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The Lamson Library Print Series was established in August, 2006 by the Library Director, David A. Beronä. Our mission is to bring contemporary printmakers whose work display a focus on a contemporary theme or social issue that provokes critical thinking among our faculty and students. Each visiting printmaker is responsible for [...]

By admin | February 12, 2008 – 3:02 pm | Comments (1)

New student artwork on display in The Commons Cafe

Alicia Roche
The Library and Lamson Learning Commons is pleased to announce the arrival of new student artwork in The Commons Cafe .
Alicia Roche wrote of her above work, “…..These particular pieces represent a stressful few weeks. I made them while really contemplating the things I wish I could be doing and the things I [...]

By Anne Kulig | April 12, 2007 – 11:10 am | Comments (1)

Investiture celebrations at Lamson Library

Lamson Library will celebrate the Investiture of President Sara Jayne Steen with a Community Open House on Saturday April 14th from 10 am to Noon.
Tour the newly renovated Library and Lamson Learning Commons, bring the children for storytelling with President Steen in the Tower Room, and visit the Michael J. Spinelli Center for University Archives [...]

By Anne Kulig | April 10, 2007 – 9:31 am | Comments (0)

April is National Poetry Month

We Never Know by Yusef Komunyakaa
He danced with tall grass
for a moment, like he was swaying
with a woman. Our gun barrels
glowed white-hot.
When I got to him,
a blue halo
of flies had already claimed him.
I pulled the crumbed photograph
from his fingers.
There’s no other way
to say this: I fell in love.
The morning cleared again,
except for a distant mortar
& [...]

By Anne Kulig | April 9, 2007 – 2:31 pm | Comments (0)

Harlem Renaissance display at Lamson

In observation of Black History Month, Lamson Library is celebrating the Harlem Renaissance with a selection of library resources on the rich literary and cultural heritage of this period.
Contributed by Lissa Pearson Zinfon, Coordinator of Library Instruction.
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By Anne Kulig | February 13, 2007 – 12:00 am | Comments (0)

“Literary Generations” at PSU

Plymouth State University welcomes U.S. Poet Laureate Donald Hall in the second Eagle Pond Author Seriespresentation Sunday November 5, 2006 at 3 p.m. in the Silver Center for the Arts. Hall will present the work of another poet, Liam Rector, author of The Day I Was Older: a Collection of Photos, Essays, Reviews on [...]

By Anne Kulig | November 4, 2006 – 12:00 am | Comments (0)

Grace Paley, Vermont State Poet, at PSU

Plymouth State University welcomes Vermont State Poet, Grace Paley to campus on Sunday October 15, 2006 at 3 p.m. in the Silver Center for the Arts.
Paley, the first writer in the Eagle Pond Authors Series, describes herself as a “somewhat combative pacifist and cooperative anarchist” and has long been involved in peace activisim [...]

By Anne Kulig | October 13, 2006 – 12:00 am | Comments (0)

Banned Books Week 2006

Did you know that in 2005, there were 405 attempts to remove books from the shelves of U.S. public and school libraries? That’s more than a book a day! Banned Books Week in 2006 marks the 25th anniversary of its celebration of the freedom to read.
Robie Harris’ teen book [...]

By Anne Kulig | September 22, 2006 – 12:00 am | Comments (1)