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RIP, Queen of Suspense
Author Mary Higgins Clark died last week, on January 31. “The Queen of Suspense,” as she was known, wrote over fifty novels and sold over 100 million copies in the U.S. alone. She said in a 1997 interview that she wanted to create stories that would make the reader say, “This could be me. That…
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Black History Month: Poets and Authors
“We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans – because we can. We have some impulse within us that makes us want to explain ourselves to other human beings.” – Maya Angelou Writers are those who commits his or her thoughts, ideas, and feelings to paper. They…
Books On: Haiku
Programs of Interest During the shortest month of the year, we are hosting a short poetry contest. Teen Haiku Contest Saturday, February 1-Saturday, February 29, 2020 A haiku is a short Japanese poem consisting of three lines and a total of 17 syllables. The first and last lines of a haiku have five syllables and…
Black History Month: Bringing History to Light
Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history. Carter G. Woodson Facts @ Black History Month The celebration of Black History Month began as “Negro History Week,” which was created by Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Carter…