Tag Archives: fiction

Book TV and Booknotes on C-SPAN

I don’t have full-strength cable at home, just a diluted el cheapo version that costs about $10.00 a month. I get good reception of the basic local channels, which I want, plus some junky shopping channels, that I block out. … Continue reading

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Word on the Street: Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Noire

Some folks might feel that the current, hot publishing genre, Street Lit, with its tales of gangsta’ life and love, is inappropriate for inclusion in library collections. Street Lit books may be highly sexual, violent, filled with profanity and slang, … Continue reading

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