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April 30, 2021
We hear the cicadas are about to emerge from their 17-year nap, and that reminded us of a great little newspaper clipping our friend and...
April 22, 2021
Can you believe it? On Saturday, November 6th, 2021, George Saunders will deliver the Mercantile Library’s thirty-third Niehoff Lecture. The MacArthur Fellow and PEN/Malamud, Folio, and...
December 18, 2020
Whatever else it was, 2020 was a great year for reading at the Mercantile. Circulation is up, and readers have found gems in the stacks...
March 20, 2020
It might seem odd to think of libraries at a time like this. But it might also be worth noting that libraries exist for times...
February 12, 2020
The Mercantile Library Visitors' Register, 1872-1918 is Online
Excuse me while I geek out. The Mercantile Library’s Visitor Register is now available online, thanks to the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County...
January 31, 2020
A soon-to-be shuttered bookstore is a sad place. On lunch this week, I visited The Booksellers on Fountain Square for the last time, picking up some...
December 19, 2019
As 2019 winds down, inspired by the collection of “best of the decade” book lists at LitHub, and so many other of our favorite reading...
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