Category: Reading in the Burg

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Book Review: Martyrs and Chickens

What do martyrs have to do with chickens? Do chickens whose heads are sacrificed on the chopping block classify as martyrs– like Mennonites who were persecuted during the Reformation in Europe? And what exactly is a granola Mennonite?

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Poetry Possibilities

“I want to take poetry outside the purview of academia,” says local poet Gbenga Adesina at the start of a spring workshop he is giving at Central Library, part of the programming for the Big Read 2025.

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Book Event Review: Big Read 2025

The NEA’s Big Read goals are “to inspire meaningful conversations, celebrate local creativity, elevate a wide variety of voices and perspectives, and build stronger connections in each community.”

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Book Review: Motherhood

She has one child: a two-year old. She loves that child. But this young mother is not unflappable. Increasingly, she is angry.

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Book review: Birth of a Child

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