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Each of Us Is a Book: Poems for the Library Minded
This is a collection of poems for the library minded that grew out of poet and librarian David Drake's desire "to poeticize the things and personages of our library world" and his belief that the charm and excitement of libraries is oft overlooked. The poems deal with both universal themes and those common to librarians, and range from amusing to sharp, thoughtful to capricious. The poems are divided into six sections: Arenas of Possibility; Librarians/Cybrarians; The Reading Life; Our Patrons, Ourselves; The Writing Life; and Tools of the Trade.
- GenresPoetry
143 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2003
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David Drake
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June 1, 2014
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Old catalogers never die.
They just get withdrawn.
-David Drake
If you were a librarian you would understand.
Old catalogers never die.
They just get withdrawn.
-David Drake
If you were a librarian you would understand.
April 7, 2017
English / Español
Soooo with this book happened something interesting. So I was walking through the shelves on my school's library and I see the spine, too thin, just enough to read the title. I grabbed it, read the synopsis and see "collection of poems". I HATE POETRY- I don't get it. I immediatly go "naaah bye", but I just opened at a random page and read one short poem and... I laughed out loud! It was so nice, I read the others on the same page and they had the same effect. So I took it home.
Now I finished it. It was a pretty nice book. I really liked the contents. Drake writes about everyday life as a librarian, and how monotonous it can be, but, at the same time, how delightful. It has some emotional poems (the least) and lots of pretty funny ones (The most).
I recommend this book to anyone that loves books. It was really nice.
" I'd like you to meet...
Our conservation librarians, Rip Page and his wife Mindy
Our acquisitions librariann, Will Order
Our director. Dick Tate .... "
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Ok tengo una historia con este libro. Fui a la biblioteca central y me andaba paseando feliz por ahí, viendo los estantes, cuando vi el lomo de este. El título me llamó la atención, así que leí la sinopsis y cuando vi que decía "colección de poemas" quise aventarlo. ODIO LA POESÍA, no la entiendo. Pero lo abrí en una hoja aleatoria y morí de risa leyendo un poema. Después leí los demás de la misma página y ocurrió lo mismo. Así que decidí llevármelo a casa.
Y ahora que lo acabé debo decir que me gustó bastante. Sobre todo, me agradó mucho el contenido de los poemas. Drake escribe sobre la monótona vida del bibliotecario, pero a la vez logra traducir esa cotidianeidad en algo gracioso, y a veces incluso bello, relatando la vida de sus compañeros de trabajo y sus clientes.
En fin, lo recomiendo para todos los que amen los libros.
" Murder Mystery: A poetic Synopsis
Classic story:
Murder, gory.
Suspects, varied.
Gumshoe, Harried.
False diversions.
Strange excursions.
Romance sizzles.
Romance fizzles.
Danger lurking.
Gumshoe working.
Clues have dwindled.
Love rekindled.
Revelation.
Confrontation.
climax, action.
Satisfaction "
Soooo with this book happened something interesting. So I was walking through the shelves on my school's library and I see the spine, too thin, just enough to read the title. I grabbed it, read the synopsis and see "collection of poems". I HATE POETRY- I don't get it. I immediatly go "naaah bye", but I just opened at a random page and read one short poem and... I laughed out loud! It was so nice, I read the others on the same page and they had the same effect. So I took it home.
Now I finished it. It was a pretty nice book. I really liked the contents. Drake writes about everyday life as a librarian, and how monotonous it can be, but, at the same time, how delightful. It has some emotional poems (the least) and lots of pretty funny ones (The most).
I recommend this book to anyone that loves books. It was really nice.
" I'd like you to meet...
Our conservation librarians, Rip Page and his wife Mindy
Our acquisitions librariann, Will Order
Our director. Dick Tate .... "
____________________________________
Ok tengo una historia con este libro. Fui a la biblioteca central y me andaba paseando feliz por ahí, viendo los estantes, cuando vi el lomo de este. El título me llamó la atención, así que leí la sinopsis y cuando vi que decía "colección de poemas" quise aventarlo. ODIO LA POESÍA, no la entiendo. Pero lo abrí en una hoja aleatoria y morí de risa leyendo un poema. Después leí los demás de la misma página y ocurrió lo mismo. Así que decidí llevármelo a casa.
Y ahora que lo acabé debo decir que me gustó bastante. Sobre todo, me agradó mucho el contenido de los poemas. Drake escribe sobre la monótona vida del bibliotecario, pero a la vez logra traducir esa cotidianeidad en algo gracioso, y a veces incluso bello, relatando la vida de sus compañeros de trabajo y sus clientes.
En fin, lo recomiendo para todos los que amen los libros.
" Murder Mystery: A poetic Synopsis
Classic story:
Murder, gory.
Suspects, varied.
Gumshoe, Harried.
False diversions.
Strange excursions.
Romance sizzles.
Romance fizzles.
Danger lurking.
Gumshoe working.
Clues have dwindled.
Love rekindled.
Revelation.
Confrontation.
climax, action.
Satisfaction "
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