Monthly Archives: September 2020

The statewide interlibrary van service is back in business!  Libraries began taking and sending requests on September 15t.  Van delivery of those requests started on Monday, September 21st.  The first delivery at the Nichols Library will be on Friday, September … Continue reading →

F. Scott Fitzgergald (9.24.25). So maybe you read Gatsby in HS and know all about East Egg and careless people, but what about Tender is the Night, the story of a complex romantic triangle and This Side of Paradise, which … Continue reading →

If you enjoy stories that makes the skin tighten in the back of your neck, then King (9/21/47) is your man. From nearly throwing away an uncompleted draft of Carrie, he has gone one to be a household name for … Continue reading →

Hank Williams (9/17) and Jimmie Rodgers (9/18) mixed old-time hillbilly music blues, and swing to make what we now call Country. Want more? Ken Burn’s film Country, available on Kanopy, has chapters on Rodgers (“The Rub”) and Hank (“Hillbilly Shakespeare”). … Continue reading →

Kesey, born 9/16/1925, bridged the 50’s beats and the 60’s counter culture. He penned the critically-acclaimed One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1960). The novel was inspired while working in a veterans hospital, sometimes while taking psychedelics. He became convinced … Continue reading →

Remembering Riley “Blues Boy” King (9/16/1925). The thrill is never gone….

British mystery writer extraordinaire, Dame Agatha Christie (b. 9/15/1890) created intricate puzzles based on closed locations, interlocking cvlues and hidden motives. Match wits with Christie and other golden age of mystery favorites like Dorothy Sayers, Josephine Tey, Goerges Simonen, and Ngaio … Continue reading →

The Nichols Library is taking requests today for curbside pickup. Not sure what to read? Check our pro tips for browsing the catalog, ask your librarian for suggestions. or read something by author(s) of the day, Sherwood Anderson, whose stories … Continue reading →

Ondaatje is the author of The English Patient, Anil’s Ghost and well-regarded stories. The English Patient was made into a (mostly) popular movie. Line up one for Monday pickup or download one this weekend from NH Downloadable Books (NHDB). You can … Continue reading →

Oliver (9/10/35) was a prize winning poet and essayist, and a go-to source for inspiration, Borrow one of her collections for curbside pickup Friday.