Mar 18, 2021 Rare Books Virtual Lecture — Fiber /// Liber

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“O stitching is witching And hemming as well, But what is distressing, Is turning a fell. I’m sick of such seaming, And ready to cry, But I hear the word ringing, Try little one, try...

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Mar 02, 2021 Book of the Week — Ingress / Egress

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"A book is an architectural space where you can wander about, looking back and forth, all around, in and out, opening and closing doors — it's your room." Ingress / Egress Ellen Knudson Gainesville, FL: Crooked Letter Press, 2015 N7433.4 K58 I54 2015 Celebrated annually, Read Across America Day was...

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Feb 26, 2021 In Memoriam — Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919 – 2021)

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Dec 08, 2020 Press of the Week — Something Else Press

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“When asked what one is doing, one can only explain it as ‘something else.’ Now one does something big, now one does something small, now another big thing, now another little thing. Always it is something else. We can talk about a thing, but we...

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Nov 23, 2020 Rare Books Virtual Lecture — Novel, but not New

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“What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything, and who, having eyes to see what time and chance are perpetually holding out to him as he journeyeth on his way,...

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Oct 01, 2020 Rare Books Virtual Lecture — Radical!

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“We prefer crude vigor to polished banality.” from Anvil, Jack Conroy, 1933 In recognition of Banned Books Week, Rare Books invites you to view its most recent virtual lecture, "Radical!" - an accompaniment to our latest digital exhibition. from Songs of the Workers; On the Road, In the Jungles, and...

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Sep 23, 2020 Rare Books Virtual Lecture — A Drop in the Ocean

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“No swellings tell that winds may be upon some far-off happier sea- No heavings hint that winds have been on seas less hideously serene.” — Edgar Allan Poe, “The City in the Sea” Rare Books invites you to view its most recent virtual lecture, "A Drop in the Ocean." Learn...

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Sep 22, 2020 Rare Books Digital Exhibition — Sassy Faith

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from The Book and the Great Community, J. Willard Marriott Library, 1994 On May 17, 1968, Wallace Stegner delivered a dedicatory address to the new Marriott Library, in which he said: "To erect a great library in the year 1968 is an act of stubborn and sassy...

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Sep 07, 2020 Rare Books Digital Exhibition — RADICAL!

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The literature of politics is multifaceted, filled with various genres that range from poetry to pamphlets, and novels to newscasts. Today, new methods of disseminating literature allow voices from all walks of life to be heard on major digital platforms. However, a century ago, these...

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Aug 13, 2020 Rare Books Virtual Lecture: What is a Book?

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We invite you to visit our most recent addition to the Rare Books Virtual Lecture Series: What is a Book?, an exploration of the object we call the "book" that answers questions you never knew you had. What is a book? Where did it come...

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