It’s National Poetry Month again, and here are samplings from some new poetry anthologies to consider:
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Mary Boykoff has joined the staff of the Hilton Branch of the Maplewood Memorial Library. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Thomas Edison State University and her Master's degree in Library and Information Science from Drexel University.
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Although the Maplewood Ideas Festival is postponed and the Library is closed to the public, the library’s online resources are available to Maplewood Library cardholders around the clock. Here is a selection of works by this year’s participants available online as an eBook or eAudiobook.
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I’m so proud of our library—the way it pulls us together, the staff who make it lively and inclusive, the volunteers who support and enrich it, the diverse people who flow through its doors seeking information, tranquility or engagement. It captures much of what I love about our community.- Village Green
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It’s all about love this month: love of another, of self, of country.
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New year, new beginnings, a focus on the future
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Darkness and light
As we prepare again for the darkest time of the year, here is some fiction to shed light, or shade, as the case may be.
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No sun - no moon!
No morn - no noon -
No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day.
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member -
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! -
November!
Thomas Hood
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Reproductive technologies have made it possible for people who in previous generations would not have had the option, to become parents. But deciding whether or not to parent remains one of the most life-altering decisions a person has to make.
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Recently acquired titles in easy-to-read Large Print.
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Far flung daughters: from Berlin in the 1930s to Stalinist Russia to the US Civil War to early 20th century Hawaii, these daughters fought, struggled, loved, and survived.
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