Will Eisner. A name many may see and think, “I know I’ve heard that name before. What did he do?” Maybe the name Eisner, as in the Eisner Award, is what triggers the elusive sense of recognition. Perhaps it’s a vague familiarity with his well-known works, The Spirit or A Contract With God. Whatever it […]
If you’re like me, you are not all too fond of the traditional New Year’s Resolution. If so, you may have tried and inevitably failed or perhaps you were intuitive/pessimistic enough to know it would fail before even starting. It’s also possible that the notion of fixing yourself has rubbed you the wrong way. Then […]
International Games Week 2019 is almost here! We are excited to be providing nine events this year starting November 4th through Saturday, November 9th. Below is a list of the events we’ll be hosting and the links to their pages for registration if required. Intro to Cribbage Monday, Nov. 4th, 6-8 p.m.Dabble Box. Open to […]
Banned Books Week is an annual internationally celebrated event where libraries share the most challenged and banned books of the previous year and bring awareness to the threats of censorship in our society. The following list has the top 11 banned books for the year of 2018 with each followed by a powerful quote by […]
Who loves miscellaneous information? Brad loves miscellaneous information. Is it true? Mm-hmm! I do, I do, I do, I do-oooh! And what better place to find such miscellaneous information than in the library’s 000s section of non-fiction? The 000s are arguably the oddest and most diverse collection of materials throughout all of the non-fiction collection. […]
Okay, it already is May. I was neither lucky enough nor had the forethought to try and get last week’s blog post. So what’s this about? May holidays! May celebrates so many days recognizing culturally significant popularities and ideas. Why? We can only speculate. Maybe it’s a way to fill a lull in holiday celebration […]
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We are excited to announce that L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library is celebrating International Games Week for the first time ever. We have a variety of programs available for the week covering a wide spectrum of gaming. On Monday we have our Pen & Paper Night with our wonderful volunteer game master, John. John will […]
Having recently completed a wonderful writing retreat offered through the Chippewa Valley Writer’s Guild, I feel inclined to share my experience and some writing tips with our library blog readers. First, about the experience. (Pst, skip ahead if you’d like to get to the tips.) The writing retreat, run by BJ Hollars and the Chippewa […]
Graphic novels and their predecessors, comic books, have had a grueling battle over the years to prove their value in literature. Comic books were the ‘video games’ of their day, unwittingly accused of “rotting the brain” and inspiring “violence in youth.” They are, even to this day, often considered inferior to their textual counterparts. If […]