Meaghan MacPherson

How can our society “Build a Better World?” This question will be answered in this year’s Summer Reading Program. As members of the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP), libraries across the country will hold events and reading challenges to identify ways young people can build character, help our communities, conserve endangered species and natural habitats, […]

This day I breathed first: time is come round, And where I did begin there shall I end; My life is run his compass. –Julius Caesar (5.3.23) attributed to John Taylor, oil on canvas, feigned oval, circa 1610 , so you probably quote him without even realizing it. He is considered the greatest writer and […]

In her notable work “A Room of One’s Own,” 20th century modernist writer Virginia Woolf discussed the relationship between women and writing, both as writers and characters. One particular quote from this work caught my attention: “I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.” […]

In recent years, many new trends have been introduced to bring awareness to different causes. Last year’s Ice Bucket Challenge raised millions of dollars for ALS research, No-Shave November will bring awareness to prostate cancer next month, and (Project)RED has raised millions for AIDS research since its founding in 2006. There is one cause, however, […]

“It was a pleasure to burn.” So begins Ray Bradbury’s pinnacle novel “Fahrenheit 451” about a future society where books are banned and burned upon discovery. It is amazing to think that in 2015, sixty-two years after “Fahrenheit 451” was published, the book is still as relevant today as it was then. Every year, hundreds […]

They say you should never judge a book by its movie, but what about its TV show? As more producers choose to option a book or book series such as “A Song of Ice and Fire” and “The Walking Dead” for film, many are electing to take them to the small screen. There are many […]