The Clarion

Off the Shelf: Learn about labor at the library

Kelley Minica, Library Staff March 30, 2011

Have you been asking yourself lately what thousands of sign-carrying people are doing down at the Capitol? What’s all this talk about unions and collective bargaining? What, if anything, does it have...

Off the Shelf: Civil war to civil rights, books tell black history

Renee Anhalt, Library staff February 23, 2011

In 1976, President Ford declared his intention to “honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every endeavor throughout our history” by designating the month of February Black...

Off the Shelf: True confessions from guilty pleasure readers

Shelley Peschel, Library staff February 9, 2011

Are you an educated individual who likes fantasy or magic? A law-abiding citizen fascinated by true crime? A mature adult that loves children’s fiction? A “manly man” that enjoys some “chick lit”...

Off the Shelf: Words Matter

Virginia Bryan, Library staff January 26, 2011

A couple of weeks ago “Publishers Weekly” announced that a new edition of Mark Twain’s classic “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” would be coming out in February in which all instances of the “N”...

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