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What Is The Library of Congress and What Does the Librarian of Congress Do?: Book Censorship News

By Kelly Jensen May

https://bookriot.com/what-is-the-library-of-congress/

#books #libraries

The Library of Congress, then located in the Capitol Building in 1853.

The grand reading room features high ceilings, large arched windows that flood the space with light, and rows of bookshelves and desks arranged for scholarly work. The neoclassical architectural elements—such as columns and ornate detailing—reflect the period's reverence for knowledge and public institutions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress#/media/File:The_Library_of_Congress_in_the_U.S._Capitol_Building_LCCN2010649528.jpg

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I love that Stephen Graham Jones pulls no punches, and names his Blackfeet main character "Good Stab."

He reminds us that true horror is perpetrated by people, and that blood will cry out for justice forever.

THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER is a great title.

@bookstodon
#books #bookstodon #Horror @horror #BooksWorthReading

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I've never read any Richard K. Morgan, but watching the brilliant Netflix show Alerted Carbon and reading about him and the books definitely want to read the series.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_K._Morgan

#books

There is a central conceit that I keep — not consciously, I swear! — returning to in my work. It takes different metaphorical guises, but at root it's always the same sense of something grand and worthwhile being abandoned by vicious and stupid men in favour of short-term profit and tribal hegemony. You see it in the regressive politics of the Protectorate in the Kovacs novels, the way both the Yhelteth Empire and the — so-called — Free Cities fail their duty as civilisations in A Land Fit for Heroes. So also with Thin Air — the landscape is littered with the markers of a retreat from the grand scheme of terraforming and building a home for humanity on Mars, in favour of an ultraprofitable corporate stasis and an ongoing lie of highly emotive intangibles sold to the general populace in lieu of actual progress.

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The ecstatic swoon

As Stendhal knew, the reason for art is to make you feel. Do not try to grasp the artwork: allow it to grasp you instead

by Robert D Zaretsky

https://aeon.co/essays/what-stendhal-says-about-the-purpose-and-promise-of-art?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=3579a78c26-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-d88b59c7bc-72664972

Stendhal at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/418

#books #literature #art

Melancholy portrait of Stendhal by Ducis, 1835, in Milan.

Stendhal is shown seated, his expression introspective and distant, embodying the Romantic ideal of the sensitive, brooding intellectual. The subdued color palette and soft shadows enhance the reflective atmosphere. His dark clothing contrasts with the lighter background, focusing attention on his somber gaze and thoughtful demeanor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stendhal#/media/File:Stendhal_par_Ducis.jpg

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Just in case, like me, you're in need of something wholesome to start a new week: Betty's Reading Room by the dock in Tingwall, Orkney.

Apparently set up by a couple in memory of their late friend Betty Prictor - a place for folk to hang out while waiting for the Rousay ferry and really just the loveliest memorial I can imagine.

#reading #books #travel

The exterior of a small single-storey stone cottage with a metal sign by the door 'Betty's Reading Room' . An old metal mangle and various random bits and bobs outside, a small patch of grass speckled with daisies, a low slate roof.

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The interior of the space, lined with books. There's a comfy old sofa, a low beamed roof, and some fresh flowers in a vase. Out of sight, there's a small fire and yet more books. An old stone floor, little coffee tables laden with things to read, squished cushions and a sense of a much-loved space.

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#OTD Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway was published.

What a Plunge! Teaching Mrs. Dalloway to High Schoolers in 2025

by Mia Manzulli

https://lithub.com/what-a-plunge-teaching-mrs-dalloway-to-high-schoolers-in-2025/

Mrs. Dalloway at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71865

#books #literature

Cover art for the first edition of Mrs. Dalloway by Vanessa Bell.

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I was shocked that there was not a single book by Emma Goldman in my local public library.

So I looked her up, and came across this 1919 work I hadn't seen before.

DEPORTATION - Its Meaning and Menace

It seems deportation without due process to gulags overseas is as American as apple pie.

#EmmaGoldman #Books #Anarchy #USHistory

Screenshot of the cover of the book with the following text:
DEPORTATION
Its Meaning and Menace
Last Message to the People of America
By
ALEXANDER BERKMAN
and
EMMA GOLDMAN
Ellis Island, New York, U. S. A., December, 1919

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Screenshot of the first page of the introduction of the book, with the following segment highlighted:

In the darkness of early morning it slipped away, leaving behind many wives and children destitute of support. They were denied even the knowledge of the sailing of the ship, denied the right of farewell to the husbands and fathers they may never see again.

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Beatrix Potter’s Illustrated Peter Rabbit Letters

When Noel, 5, was ill in bed Beatrix Potter hoped her story inspired by her pet rabbit Peter Piper would be a welcome distraction

https://flashbak.com/beatrix-potter-peter-rabbit-letters-474973/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beatrix-potter-peter-rabbit-letters

Beatrix Potter at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/292

#books #literature #bookillustration

$Beatrix Potter and her mother Helen {Leech} Potter in a photograph snapped by Beatrix's father Rupert Potter Rupert Potter, died 1914 - Taylor, Judy. Beatrix Potter: Artist, Storyteller and Countrywoman. Warne, 1996. In this black-and-white photograph, Beatrix Potter stands or sits beside her mother, Helen Potter, in a composed yet intimate domestic setting. Helen is dressed formally in the fashion typical of Victorian or Edwardian upper-middle-class women, with her hair styled neatly. Beatrix, known for her reserved demeanor, appears demure and modestly dressed. Their expressions are calm and reflective, perhaps slightly stern, characteristic of portrait photography of the period. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Beatrix_Potter#/media/File:Potter_and_her_mother_Helen_Leech_Potter.JPG$

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a four-act play written by Thomas Russell Sullivan in collaboration with the actor Richard Mansfield. It is an adaptation of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, an 1886 novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.

