The Friends of the Libraries' Feature: From My Armchair
From My Armchair is a feature that appears monthly in the Athens Messenger in a Saturday issue, on page 4. The Friends appreciate the guest columnists who take the time to write on topics related to libraries, books and reading.
Features are listed in alphabetical order by writer's last name, or in reverse chronological order here. |
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- Alden, Vernon R.: "Libraries are everywhere"
- Black, Sheppard: "Athens is a book-friendly sort of town"
- Braxton, Ann: "Musings on armchair travels"
- Burke, Joe: "Reading vital to future of democracy"
- Carter, Vicki: "Children's literature as film"
- Descutner, David: "A lifelong love for the library"
- Fidler, Ann: "Interesting reading -- on constitutional history"
- Goldsberry, L. Alan: "Libraries are the heart of communities"
- Hedges, Stephen: "Ohio's method of funding libraries one of the best in the nation"
- Lewis, Carolyn Bailey: "'I know how to read'"
- Matthews, Jack: "Books, Films, and Tour Buses"
- McMath, Joan Scanlon: "Books delight young kids"
- McVicker, Wendy: "A library in Eden"
- Mollica, Andrew: "Let's use the new Athens library well"
- Purdy, Richard: "My life with books"
- Smith, J.W.: "Reading with feeling and feeling to read"
- Vedder, Richard: "Reading provides a lifetime of gratification"
- Westfall, Patricia: "The life-changing library"
- Williams, Debbie: "Libraries are places of endless fascination"
- Windsor, Laura: "The library: a terrifying nightmare"
- Winner, Bryian: "Books, libraries - gifts to the world"
- Zimmerman, Julia: "Libraries are extraordinary"
- Zimmerman, Julia: "Ohio University Libraries continue to serve as a community resource"
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