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...In light of International Women’s Day on March 8th, we celebrate all rebellious women throughout literature, not simply because they rebelled, but because their rebellion helped pave the way for all women of today (not to mention the voices of all other diversely oppressed people). Sculpting an identity amid a cul...

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...In This Issue: 1 International Women’s Day 3 Executive Director’s Message 4 Charge Your Style with Life 5 Children’s Literature Collection 7 Read 2Together with Wally Amos 8 Leading the Way: American Novelist Edith Wharton 8 Racial Inequality 9 A Look Back: Black History Month 10 The Freedom to Read: Banned Books 11 Yearning for Yoga ...

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...Savage Traditions and Their Detectives 6 William Shakespeare: Forever and a Day 7 The Flower Symbol 8 Best of the Best: Newbery Medal Books 9 The Literature of Vermin 10 The Importance of Being Honest 11 Stuck in the Middle 12 Driving the Future: On Autopilot 13 Threadbare: Lace in Literature 14 Rage Against the Machine 15 Food for Celebration 16 In Bloom: Seaso...

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...Spring Resolutions 3 Executive Director’s Message 4 Culinary Adventures: My Little Dumpling 5 Young at Heart: The Most Evil Villains in Children’s Literature 7 A Good Sport: Swimming in Synchrony 8 Library Evolution: The Changing Roles of the Librarian in the Digital Library Environment 9 Machiavelli: Winning Friends and Influencing People 10 Gertrude Bell: Explorer...

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...esthetic 9 Dystopian Horizons 11 Goddess to Green Cheese: The Moon 12 In the Buff: On Nudity 13 The Pleasures of Picnicking 14 What’s Cooking in Literature? 15 La Fête Nationale: Revolution 101 17 Zoom Zoom: The Automobile in Literature 18 Songs Inspired by Literature 20 Author Spotlight...

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...In This Issue: 1 Sweatshops and Tenements 3 Executive Director’s 4 Rhythm & Words: Jazz Poetry 5 Violence in Children’s Literature 6 The Decadence of the Art Deco Era 7 The Land Belongs to Those Who Work It: The Mexican Revolution 8 Bread: The Staff of Life 9 Hip Hop: From the Margins to the Mainstream 10 Bullfighting: Spanish Tradit...

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...ening Horizons: History of the U.S. Peace Corps 3 Executive Director’s Message Regular Columns 4 Metaphysical Hot Air Balloons: Baroque Poets 5 Literature for Adolescents 6 Arts & Crafts Movement 7 October: Start of the Modern Age 8 Pumpkins Sweet & Savory: The Quintessential Fall Flavor 9 Ballads: Parallels in Old and Contemporary Narratives 10 Swimming: Recrea...

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...In This Issue: 1 Manners & Civility: From Wisdom Literature to Novels of Manners 3 Executive Director’s Message Regular Columns 4 Speak, Memory: The Orality of Epic Poetry 5 Hoist the Jolly Roger!: Pirates in Literature 6 Taj Mahal: A Tribute to Love 7 Cuban Missile...

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...In This Issue: 1 Dancing through Literature 3 Executive Director’s Message 4 The Limerick and Its Failure to Kick the Bucket 5 A Brief History of Science Fiction 6 Anti-intellectualism: A Non-comprehensive Compilation of Facts of Feelings 7 Mother Goose...

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...In This Issue: 1 World Press Day 3 Executive Director’s Message Regular Columns 4 Poetry Corner 5 Children’s Literature Collection 6 History by Design 7 This Month in History 8 Cuisine & Travel 9 Take a (Musical) Note 10 A Good Sport 11 Cultural Traditions Pick A Topic 13 May Faith Traditions 15 Was Lao Tzu an Antiintelle...

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...In This Issue: 1 A Contemporary Look at Primitive Art 3 Executive Director’s Message Regular Columns 4 Poetry Corner 5 Children’s Literature Collection 6 History by Design 7 This Month in History 8 Cuisine & Travel 9 Take a (Musical) Note 10 A Good Sport 11 Cultural Traditions Pick A Topic 12 Porcelain: The Most Enduring Chinese Export 13 Th...

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...e Noguchi 5 ‘Underdog’ Is Another Word for ‘Phoenix’ 7 Monoliths in Wood: Famous Literary Illustrators 8 Temptation, Sin & Knowledge: The Apple in Literature 9 ‘Tis the Season: Christmas Carols and the Caroling Tradition 10 Henry Miller: The Art of Appreciation 11 Peek into the Future 13 Speechless: Vanishing Languages 14 Don’t Open the Closet: The Myth of Bluebear...