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 […]
Category: Libraries
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
My book is now available
Hello out there. I hope you are staying self and healthy. If you’re like me, the weight of this crisis […]
During these trying times, I’m both terrified and proud
Hi, everyone! How is your social-distancing going? All good here. I’ve organized my bookshelves and comics (I’m months behind), I’ve […]
This came out of me! My book is finally here, and I love it.
I was pleasantly surprised by a box at my door this afternoon, and what was inside? MY BOOK! This is […]
My Nashville/Chicago Library/Comics trip of 2020!
Last week my lovely library sent me to Nashville to attend the PLA Conference and Chicago to attend the Librarian […]
I didn't discover my favorite picture book until I became an adult
I’ve always been a book lover and like many American children, I grew up with an assortment of picture books. […]
Happy Groundhog Day! Let's relive the last 31 days of library news
Holy cow, what a year January was, huh? Just look at all that went down in library land last month. […]
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.