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Washington, DC December 7, 2009 Happy Birthday to Willa Cather, who was born in Back Creek Valley, Virginia, 136 years ago today. In May 1925, Cather traveled to Brunswick, Maine, to present a lecture as part of Bowdoin College’s “Institute of Modern...

December 4, 2009 Washington, DC   Founder and owner of Patagonia Clothing Company, Yvon Chouinard is a tireless adventurer, philanthropist, supporter of environmental causes, and author of  the 2005 memoir, Let My People Go Surfing. Chouinard...

December 4, 2009 Attleboro, Massachusetts   Attleboro Public Library recently wrapped up their Big Read project on the poems and stories of Edgar Allan Poe. Here’s a report on their final event—in the words of Big Reader Victor Bonneville—for which...

December 2, 2009 Washington, DC In October, the Oak Park Public Library hosted a show by 22 local artists of visual art inspired by Edgar Allan Poe. Here are just a few images from the show, which the library’s Debby Preiser dubbed “one of the most...