by Club Ink | Oct 16, 2017 | Club Ink, Visiting Authors, What the Library Means to Me, Why I love the library
Libraries have been an important part of my life for a long while. I remember getting my own card – back when they were still stamped – and realizing the freedom of being able to borrow anything I wanted… until my Mom said maybe put back that Stephen...
by Club Ink | Sep 18, 2017 | Club Ink, Visiting Authors
As a blind person growing up in the 1950s and ’60s, I did not have real access to libraries. Instead I, like most blind persons, received borrowed books through a program known as the Talking Book program funded by the Library of Congress. Under this program...
by Club Ink | Aug 31, 2017 | Club Ink, Visiting Authors
Library spaces have always been one of my favorite places, but I never really felt like I’d found my library until I was an adult. As a kid, we moved around a lot so I remember visiting many different branches growing up, without feeling connected to one in...
by Club Ink | Aug 30, 2017 | Club Ink, Visiting Authors
Bay Library – the name sounds almost poetic, doesn’t it? The one-three syllable word combination, the alliteration, the brevity. In truth, the Bay Library wasn’t the epicenter of Bay Village, Ohio, but a lot happened there when I was a kid. Let me define kid: that...
by Club Ink | Jul 25, 2017 | Club Ink, Visiting Authors
The Fairview Park library has been one of my favorite places in the world since I was young and was a part of my life throughout every stage and transition. We lived close enough to the library that I could ride my bike to it (which I did pretty much every day and...
