[3] Terrance Hayes’ latest collection of poetry, Lighthead [4], is an exploration of past and present, lightness and dark. The poems are lithe and fresh. They draw the reader close, seductively, before introducing a grain of truth, uncomfortable or inexpressible, that can’t quite be quantified.
[6] Ask any romance reader, and you’ll get a long lecture on what makes a great romance novel. But what it always boils down to are these two elements. (1) Does the novel focus on the relationship between two people? (2) Does it have an emotionally satisfying happy ending?
[8] Imagine a future where literature is outlawed, mindless hedonism is the order of the day, and firemen don’t put out fires – they start them. This is the world of Ray Bradbury’s classic novel of censorship, Fahrenheit 451. Watch Waldo librarian Ashlei Wheeler explain why it's her favorite pick in the 2011 Adult Winter Reading Program.
[10] Jack London is best known for books about boys and their dogs, but as L.H. Bluford Branch librarian Bernie Norcott-Mahany explains, London was also the first dystopian novelist of the 20th century. His book The Iron Heel [11] is a complex and enriching story of a not-so-glorious future.
[13] In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian masterwork, America has collapsed, the Republic of Gilead has risen, and women’s rights have been dismantled. In our latest Winter Reading Video, Waldo Branch Manager Alicia Ahlvers tells how The Handmaid’s Tale [14], her selection for the 2011 Winter Reading Program [15], influenced her life as a reader and thinker.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/KC+Unbound/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/book-review-terrance-hayes-poetry
[4] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22terrance+hayes%22+title:%22lighthead%22
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12068#comment-form
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/thirteen-best-romance-novels-2010
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/thirteen-best-romance-novels-2010#comments
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/new-winter-reading-video-librarian-ashlei-wheeler-talks-fahrenheit-451
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12001#comment-form
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/new-winter-reading-video-librarian-bernie-norcott-mahany-iron-heel
[11] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=the%20iron%20heel%20london
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/11962#comment-form
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/new-winter-reading-video-librarian-alicia-ahlvers-handmaids-tale
[14] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=handmaid's%20tale
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/reading2011
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/11911#comment-form
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=43
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=40
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=41
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=42
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=45
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=46
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=47
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=48
[26] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=50
