books, with arguably two […]

Join my webinar Feb. 23rd

February 4, 2021
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 |  Comics, Libraries

Hi all! I’ll be doing my first library webinar with the Northeast Ohio Regional Library System on February 23rd, but […]

Library Soup – Betty & Veronica

January 2, 2021
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 |  Books

Hot tub book talk featuring Betty & Veronica: The Leading Ladies of Riverdale by Tim Hanley.

Here’s what Wonder Woman 1984 got right.

December 29, 2020
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 |  Comics, Movies

So, that happened. WW84 dropped in theaters and on HBO Max on Christmas Day, and to say that the reception […]

In the Age of Trumpism, Superman was the hero I needed

December 20, 2020
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 |  Comics

Something happened over the past four years, and I didn’t even realize it was happening until very recently; Superman became […]

Please remember that comics is bigger than superheroes.

December 11, 2020
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Yesterday was an exciting day for Marvel fans as Disney announced a whole slate of new content during their Investor […]

I want to live in a world with library access to Amazon eBooks, but not a world without movie theaters.

December 9, 2020
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 |  Books, Libraries, Movies

News from last week was a mix of good and bad but all big. First the good news. The Hill […]

I’m back! But BookExpo is not

December 1, 2020
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 |  Books, Libraries, Writing

After dealing with a host of mental health issues and a COVID-19 diagnosis, I am finally back to blogging, and, […]

I’m just so tired of social media outrage

October 15, 2020
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 |  Books, Comics

Several weeks back, I left Facebook. It had just become too much; I was constantly being fed bad news, day […]

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About Me

A ravenous reader with a burning love for pop culture and balloon twisting, I write about comics, libraries, and comics in libraries. I am the recipient of two master’s degrees, one in Library and Information Science from Kent State University and the other in English from Ohio Dominican University. I now work as a manager for a public library in Greater Cleveland, where I live with my husband, three dogs, and pet rats.

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