Smith, Sean
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This article discusses the relationships between poets as
librarians and building a sustainable poetry collection. The author discusses
the duality of the writing and library communities and how she balances both.
As a writer and librarian, I found this article to be
helpful and insightful. Like the author of this article, I typically keep my
writing life separate from my work life, which happens to be in a public
library. The thought of bringing in poets to read to the library has crossed my
mind but to be honest, I don’t believe that the patrons of our library would be
very receptive to this. Our patrons are more interested in local history, and
culture in our city isn’t really a priority among citizens.
An interesting quote at the conclusion of the article: “It
is my hope that the networks between poet librarians will grow, helping us to
collaborate while supporting each other through the (equally stressful?)
process of writing and librarianship.”
Tags: poets, poetry, librarians, writers, writing
Sean Smith, Spring 2016, INFO 266
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