National Library Week / National Poetry Month

I love April because there is always so much going on.

April 11 - 17 is National Library Week.
This year's theme is Communities Thrive @your Library

Also April is National Poetry Month 

So.... in honor of both events, I am asking you to bring a poem to our next Lunch and Literature gathering.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010  12:30-1:30 pm
Bluford Library Seminar room. 256-258

Your poems should be about the many communities we live in, work in or play in. Communities of thought, the environment, cooperation, unity, and kinship. Poems that touch a chord or strike home.

Bluford library has many resources for your poetry selection. Here are a few to get you started...

In print
The Norton Anthology of Poetry A&T Ref    PR1174 .N6 1997
The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry  A&T Stacks   PS613 .N67 2003
The New Anthology of American Poetry A&T Stacks PS586 .N49 2003

Electronic
Chadwyck-Healey Literature Collections  contains the following poetry collections or search individually
20th Century African-American Poetry
20th Century American Poetry
20th Century English Poetry
African American Poetry (1750-1900)
American Poetry 1600-1900
Faber Poetry Library

Spring 2010

We still have two books in our Across the Pond series.....

The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood by Helene Cooper
and
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortensen

I am checking into the availablity of copies for either of these titles for our next gathering.
Save the date
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 during
National Library Week April 11-17.

Stay tuned ... and leave your thoughts, comments about the books and this program.
I would love to hear from you.