{"id":7944,"date":"2017-06-22T20:22:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T03:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7944"},"modified":"2017-06-22T11:25:24","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T18:25:24","slug":"library-book-writers-on-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7944","title":{"rendered":"Library Book: Writers on Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The venerable Downtown Santa Barbara Central Library<\/a>\u00a0(40 E. Anapamu St.)\u00a0 is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year and writers are celebrating this centennial milestone as well, with a heartwarming anthology of stories, essays, and poems written by over 80 authors about their library experiences and the glories of the public library. <\/span><\/p>\n

Edited by local writer\u00a0Steven Gilbar<\/a>, Library Book: Writers on Libraries<\/em><\/a>, brings an impressive group of scribes together, ranging from huge literary names like Ray Bradbury<\/a>, Fannie Flagg<\/a>, Sue Grafton<\/a>, Pico Iyer<\/a>,\u00a0Neil Gaiman<\/a> and Ursula K. LeGuin<\/a>, to loads of local writers including<\/span> all of the living Santa Barbara poets laureate,\u00a0Hilary Dole Klein<\/a>, D. J. Palladino<\/a>, Ashleigh Brilliant<\/a>, Erin Graffy de Garcia<\/a>, Beverley Jackson<\/a>, Marcia Meier<\/a>, Grace Rachow<\/a>, Joan Tapper<\/a> and many more (including yours truly.)<\/p>\n

With a forward by local resident T.C. Boyle<\/a> and all\u00a0royalties going to the nonprofit Friends of the Santa Barbara Public Library<\/a>, this is a book purchase that any word loving reader can feel good about making.\u00a0Library Book: Writers on Libraries <\/em>is\u00a0<\/em><\/span>available at The Book Den<\/a>\u00a0(15 E. Anapamu St.), Chaucers Books<\/a>\u00a0(3321 State St.), Mesa Books<\/a>\u00a0(1838 Cliff Dr.), Tecolote Book S<\/a>hop (1470 East Valley Rd.)\u00a0and Upstairs at Pierre La Fond<\/a>\u00a0(516 San Ysidro Rd.), as well as on Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Leslie Dinaberg<\/a><\/p>\n

Originally published in Santa Barbara Seasons<\/em><\/a> on June 21, 2017.<\/p>\n

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