Uhmm… Happy Short Story Month?

So I just found out that May is Short Story Month. Seriously, all these holidays and weeks and months of recognition for stuff is confusing. At least I knew last month was Poetry Month, so I should get a little credit, right? The one good thing about Short Story month is that it has drawn […]

Geeky Poem in Your Pocket?

Today is “Poem in Your Pocket” Day, part of National Poetry Month, and in anticipation of this auspicious day (which I had never heard of before…) I spent the first part of the week performing a poem for elementary school kids. Jabberwocky. I memorized “Jabberwocky” from Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass (sequel to Alice […]

A Night with Mary Roach

Mary Roach (my favorite science writer) at Powells, City of Books (my favorite bookstore). Was it just a beautiful dream? Actually, it was a pretty hilarious author event. Mary Roach, famous for her bestseller Stiff, and author of Packing for Mars, is on tour this April to promote her newest book about the human digestive […]

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Hugo Award Nominees are here!

So while fellow GeekyLibrary crew member Taylor was enjoying NorWesCon, I spent my weekend schlepping boxes and furniture down 3 flights of stars while moving into a new house. Despite that, I took a break from moving to discover who the Philip K. Dick Award Winner  was and to tune into the announcement of the […]