[3] What secrets are lurking in the mind of Daniel Handler? I recently had the opportunity to speak with the author, better known as his character/alter-ego Lemony Snicket, the narrator of the 13-book saga A Series of Unfortunate Events.
[5] In his poem, "To Sir Henry Wotton," John Donne observes: "Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls, For thus, friends absent speak. This ease controls The tediousness of my life; but for these I could ideate nothing which could please…" This is a sentiment Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell would heartily endorse.
[7] We are starting a regular blog post here at the Kansas City Public Library: Staff Picks! Every month our staff will list their reading selections. It could be a new release, an old favorite, or just something unique that they have come across.
[9] Earlier this year, the final book came out of a series that I have been reading most of my adult life. Its author never lived to see the final books published. The Wheel of Time [10] is a master work and is a treatment of the Epic in prose form for the modern age.
[12] Each month, John Horner digs into the Missouri Valley Special Collections to unearth a story from local history and look at it in new light. Here he tells us the conclusion of the story of a missing painting and a mysterious man...
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/KC+Unbound/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/mysterious-mind-behind-lemony-snicket
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/20458#comment-form
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/words-air-complete-correspondence-elizabeth-bishop-and-robert-lowell-ed-thomas-travi
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/20392#comment-form
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/staff-reading-picks-may
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/staff-reading-picks-may#comments
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/eye-world-robert-jordan
[10] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Robert+Jordan%22+series:%22wheel+of+time%22
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/eye-world-robert-jordan#comments
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/case-forgotten-canvas-and-third-man-part-2
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/20121#comment-form
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=1
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=2
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=3
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=4
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=5
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=6
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=7
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=8
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=111
