Netflix and Read 2.0
September 28, 2023
A while ago I suggested a few items that you could check out from NPL and then watch on Netflix. This is what I said then. Now I’m back with some more suggestions for you in case you want…
Beauty Pageants in Fiction
October 26, 2023
I may or may not have been in a few pageants in my day. So when I find some enjoyable reads to get me back in the pageant mood, I’m good to go. See whatcha think…
Love Internationally
October 12, 2023
I am a homebody. I love to just kick back and relax at home. But I think with COVID and everything I may have overdone it a little. Lately, I’ve been getting that wanderlust itch to travel…
Get in the Back to School Groove with NPL: Elementary Students Edition
August 7, 2023
Help Your Lil’ One Start School Right with These Free…
A Message from Terri Luke, Interim Library Director
Dear…
Get in the Back to School Groove with NPL: Middle Schoolers Edition
August 15, 2023
Start Your Middle Grader’s School Year Right with These Free…
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Meg Medina, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
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Halloween in August
August 18, 2023
Such Sharp Teeth
By Rachel…
How to be a Heroine or, What I’ve Learned from Reading Too Much
October 30, 2015
In her delightful memoir How to Be a Heroine or, What I’ve Learned from Reading Too Much, playwright Samantha Ellis revisits the stories that shaped her development…
Get in the Back to School Groove with NPL: High Schoolers Edition
August 21, 2023
Check Out These Resources to Help You Wrap Up the Back-to-…
Meg Medina, Embajadora Nacional de la Literatura Juvenil
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Friends of Nashville Public Library
Take your love for the library to a whole new level! Imagine helping with the exciting activities happening at your favorite branch, knowing exactly what your library needs from you and from the…
Mon, 08/28/2023 - 12:00
"The Ledge"
Just Listen Podcast
Today’s story, “The Ledge” by Lawrence Sargent Hall, won first place in the 1960 O. Henry Prize Collection, and has appeared in more than 30 anthologies. Based on actual events…
Mon, 09/04/2023 - 12:00
"The Tapestried Chamber"
All Things Eerie
“The Tapestried Chamber,” by Sir Walter Scott, is believed by many scholars to be the first “modern” ghost story, published in 1828.
The common definition of “Gothic” in literature is connected…