Category Archives: Libraries

I left my heart in Dallas.

Earlier this month, I took time out of my busy Minneapolis schedule of socializing and concert-going to visit my darling Amanda in Texas. She was my roommate when we studied abroad in Paris, and she can be seen photographing us … Continue reading

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On what I want to be and the things I value.

“Librarians’ values are as sound as Girl Scouts’: truth, free speech, and universal literacy. And, like Scouts, they possess a quality that I think makes librarians invaluable and indispensible: they want to help. They want to help us. They want … Continue reading

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Hello, November!

I’m intimidated. I haven’t updated my blog in a while, so this post should be a good one, huh? But now I’m overwhelmed. What’s new?, you ask. Nothing and everything. I feel like I’m floundering in a post-grad wasteland. I … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving in September.

Thank you dear reader, for continuing to click on my blog when I didn’t post for a month. Thank you Wes Anderson, for making lovely movies. Thank you Minneapolis Park and Rec, for showing a Wes Anderson movie this evening … Continue reading

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On literature.

I’ve always loved books. My grandpa Malam is a master of the revealing anecdote, and his favorite one about me takes place on my second birthday. After the cake and candles, at the end of the party, I was opening … Continue reading

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