by mlcsupport | May 6, 2024 | Read with MLC
Welcome to May, and the fifth reading prompt for our 2024 Read With MLC reading challenge: read a short story collection. May is actually Short Story Month, and reading one is a great way to celebrate this brief but tantalizing literary form. Lauren Groff, guest judge...
by mlcsupport | Apr 29, 2024 | Stacks and Facts
Happy Arab-American Heritage Month! Did you know that members of the Arab ethnic group began immigrating to Mississippi in the 1870s? These people were mainly Christians from Lebanon and Syria and settled in Jackson, Meridian, railroad towns, and along the Mississippi...
by mlcsupport | Apr 15, 2024 | Stacks and Facts
April is National Poetry Month, which makes it an ideal time to go to your bookshelves and pick out your favorite verse, sonnet, ballad, haiku, or limerick. Predating modern history, poetry stands as one of the earliest forms of artistic expression, with the Epic of...
by mlcsupport | Apr 7, 2024 | Read with MLC
Welcome to April, and the fourth reading prompt for our 2024 Read With MLC reading challenge: read a celebrity memoir. Is there anything more delicious than escaping your own life to peer into the intricacies of someone else’s? Affairs, addiction, divorce,...
by mlcsupport | Mar 27, 2024 | Stacks and Facts
Have you ever wanted to learn more about your town? Do you like gossip and facts about trees? You need to check out the WPA files! WPA stands for Works Progress Administration, which was organized as part of the New Deal to provide jobs for unemployed Americans during...
