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
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Book Review: “The Sewing Girl’s Tale”
Regional History Museum Librarian, Olivia Terry, recommends The Sewing Girl’s Tale: A Story of Crime and Punishment in Revolutionary America by John Wood Sweet. Lanah Sawyer is a name not known by many today. But on a summer evening in 1793, the seventeen-year-old seamstress is raped in a New York Brothel by a man above her in class. She does something nearly unthinkable for the period; she charges him with the crime. The trial that ensued sent shock waves across Revolutionary America, … [Read more...] about Book Review: “The Sewing Girl’s Tale”
Book Review: Modern Mending
Director of Operations, Nicole Lichtenberg, recommends Modern Mending: How to Minimize Waste and Maximize Style by Erin Lewis Fitzgerald. I really, really hate breaking in new clothes. I once wore this weird velveteen knit sweater until the sleeves only went partway down my arms, and I think my mom ended up disappearing it in the night. I also harbor, like many of us, feelings of guilt about the amount of water and other resources that go into the production of textiles that I don’t always … [Read more...] about Book Review: Modern Mending
Sun Valley Writers’ Conference – 2023
2023 Reading List at The Community Library Fiction Memoir Nonfiction Poetry Download a PDF of this list here. … [Read more...] about Sun Valley Writers’ Conference – 2023
Film Review: Bullet Train
Cándida Miniño, Outreach Librarian, recommends the film, Bullet Train. This action-packed dark comedy film follows the hitman (code name Ladybug) who believes he is the unluckiest in the world because his jobs, though successful, usually end up becoming harder than expected. His handler gives him the job to retrieve a suitcase on board the Shinkansen, the Japanese bullet train. What starts as an easy job starts becoming increasingly difficult as different … [Read more...] about Film Review: Bullet Train
Book Review: Prisoners of Geography
Kelley Moulton, Regional History Librarian, recommends Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall. I love maps. A map can tell us the political boundaries created by conquerors or leaders and at the same time show the natural boundaries and history as told by the rivers and mountains. One of the most memorable classes I took in college was a geography class. It involved memorizing physical attributes like rivers and mountains. The professor also … [Read more...] about Book Review: Prisoners of Geography
