with Susan Bauer-Wu When the Dalai Lama and Greta Thunberg spoke for the first time in January 2021, millions of people around the world took notice. “It is encouraging to see how you have opened the eyes of the world to the urgency to protect our planet, our only home,” the Dalai Lama wrote to Greta before their meeting. In her new book, A Future We Can Love: How We Can Reverse the Climate Crisis with the Power of Our Hearts and Minds, Susan Bauer-Wu shares the words of … [Read more...] about “A Future We Can Love”
Book Review: A Man Called Ove
Ann Sandefer, Philanthropy & Volunteer Associate, recommends A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. A Man Called Ove is a book about routines and the unexpected, happiness and sorrow, love and loss, youth and aging, life and death. The book begins with a very grumpy, 59-year-old man with principles as deep as his daily routines who’s been having a rough time. Ove had always seen the world as black-and-white with his now deceased wife providing the only color for him. He’s … [Read more...] about Book Review: A Man Called Ove
Hemingway Distinguished Lecture: Luis Alberto Urrea
The annual Hemingway Distinguished Lecture is presented each year, honoring the month of Ernest Hemingway’s birth and death. The event celebrates the power of words and the creative spirit in a landscape that Hemingway loved. This year, The Community Library welcomes LUIS ALBERTO URREA: hailed by NPR as a “literary badass” and a “master storyteller with a rock and roll heart,” Urrea is a prolific and acclaimed writer who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of … [Read more...] about Hemingway Distinguished Lecture: Luis Alberto Urrea
Lovingly, Belle
By Olivia Terry, Regional History Museum Librarian This photograph from the Hailey Centennial Project Collection depicts one of Hailey’s most famous early residents, the famed and often controversial poet, Ezra Pound with his mother Isabel. Pound was born on October 30th, 1885 in Hailey while his father, Homer Loomis Pound, worked as a registrar for the General Land Office during the silver mining boom. Shortly after his birth, Isabel, moved herself and eighteen month-old Ezra to New York, … [Read more...] about Lovingly, Belle
Ernest Hemingway Seminar 2023
Literature, lectures, art, discussions, food, and fellowship Each year, the Ernest Hemingway Seminar focuses on a particular text or theme and its literary and historical context. This year’s Ernest Hemingway Seminar will be held September 7-9, 2023. Our theme is FATHERS & SONS, and we will focus on six short stories: “Indian Camp,” “The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife,” “My Old Man,” “Ten Indians,” “Fathers and Sons,” and “An African Story.” Speakers will include Dr. … [Read more...] about Ernest Hemingway Seminar 2023
Adult Summer Reads 2023
Exploring Our World Looking for a fun way to read more during the summer? Join The Community Library for its Adult Summer Reading Program! The Community Library, Hailey Public Library, and Bellevue Public Library are collaborating to host the 2023 Valley-wide Adult Summer Reading program. The theme, Exploring Our World, aims to expand and inspire your experience of the extraordinary and diverse world in which we live. The program runs from Saturday, May … [Read more...] about Adult Summer Reads 2023
