2024 was a year full of travel for me! As a librarian, I always struggle between wanting to read while on the road and taking my time to see and do as much as I can as a visitor in new places. This year, I traveled to seven countries as well as explored one of…
Yo-Yo Ma
Our final entry for the Revolutionary Music series of posts that have centered on individual musicians is about the cellist Yo-Yo Ma. He was born in Paris on October 7, 1955, and took up the cello when he was four years old. Just one year later, he made his professional debut. His family moved to…
Queer Lit Review: December 2024
Welcome to the December edition of the Queer Lit Review! This month we have a human federal agent falling for his new werewolf partner, boyfriends on a trip around the world before marriage, and the Prince of Christmas falling for the Prince of Halloween. These titles may be available in other formats or languages. Check…
Q&A: How to Find an Audiobook to Listen to
This is a guest blog post by Logan Holdsworth, Reader Services Librarian at the Central Library in Copley Square. The first thing I want to say is: listening to Audiobooks IS reading. If you needed to hear that from a librarian, there you go. I’m looking to listen to Audiobooks at the Boston Public Library…
An Interview with Writer-In-Residence Yssis Cano-Santiago
The Associates of the Boston Public Library recently announced that Yssis Cano-Santiago has been awarded the 2024-25 Writer-in-Residence. Learn more here!
Behind the Scenes at the BPL: Robin Goodfellow (Puck) Malamud, Cataloger and Classifier
Meet Robin Goodfellow (Puck) Malamud, Cataloger and Classifier at the Boston Public Library! This post is part of our "Behind the Scenes at the BPL" blog series featuring just some of the humans that keep Boston Public Library running. Where are you from? I am originally from Kharkiv, Ukraine, but I grew up in New…
Queer Lit Review: November 2024
Hello and welcome to the November 2024 edition of the QLR! This month we have a teenage boy on a trip to Joshua Tree with rough memories of his first love, a non-binary rancher, and a mail-order bride in 1880, and a newly-formed poly family dealing with aliens having come to save humans from a…
Behind the Scenes at the BPL: Michelle Pulido, Research Services Library Assistant Supervisor
Meet Michelle Pulido, Research Services Library Assistant Supervisor at the Boston Public Library! This post is part of our "Behind the Scenes at the BPL" blog series featuring just some of the humans that keep Boston Public Library running. Where are you from? I was born and raised in New York City. I moved to…
Joan Baez
The folk music star and activist Joan Baez was born on January 9, 1941, in Staten Island, New York. She was a self-taught singer and guitarist who fell in love with folk music when she was in high school in Belmont, Massachusetts. She started to play at local clubs, usually appearing with other local folk…
Italian-American Heritage Month
October is the month when Italian-American heritage is honored. To do so, we are looking at two different Italian-Americans in Boston: Carlo Carciotto, mandolinist, and Anthony Conigliaro, baseball player for the Boston Red Sox. Carlo Carciotto and the Mandolin These days, most Americans, if asked, probably associate the mandolin with country and old-time music. This…
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