Inspiration
When asked about the inspiration for my novel, I answer simply: “I love libraries.” Libraries of all shapes and sizes; new libraries and...
Reading in my DNA
Grandma Ruby homesteaded in Oklahoma long before the libraries were built. An avid reader, she waited eagerly for the arrival of her...
My First Carnegie Library
How I'd like to tell you my novel has been germinating since kindergarten. After all, my elementary school was named after Mary Cornelia...
Carnegie's First Library
Andrew Carnegie made his first contribution of a library in Dumfermline, Scotland, where he was born in a weaver's cottage. He made his...
Library Book
How did I miss this one? Just picked up at my local branch, a book full of photographs of libraries. Essays too, including a foreword by...
Library Swag
Yes, I'm collecting! Won't these be swell raffle prizes at book signings? Certainly proof that I'm not the only one who's nostalgic for...
Kansas Here, There, & Everywhere
My friend Elena Acevedo Dalcourt snapped this image of the Kansas motto while wandering around Little Italy in San Diego. Don't you love...
Who says libraries aren't sexy?
Do you think the poet understood how powerful these "prettty girls" were? Just saying. Women like these made those libraries happen.
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