Comments on: At Last, the Recess: A Links Round-Up

By: AnneElliot

AnneElliot — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 10:40:00 +0000

As a librarian, I had to bite my tongue many times when patrons asked for books I personally found repugnant, but it is the librarian’s creed to Do Not Censor. Sometimes they would also try to engage me in discussion or insist that I “absolutely HAD to read it!” My response was usually “Thanks, I’ll put it on my list” (which currently stands at more than 800 books) and a polite, “Next in line, please!”

And that Meeping Angel is HILARIOUS.

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 05 Aug 2017 10:28:00 +0000

I loved Hillbilly Elegy because it was the first book I read that captured the overwhelming apathy of people around me. Most of the liberal criticism I’ve seen of it has come from people who don’t live in the areas discussed. Even if you don’t agree you should sell the book. People should be abke to read what they want. If you don’t sell it, how is thst different than pharmacists not selling birth control if it is agau]inst their beliefs?

By: Kristen M.

Kristen M. — Sat, 05 Aug 2017 00:05:00 +0000

How crazy is it to have so many Americans craving a congressional recess? I know that 45’s 17-day vacation will seem too short!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 20:48:00 +0000

Girl, my rep (the illustrious Speaker of the House) hasn’t held a town hall in almost two freaking years.

That Hillbilly Elegy article – I swear that could be me if I were a bookseller. The book is not what it is being marketed as, and there is a danger in that.

Plus, Meeping Angel!

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 14:22:00 +0000

I was irritated all the way through the piece about Hillbillly Elegy, until the last sentence, which makes it seem to me that the author got one of the things Vance is saying, that more of us need to listen as if we don’t already (think we) know the answers.