Sometimes one find things by chance, wonderful things and you’re thankful that you were where you were and were doing what you were doing, because otherwise, it might have remained beneath your notice. I feel this way about The Hollow Crown...
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Tuesday, Nov 5, 2013
Last month, I heard John Bradshaw on Fresh Air with Terry Gross explaining that cats do not necessarily sit on us for our warmth, they sit on us because we are friends. I liked the thought of this. I always believed that Gatsby (my cat) and I are...
Tuesday, Feb 5, 2013
At first the documentary The Queen of Versailles seems like an episode of the Real Housewives or Keeping Up with the Kardashians (or any reality show on cable television for that matter). It follows the timeshare mogul David Siegel and his wife...
Friday, Dec 7, 2012
The characters in Emma Donoghue's short story collection come from all walks of life: a German mercenary in revolutionary New Jersey trying his best to fit into his British regiment, a middle class British woman struggling to support her family,...
Monday, Nov 5, 2012
Clemetine Paddleford defined American regional cuisine. In the 1950's, she traveled every inch of this country to describe what Americans were eating, often piloting her own propeller plane. Her writing regularly appeared in The New York Herald...
Monday, Aug 13, 2012
I like a good farm novel. The remote landscape, the impossible work, the fickle mercy of the elements, and the quiet, isolated existence are characteristics of place that lend themselves to great narratives. Characters grow, fail, escape or accept...
Thursday, Jul 19, 2012
I don't have to tell you it's hot...and dry. Honestly, all I can think about is the water temperature off of the National Seashore in Cape Cod (in the sixties). But being landlocked in Iowa doesn't mean you can't turn your thoughts to the ocean in...
Monday, Jun 25, 2012
Next month, athletes from around the globe will gather in London to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Now's the time to start reading up on the Olympics with a few new library books. How t o watch the Olympics: the essential guide to the...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Over the past few months, women's issues have taken center stage in political debates on state house floors a nd in the media. What hasn't really been addressed by politicians and pundits is the changing role of women in the family (although these...
Wednesday, Apr 25, 2012
The transistor. The communications satellite. The coaxial cable. The fiber optics cable. The integrated circuit. The solar cell. The cell phone. The charge-coupled device. Stereo recording. High frequency radar. C programming language. C++. ...
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About Anne M
Anne Mangano has worked for the Iowa City Public Library since 2008, serving as the Collection Services Coordinator since 2013. In this position, she oversees ICPL's collection, including the selection, cataloging, processing, repair, and removal of materials, including the library's digital collections. Anne holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and a Masters in Library and Information Science from Simmons University. She lives in Iowa City with her husband and two children.