Thank you to all the poets who submitted entries to our annual teen poetry contest! The goal of this contest is to inspire our teens to let their poetic side shine. The winners for the 2018 Teen Poetry Contest at the Homewood Public Library are: 1st Place: Matthew H., 12 Grade at the Altamont School…
Jason Matthews spent over 30 years as a special agent in the clandestine service division. After leaving the CIA in 2010, he started writing. He combined stories from people he knew along with patchwork of personal experiences, before long a novel was formed. Red Sparrow, the first of the Red Sparrow Trilogy, was met with…
In the midst of a seemingly endless supply of mass-manufactured products, we find ourselves nostalgic for products bearing the mark of authenticity―hand-made furniture, artisan breads, craft beers, and other goods produced by human hands. What often goes unnoticed is the transformation of our understanding of craft―or rather, craeft―in the wake of industrialization. In Craeft, archaeologist and medieval…
Join us for Bossypants Book Club. We will meet on Monday, April 16 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm. at Nabeel’s Cafe. We will have food and fun while we discuss our pick for April 2018: Motherest by K. Iskandrian Kristen Iskandrian was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she always enjoyed writing and…
The FireEye® online cyber threat map is suggested as an instructional resource, to promote awareness of the constant and international character of computer security issues. (See the link on the following page.)
In England in the late 1920s, The Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, on a convalescent trip to the countryside, goes to visit three old school friends in the area. The three, all unmarried, have recently bought a house together. They are a part of the generation of “superfluous women”―brought up expecting marriage and a family,…
