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I Am Woman, Hear Me Write
It's Women's History Month. Quick! Name your favorite female Mississippi author! There are a slew of wonderfully talented authoresses hailing from...
Read with MLC: Graphic Nonfiction
Welcome to March and the third reading prompt of our 2024 Read with MLC challenge: read a work of graphic nonfiction. Nonfiction comics have been...
That All May Social Media
That All May Read. That's the slogan of the National Library Services for the Blind and Print Disabled. I think about those words a lot. In 2018,...
Finding Your Nonfiction Niche
We all know fiction genres: romance, science fiction, fantasy… all types of books that have their own shelves in bookstores everywhere. But what...
Read with MLC: Reread a Book You Love
Welcome to February and the second reading prompt of our 2024 Read with MLC challenge: reread a book you love. There's something incredibly special...
Squeaking Into the Public Domain
American copyright is a strange beast. The law can be a bit complex, but to sum it up, a creator (or the creator’s estate) can hold exclusive...
All About That Braille
Braille: it's the bumpy bits that Blind people use to read, right? Invented by Frenchman Louis Braille (1809-1852) in 1824, this writing system is...
Dr. King in Mississippi
Dr. Martin Luther King was a lasting inspiration for our country. Born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, his leadership helped millions of...
Looking For a Few Good Readers
Talking Book Services (TBS) is one of the best-kept secrets in Mississippi, and, truth be told, in the entire nation. Thing is, TBS is...