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Library Commemorates Sept. 11 with Poetry Display

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Photos Courtesy of Annabelle RobertsPayson Library will present a “pop-up” display of American poems for the next two weeks in commemoration of Sept. 11. Located by the couches in the back of Payson, the display features poems by Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes and Emma Lazarus.Director of Library Programming and Public Affairs Alice Tsay is responsible for the … [Read more...] about Library Commemorates Sept. 11 with Poetry Display

Vox Populi

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Photo/Image by pixabay.com I once dreamt of progress. I thought that America, like a turbine or a generator, underwent a series of design changes, alterations of the blueprint, toward an increasingly perfect mold. History, I thought, molded through the fires of human failure, moved forward, like time. But history is nothing like time. It does not move forward or … [Read more...] about Vox Populi

Hung Le: An Abundant Life

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Photo by Matt Benton As a child, Hung Le's favorite game to play was "Coming to America." "We used to take these suitcases, and we would pretend we were going to America," Le said. "That was the Promised Land." Within the suitcases, which Le referred to as "war kits," were family pictures, clothes, a little bit of money and an ID card. "We knew if the war came to … [Read more...] about Hung Le: An Abundant Life

Silence in the Wake of Tragedy

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Art by Peau PorotesanoThe Somalian capital of Mogadishu was rocked by a deadly bombing which killed over 300 and injured 400 more Oct. 14. The attack, carried out by the terrorist group al-Shabaab, is the deadliest ever in that part of Africa, and one of the deadliest terror attacks in recent history. Many readers, however, are very likely just hearing about this atrocity. Even … [Read more...] about Silence in the Wake of Tragedy