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The Philadelphia Tribune published an article today on the Youth Empowerment Summit hosted here at the Central Library on Wednesday. The theme of this year's summit was "Stand Up for Philly."… continue reading Teens Ready to Stand Up for Philly
By written by Communications Office May 18, 2007
Starting this past weekend and running through September 30 of this year, the King Tut exhibition at the Franklin Institute Science Museum is sponsoring a "Geocaching Trail and Scavenger Hunt of… continue reading Don't Say We Never Invited You Geocaching
By written by Communications Office May 17, 2007 1
Been meaning to read a Don DeLillo novel but don't know where to start? New York Magazine just published a handy, quick-reference critical guide to DeLillo's oeuvre. His latest novel, Falling Man,… continue reading Read Some DeLillo
By written by Communications Office May 16, 2007
OK, so maybe they're not evil , but if I were a human employee at Chicago State University's new high-tech library, I wouldn't turn my back on these eerily efficient robotic cranes . Comments:… continue reading Evil Robots Infiltrate University Library
By written by Communications Office May 15, 2007
A special section ran yesterday in the New York Times covering the latest in children's books . continue reading New York Times Covers Children's Books
By written by Emily May 14, 2007 1
Jorie Graham is one of the most important contemporary poets writing today. Her youth was spent trotting the globe with her journalist father and sculptor mother. She has penned many books of… continue reading Poet of the Week | Jorie Graham
By written by Administrator May 10, 2007
The official Rant press release from Doubleday, Chuck Palahniuk's publisher, claims that Palahniuk's "writing has been known to induce fainting and his events have the feel of a rock concert… continue reading Chuck Palahniuk Wields Wit, Inflatable Moose Heads
By written by Communications Office May 9, 2007
To raise money for Vienna's main public library, city officials have resorted to hawking what sells best . continue reading A New Take on Fundraising
By written by Administrator May 9, 2007 2
Self-described atheists and secular humanists Natalie Angier and Christopher Hitchens will be appearing here at the Central Library this month, discussing their latest respective books, The Canon:… continue reading Ungodly Dispatches from the Secular Set
By written by Communications Office May 7, 2007
John Ashbery has written more than twenty books of poetry and won nearly every major American prize for poetry, including a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Critics Circle Award, and a National… continue reading Poet of the Week | John Ashbery
By written by Administrator May 4, 2007 1
As demonstrated in this recent interview in the New York Times Magazine . And he'll be appearing at the Central Library's Montgomery Auditorium tonight at 7:00 p.m. Part of the Summer 2007 Free… continue reading Nathan Englander Is Funny
By written by Communications Office May 3, 2007
The Free Library’s website and all of its web-based resources will be temporarily unavailable beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday , May 3 , 2007 , during which time the Library will be… continue reading We Miss You When We're Offline
By written by Communications Office May 2, 2007
According to the general buzz of the blogosphere, the first annual Philadelphia Book Festival was a success, and it sounds like people are already looking forward to next year’s Festival.… continue reading The Blogosphere Weighs In on the Philadelphia Book Festival
By written by Communications Office May 1, 2007
Listen to the Poetcast , "the official podcast of the Academy of American Poets," and let out a wistful sigh. continue reading Farewell National Poetry Month 2007
By written by Communications Office April 30, 2007
May Swenson was born the eldest of ten children in a Swedish-speaking Mormon household in Utah in 1919. She received a bachelor's degree in 1939 from Utah State University and went on to teach… continue reading Poet of the Week | May Swenson
By written by Administrator April 27, 2007
We love the Friends of the Free Library . We love them not only because of all the wonderful work they do in supporting and advocating for the Free Library--we also love them for supplying us wth… continue reading Go to the Friends' Annual Big Book Sale
By written by Communications Office April 26, 2007
Darcey Steinke's Easter Everywhere and Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist were both featured in the most recent New York Times ' Sunday Book Review , published the very same day they both… continue reading On the Pulse
By written by Communications Office April 25, 2007
On Wednesday, May 9, from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m., the Free Library’s Raven Society will be hosting a five course sushi tasting and book signing with Sasha Issenberg, author of The Sushi Economy:… continue reading The Raven Society Wants to Feed You Sushi
By written by Communications Office April 24, 2007
If you were in the vicinity of The Parkway over the weekend, then you saw firsthand the enthusiastic crowds that came out for the First Annual Philadelphia Book Festival. Roughly 25,000 people… continue reading Inaugural Philadelphia Book Festival a Smash Hit
By written by Communications Office April 23, 2007
Rainer Maria Rilke was born in Prague in 1875. He had an unhappy childhood, forced to attend a military academy by his parents who wanted him to become an officer. An uncle recognized Rilke's… continue reading Poet of the Week | Rainer Maria Rilke
By written by Administrator April 20, 2007