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When I Heard the Learnâd AstronomerWhen I heard the learnâd astronomer,When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,Till…Read More
As I've been reading this month's Non-Fiction Book Club selection: The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey, which tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt's ambitious and wholly impractical journey through the wild jungles of the Amazon rain forest, I am reminded time and again of Werner Herzog and two of his most famous and frankly ambitious films: Aguirre Wrath of…Read More
April is also National Autism Awareness Month. Our Children's Department has created a great display in the Ground Floor Lobby of the library and they have some great events planned including an online survey and a special storytime for World Autism Day. Full details on the Children's Department blog and the PML Autism Guide.Read More
Today marks the start of National Poetry Month. A good place to begin each day this month (or any month, really) is at Poetry Daily. Today's selection includes two poems by Carl Dennis from New Ohio Review.We thought we'd give you one more bookish poem today from an older source:There is no frigate like a bookThere is…Read More
Exciting and, of course, somewhat sad news that David Foster Wallace's highly anticipated, aptly titled, unfinished manuscript The Pale King: An Unfinished Novel is soon to be published by Little, Brown and Company (it's request-able from the library now). The print version is going to be available on Tax Day but you ebook enthusiasts can…Read More
Three Americans are in the mix for the U.K. based Man Booker International Prize this year: Anne Tyler, Philip Roth and Marilynne Robinson. Like the Nobel Prize in Literature, this Booker International Prize is given out for an author's body of work not for any one novel. A complete list of finalists is available on…Read More
April is the cruelest month, breeding  - T.S. Eliot, The WastelandWe know you're excited! April begins on Friday, and apart from the usual April foolery type shenanigans, April 1st means National Poetry Month has begun. It's time to celebrate and the Pollard is here to help. You can find some great resources and ways to celebrate at the…Read More
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Linda Greenlaw in The Perfect StormOn Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 1PM, to gear up for the Pollard Memorial Foundationâs Author Night with Linda Greenlaw (Thursday, April 28th at 6PM - $40 Donation per person) weâre showing a free screening the movie that first brought Ms. Greenlaw to the publicâs attention. Set in 1991,…Read More
Don't forget there's a meeting for the Friends of the Pollard Library tomorrow night. They'll be coordinating their efforts for the 2011 Annual Booksale. They can always use, and most definitely appreciate helping hands. So, come on by and bring a friend to meet some friends. If you can't come to the meeting tomorrow night…Read More
Join us for our ongoing Independent Film Series in partnership with Film Movement. Up next is Bad Day to go Fishing a film by Ălvaro Brechner. Thursday, April 14th @ 6:30PM. Jacob van Oppen â formerly the âstrongest man on earth,â now a washed up alcoholicâand his crafty manager, Orsini, make good money staging bogus wrestling matches…Read More
Since its St. Patrick's Day and we're all enjoying the color green we thought we might ask if you've heard the news that the Pollard Library, along with the other members of the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium (MVLC) will soon move its library catalog and circulation system to Evergreen, an open-source integrated library system used…Read More
Linda Greenlaw, renowned author and fisherman and America's only female swordfishing captain, is author of three New York Times bestselling books about life as a commercial fisherman: The Hungry Ocean (1999), The Lobster Chronicles (2002), and All Fishermen Are Liars (2004). Linda is featured in the hit Discovery Channel series Swords: Life on the Line.…Read More
A photo from Theodore Roosevelt's trip down The River of Doubt.Non-Fiction Booklovers! Thank you all for last month's engaged and thoughtful discussion of Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Our talk worked well as a compliment to Lowell's Women's Week.It's time to turn your attention to another non-fiction gem. River of…Read More
April is National Poetry Month and we at the Pollard are excited to take part in an ambitious project titled Common Threads: Seven Poets and a Wealth of Readers, sponsored by the third Massachusetts Poetry Festival. The idea is to have 10,000 Massachusetts citizens reading seven poems by seven poets who work currently or have…Read More
In addition to some great and ongoing Children's events (full details available at the Children's Happenings Blog or our Library Calendar). We have two great films showing for free at the library this week:Come Undone a film by Silvio SoldiniThursday, March 10th at 6:30PMThe latest installment of our Independent Film Night (2nd Thursday of Every…Read More