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Lit Geek Heaven: Pennsound Audio Archive

Submitted by David Cherry on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 1:23pm

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Pennsound's mission is to collect, and make available to the public free of charge, recordings of contemporary authors and poets reading their own work, as well as to preserve recordings of authors from the past.

South Houston Branch Renovations Begin October 1.

Submitted by David Cherry on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 2:37pm

South Houston Branch LibraryRenovations are set to begin on the South Houston Branch. The library will be open until 5:00 PM Saturday Oct. 1, with work scheduled to start on Monday October 3. The grant-funded renovations will include an update of the existing facilities and the addition of a computer lab. While the South Houston Branch is closed, customers may use the nearby Parker Williams Branch located at 10851 Scarsdale Boulevard, Suite #510. Renovations are currently underway at the Jacinto City Branch, and the Galena Park Branch will be remodeled in the near future. We will share more information about these projects as it becomes available.
 

Hispanic Heritage Month @ Your Library

Submitted by David Cherry on Fri, 09/16/2011 - 2:27pm

Hispanic Heritage MonthIn honor of the diverse cultures that comprise Harris County, the Harris County Public Library and its branches will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month starting September 15 and running through October 15. Programs, activities and displays will be offered at branches throughout Harris County.

Harris County continues to be shaped by, and to benefit from, its vibrant Hispanic community. Harris County Public Library hopes to educate, inform and entertain the citizens of Harris County during this month celebrating the contributions of Hispanics to the cultural and economic life of our nation.

HCPL's Summer in Review

Submitted by David Cherry on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 3:09pm

Midnight Notes on the Poet H. D.

Submitted by David Cherry on Sat, 09/10/2011 - 8:40am

Portrait of H. D., courtesy the Poetry Foundation (poetryfoundation.org)When we think of the poet H. D. (born Hilda Doolittle) we see her as through a prism, or perhaps more fittingly as the subject of a cubist portrait. She is fragmentary--a series of planes that don't quite make a whole but which carry undeniable significance.

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