The play was produced at the Boston Museum, Broadway's Madison Square Theatre and the Lyceum Theatre in London's West End.

At PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/43

#books #literature #theatre

Poster for a theatrical adaptation of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

The poster features a dramatic and stylized depiction of the duality between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Typically, Dr. Jekyll is shown as a well-dressed, composed gentleman—perhaps with a top hat, waistcoat, and a look of concern or introspection. In stark contrast, Mr. Hyde is often illustrated as grotesque or shadowy, with distorted features, hunched posture, or claw-like hands, emphasizing his sinister nature.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dr._Jekyll_and_Mr._Hyde_(play)#/media/File:Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde_poster_edit1.jpg

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English mathematician Henry Briggs died #OTD in 1630.

He is notable for changing the original logarithms invented by John Napier into common (base 10) logarithms, which are sometimes known as Briggsian logarithms in his honour. The specific algorithm for long division in modern use was introduced by Briggs c. 1600 AD. Historically', the "common logarithm" was known by its Latin name logarithmus decimalis or logarithmus decadis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Briggs_(mathematician)

#books #mathematics

Front page of Arithmetica Logaritmica by Henry Briggs, 1624.

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Roots of 10 from Arithmetica Logarithmica by Henry Briggs, 1624.

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“Multitudes” is a #haiku from Library on Fire, my 3rd volume of #poetry available at https://www.nihtgengapress.com/product/library-on-fire

#books #indie #poem

Multitudes
I must remember
Within my darkness resides
Multitudes of stars

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I really enjoyed this interview with Joe Wright!

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/04/18/pride-and-prejudice-joe-wright

#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia

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Reading Never Whistle At Night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. I really have loved this book, I have a little over 100 pages left. The stories are amazing.

However, I do suggest not reading before going to sleep at night. I woke up this morning saying "what the motherfucking hell" after the dreams I had.

@bookstodon
#books #bookstodon

Cover of Never Whistle At Night. Cover has black background with colorful pictures around the edges- there is a butterfly with a skull, a mouse, a frog, a snake, an eyeball, and flowers and weeds.

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Charlotte Brontë was born #OTD in 1816. Links to her #books below @gutenberg_org

https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2022/09/30/victober-2022-reading-the-brontes-by-publication-date-with-links-to-the-ebooks-thanks-to-gutenberg_org/

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In case you haven't heard, "Regencycore" is a thing; of course, there must be names!

https://www.brit.co/jane-austen-inspired-baby-names/

#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia

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New 3”x 3” stickers available in the shop!The poem is “Become”, one of my favorites from Library on Fire. https://www.nihtgengapress.com/product/become-sticker. Free shipping in the US!

#poetry #books #sticker

WHAT
CHOICE DO I
HAVE IN THE
DEEPEST DARK,
BUT TO BECOME
THE STARS?

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Breakfast time: I am reading the book "The Last Goddess" by Kateřina Tučková.
(Translated from Czech by Andrew Oakland)
And it touches me because the book begins with themes that have also influenced my life - women, health care and intelligence service. I won't say any more so as not to spoil anything ;)

#TheLastGoddess #Books #IAmReading #Reading #Literature

@lesekreis
@boeken
@bookstodon

A paperback copy of "The Last Goddess" by Katerina Tuckova sits on a white plate next to a cup of coffee on a white wooden table.

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57th: The Hanging Garden Ian Rankin’s outstanding 9th book in John Rebus series where grapples with the hit and run on his grown daughter, a cold case linked to a possible Nazi war criminal, and gang violence breaking out on Edinburgh’s streets. #books #crimefiction #Scotland

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@neve thank you for hosting #writephant today 🙏

#SelfPromo

My latest release is Little Wolf and the Witch, a Viking-inspired fake-married to the barbarian, only one bed, monster hunt m/m fantasy romance.

Blurb:

After being exiled in his youth, Feilan has earned a comfortable, complacent life in the Siftar trading post. He has very little to worry about…

…aside from a would-be emperor with covetous eyes on Siftar’s trade network, the Vaer raiders who insist on camping nearby every summer, the warrior who got him exiled all those years ago – and the jolterhead who thinks it’s perfectly reasonable to walk the new child-queen of Seven Hills into the raiders’ camp to beg for help.

Renart is young Queen Adeline’s uncle, and he’s trying to save her from a dangerous regency. They desperately need champions for a monster hunt, and Renart is not exactly grateful to Feilan for diverting them for their own safety.

He’s very grateful to Feilan for falling for the trick he tries next…

Available widely, and on Kobo Plus and Everand, as well as Hoopla or by request through your library, and in print. Buy direct or find universal links here:

https://wendypalmer.au/books/#vaer

And read some writerly choices about the language here:
https://wendypalmer.au/2025/05/04/author-notes-little-wolf-and-the-witch/

@bookstodon #books @lgbtqbookstodon #GayRomance