Tag: Poetry

Dec 06 2009

Leaves of Bark; of Bark and Bookworms

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Know any librarian poets? Leaves of Bark is an online project that is documenting the intersection of poetry and librarianship. The site has 3 main categories; Poet Librarians of the...

Nov 11 2009

Americas, Poetry, USA, World

USA-born poet? Want to travel?

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The poet Amy Lowell passed away in 1925, leaving behind a trust fund that once a year sponsors a USA-born poet to travel as much as they wish outside the...

Jul 15 2009

Archives, Europe, Images, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, Maps, National Libraries, Photographs, Poetry, World

National Library of Ireland

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Today I got a “behind the scenes” tour of the National Library of Ireland! On my visit I found out that the library is quite a welcoming place to people...

May 18 2009

Latin America, Poetry, Uruguay, World

Mario Benedetti, 1920-2009

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Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist, novelist and poet passed away yesterday May 17. I’ve loved Benedetti’s work from the minute I heard his poem “Hagamos un Trato” back in the tenth...