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Nov 23

Oct 12

“Point Park University will host the Prague Writers’ Festival in Pittsburgh, October 18-19, 2013. The event will feature international writers, poets, historians and journalists.

The Writers’ Festival takes place annually each spring in Prague. The precursor to the Prague Writers’ Festival was founded by American poet Michael March and originally focused on poetry readings. Since then it has expanded in its scope, featuring international writers and many genres. Past participants have included Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Salman Rushdie, Irvine Welsh, William Styron, Derek Walcott and Nadine Gordimer.” [i]

Pittsburgh was chosen as host for the festival to bring a new audience to the PWF and also in light of the Pittsburgh Agreement, signed here in 1918, creating the new Czech state. A panel discussion will be offered on this historic event on October 18.

This year’s festival includes authors E.L. Doctorow, Anita Desai, Eda Kriseova, Tomas Sedlacek, and Hamdy El-Gazzar. For a full list of events, and to register, go here. And check out a book by one (or more) of these authors today!


wow!

elli-ie:

Is that paper
is that fucking paper

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Oct 3

Sep 28

When Books become Criminal.

Banned Books Week reminds us all that while ideas cannot be jailed, some books can become repeat offenders. Listed below are just a few fiction and non-fiction titles that come up again and again with proponents of censorship. 

Fiction:

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (in 2013)

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (in 2013)

Beloved by Toni Morrison

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (in 2012)

Non-Fiction

The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls (in 2012)

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

See the top ten challenged books by year here.


This is amazing! <3

kbtherine:

Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. — Alfred Whitney Griswald

Banned Books Mugshots: Alaska Young (Looking for Alaska), Janie Crawford (Their Eyes Were Watching God), Holden Caulfield (The Catcher in the Rye), Harry Potter (Harry Potter), and Hester Prynne (The Scarlet Letter).

Banned Books Week is September 22 - 28! Visit Banned Books Week’s site or the American Library Association’s banned books page for more information!

PRINTS AVAILABLE ON SOCIETY6 HERE!


mal-ya:

cloudyskiesandcatharsis:

Fictitious Dishes, Famous Meals From Literature by Dinah Fried

I think this is one of the loveliest posts I’ve ever seen on tumblr.

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Sep 21
Banned Books Week: September 22nd - 28th.

Banned Books Week: September 22nd - 28th.


sorry guys, i thought this was funny.

sorry guys, i thought this was funny.


via: laura-in-libraryland:

buzzfeed:

Oh my God, there’s a cat in Russia that wears a bow tie and works as a librarian. The world is a beautiful place.

More shots of our kitty librarian friend, Kuzya.

Longer article

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