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Circle of Stone

May 20, 2013

Verne Jackson has written for Chicago Magazine. She is a former recipient of the Penny Missouri Award for Best Fiction in a Smaller Magazine. She lives in Chicago. Tired of the brutality forced upon them by Southern whites, a group...

Summer 2013 Hours

May 08, 2013

Here are the Summer hours for the Auditorium, the Performing Arts, and the Schaumburg Libraries for May 11 -August 5. Auditorium Library May-August Monday-Thursday 9:00am-7:00pm Friday 9:00am-5:00pm Saturday 11:00am-4:00pm Sunday CLOSED Performing Arts Library May-August Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm Saturday & Sunday...

Featured Resource: Digital Public Library of America

Apr 30, 2013

Last week the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) launched. This new platform brings together the cultural collections from museums, libraries, and archives and makes them available for users to search from one convenient location. Through DPLA, you have access...

Poetry Month: Everyone’s a Critic

Apr 25, 2013

Explore the meaning and importance of poetry with these works of literary criticism: Desperate Measures by William Logan Call Number: PS323.5 .L643 2002 No poet is safe when the “most hated man in American Poetry” puts pen to paper. This...