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In Praise of Libraries -- #amreading #NationalLibraryWeek

I wanted to repost this in honor of National Library Week. Libraries have been extremely crucial to my development as a writer, from childhood to my many phases of adulthood. There was always a library -- and a book -- just when I needed it.



When I heard about National Library Week, I immediately wanted to blog about libraries.

But my deep belief in libraries is too large to be contained in one week.

When I heard that the Free Library of Philadelphia had ordered multiple copies of my novel THEY, a biblical tale of secret genders (Adelaide Books; 2018) for its branches, I was thrilled.


The Free Library also has multiple copies of my book Tea Leaves: a memoir of mothers and daughters(Bella Books; 2012).


I began hearing from people from coast to coast, that they were ordering my novel THEY through their local libraries.  I was thrilled, of course.


When a library buys a book, it means that many people can read it. Libraries are the great equalizer of knowledge. And in a non-reading culture (even if this was not true), libraries are essential. There is a very important link between reading and thinking.

Libraries — and librarians — teach people how to think.

(In addition to being available through your local library, THEY, a biblical tale of secret genders, is available through your local bookstore or online.



For more information on my novel THEY, a biblical tale of secret genders published by Adelaide Books, click here.


CINNAMON is also available through your local bookstore and library

(just ask them to order it if they don’t have it).


To learn more about The Unicorn, The Mystery, click here:


For more information on my novel Loving Artemis, an endearing tale of revolution, love, and marriage, click here.


You can get copies of Tea Leaves, a memoir of mothers and daughters, at your local library, your local bookstore, or wherever books are sold online.






 
 
 

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