Many women fought against getting the vote in the early 1900s, but none with more charm, prettier clothes—and less logic—than the fictional speaker in this satiric monologue written by pro-suffragist Marie Jenney Howe. “Woman suffrage is the reform against nature,”...
As the level of severe Covid is low in our communities, masks are optional at the Island Free Library at this time. People may choose to mask at any time. People with symptoms or who test positive for COVID-19 should wear a mask. Masks are available. Thank...
Celebrate National Poetry Month with us and enjoy a Poetry Per Diem each day for the month of April! Today’s poem is from Harryette Mullen’s book of poems titled Sleeping with the Dictionary. Ask Aden Are aardvarks anxious? Do dragons dream? Ever see an...
Celebrate National Poetry Month with us and enjoy a Poetry Per Diem each day for the month of April! Today’s poem is from Danez Smith’s book of poems titled Don’t Call Us Dead. a note on the body your body still your body your arms still wing your mouth...
Celebrate National Poetry Month with us and enjoy a Poetry Per Diem each day for the month of April! Today’s poem is from Juan Felipe Herrera’s book of poems titled Every Day We Get More Illegal. Open as the leaf as the sidewalk as the tear & the iris...
Celebrate National Poetry Month with us and enjoy a Poetry Per Diem each day for the month of April! Today’s poem is from W. S. Merwin’s book of poems titled The Moon Before Morning. Homecoming Once only when the summer was nearly over and my own hair had been...
