Blogs & Podcasts

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Welcome to the Valley

September 23, 2019

Emily Krieble

In about a month, Silicon Valley will start its last season on HBO. Here's why you should get caught up before it ends.

Enfoque en el Mes de la Herencia Hispana: Madres Locales se Unen con la Familia por Medio de NPL

September 23, 2019

Ed Brown

Marina, patrocinadora de la sucursal de Southeast, anima todas familias latinas a que visiten la Biblioteca.

American Fantastic Tales

September 22, 2019

Ben English

If you’re of a certain age, you probably have some experience with mixtapes. Mixtapes are great, right?

Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

September 19, 2019

Sade Johnson

Ronald Wimberly has gathered and presents quotes from a dozen black luminaries in mutliple fields. He provides illustrations of each person, some background information, and their most memorable quotes.

Podcast

From A Journal of the Plague Year

September 18, 2019

The harsh reality of plague asserts itself not only in Edgar Allen Poe’s story “The Masque of the Red Death,” but also in Daniel Defoe’s first-person account of the plague ravaging London in the year l665.

Focus on Hispanic Heritage Month: Local Mom Bonds with Family Through NPL

September 16, 2019

Ed Brown

Southeast patron Marina encourages all Latino families to visit the Library

Podcast

"The Most Dangerous Game"

September 15, 2019

Widely anthologized, and the author's best-known work, "The Most Dangerous Game,” also published as "The Hounds of Zaroff”, is a short story by Richard Connell, first published in Collier's on January 19, 1924.