June 2013
9 posts
Classic Books Annotated by Famous Authors →
flavorwire.com
Readers come in two editions: those who write in their books, and those who don’t. No matter which you are on your own time, there’s great pleasure to be found in paging through marked-up copies…
May 2013
18 posts
Hear the Classic Winnie-the-Pooh Read by Author A.A. Milne in 1929 →
openculture.com
Here’s a rare recording from 1929 of the British writer A.A. Milne reading a chapter of his beloved children’s book, Winnie-the-Pooh. Milne was a prolific writer of plays, novels and essays, but he was mostly known—much to his exasperation—as the creator of a simple and good-natured little bear. (via Open Culture)
“In a library, you could find miracles and truth and you might find something that would make you laugh so hard that you get shushed, in the friendliest way. There was sanctuary in a library, there is sanctuary now, from the war, from the storms of our family and our own anxious minds. Libraries are… sacred space.”
—Anne Lamott
Calligraphic wonders at the Newberry →
chicagotribune.com
Think calligraphy is simply that swirling script on nice wedding invitations?
Think, again — then check out the Newberry Library’s newest exhibit, “Exploration 2013.”
