Library Holiday Hours, as well as Christmas Festivities.
BOOK REVIEW: OH, WILLIAM By Elizabeth Strout – December 2021
Elizabeth Strout won the Pulitzer Prize for Olive Kittredge in 2015. An enthusiastic and faithful fan, I’ve read all of her eight novels. Her fictional world is set mostly in either Maine or New York City and sometimes the same people turn up from book to book.
LIBRARY NOTES – November 2021
Programs and Volunteers!
We are looking for responsible, friendly, volunteers who love books to join our team. Come in and talk to me any time about training and what’s involved.
We are also looking for workshop presenters, authors, filmmakers, crafters, and teaching artists to lead workshops or give presentations in 2022, whether online or in person. Please reach out if you are interested by calling 845-676-3333 or emailing an.ill@4cls.org.~
BOOK REVIEW: BEWILDERMENT by Richard Powers – November 2021
Towards the novel’s conclusion, Powers gives us several moments of transcendent insight such as only he can produce. Despite my complaints, I’m glad I read this book and am tempted to read it again, as I did The Overstory. You can’t successfully grasp Powers’ conception of what’s possible in the universe, on both the inner and outer frontiers, in one go.
Tails and Tales Writing Contest Submissions
Tails and Tales Writing Contest Submissions By Pamela West-Finkle Librarian, Andes Public Library We received four official entries into the writing contest we held this summer. Because all four submissions were amazing and from the same family, we couldn’t possibly make a decision between them, so we awarded at gift certificate to the Phoenicia Diner…
LIBRARY NOTES – October 2021
A list of various goings on at the Library.