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  • Octavia Butler: The Godmother of Science Fiction

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    Octavia Estelle Butler, born June 22,1947, was a science fiction writer.  She began her writing during a time when the genre was white and male dominated. Her determination to become one of the first black, woman science fiction authors, and her resulting success, has proven her influent to science fiction…

  • Celebrating Russian Authors on Russian Language Day

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    You may know that 193 countries make-up the United Nations (UN), but did you know that there are 6 official languages for the UN? Arabic, Chinese, English, Spanish, French, and Russian are the official languages. This means all official UN documents and announcements are available in each language. In 2010,…

  • Peace Officers Memorial Day

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    Today’s blog is written by author John Cagle. Cagle is the former Chief Deputy of the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office and was a Special Agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. He is a member of the Peace Officers Association of Georgia. On October 1, 1962, President John F. Kennedy…

  • Indie Bookstore Spotlight

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    Bookstores like Barnes & Noble and Books-a-Million! are competing with the likes of Amazon for business, but where does that leave the small-town shops we know and love? We’ve rounded up a list of our favorite regional independent bookstores in celebration of all they have done for our local communities.…

  • The Importance of Modern Poetry

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    Poetry. The word itself was enough to incite a chorus of moans and groans in many high school or college standard literature classes. Stumbling through Dickinson, Eliot, or Tennyson was bewildering enough to cause most students to swear off the genre as a plague on personal sanity. As of a few years…

  • Literacy Composed: Music and Book Pairs

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    As March draws to a close, we are gearing up to add a few more novels to our reading lists—and beaches to our desired set of destinations—as we near spring break vacation season. While the old reliable library-like atmosphere will always be a favorite of book lovers, we have rounded…

  • Lessons Learned from Dr. Seuss

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    For literary fans across the nation, March 2nd is a glorious day for two reasons: It’s the National Education Association’s Read Across America Day, and it’s the birthday of our favorite children’s author, Dr. Seuss. Students young and old can recall enjoying Dr. Seuss’s quirky and enchanting books when they…

  • NaNoWriMo 2018 Officially Begins!

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    It’s November which means it’s National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Authors of all genres take part in the challenge to write a 50,000 word novel from November 1 to November 30. If you’re as good at math as you are at writing, you’ll realize that’s 1,667 words per day. It’s…