The Friends of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Supporting the Library one used book at a time
Censorship by Guest Blogger and Saturday Scribes attendee, Aliyah Byron If there is one thing that ticks me off more than people telling me what I can and can’t do, it’s people telling me what I can and can’t learn. Censoring books is one of the most common and overlooked ways of limiting these avenues […]
Musings on Writing by Rassarah Winters All kinds of things come up as I decide to write…Louisiana memories, Texas tales, California conundrums, and a few Ohio reflections move around in my head. They fight for my attention. But, do I really want to write? Which experience has more oomph? Which best matches my mood right now? […]
Both Sides Now–by Teresa Cox I love the energy found on endless shelves of books … the authors, the illustrators, the photographers. I think about all the hands that have turned these pages when I visit The Used Book Store at the Warehouse on Saturdays and book sale events. I pile up and purchase my […]
If you are looking for Mary Lou Wells, you’ll probably find her donned in a blue apron, pushing around a book truck, and working in the fiction stacks. The casual observer may not recognize that Mary Lou is on site—so unobtrusive and quietly determined is her presence. But you don’t have to see her to […]
One day while browsing our stacks I came across the book, “How Not to Act Old” by Pamela Redmon Satran. I snatched it up, partly because I’m a sucker for catchy titles and partly because I’m nearing 40 and feeling vulnerable about my age. I remember alternately chuckling and grimacing through several entries, but I […]