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How we miss that late afternoon light. We'll be home soon! (No, we don't have an opening date yet).
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4:34 PM · Sep 09, 2024
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Where thou art — that — is home.
-Emily Dickinson
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3:03 PM · Sep 06, 2024
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Librarians at work, September 2018. If you were curious, the Director's Office & our iconic stacks will look as good, if not better than you remember.
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3:10 PM · Sep 05, 2024
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In case you were wondering, Silencia is staying exactly where she's been since 1904. Aside from a brief stay in the exterior lobby during the 2010s.
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8:46 AM · Sep 04, 2024
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Aside from our members, what we miss the most is our beautiful space. And the way light plays on every angle.
We'll be home soon.
📷by @cincyphil (2018)
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7:59 AM · Sep 03, 2024
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Reminder: we are closed Monday, September 2. We'll be back at the Mini-Merc Tuesday, September 3.
2:05 PM · Aug 30, 2024
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A thousand times (a) good night! Congratulations to Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra on 50 years! We loved talking Shakespeare & music with new & old friends.
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7:52 PM · Aug 10, 2024
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It's National Book Lovers Day.
Also known as every day at the Mercantile Library.
Here's the amazing Emily Wilson with two books we love--her translations of The Iliad & The Odyssey.
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1:21 PM · Aug 09, 2024
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Only at The Mercantile Library do hundreds of people show up on a summer night to hear from Emily Wilson, a renowned translator who has made The Iliad and The Odyssey vibrant. She’s amazing, and so is this library.
7:01 PM · Aug 07, 2024
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A "book butler" sounds an awful lot like our Book Advisor Hillary Copsey, who creates personalized reading lists for Library members.
Let her help you find your next great read. Tell us something you love -- books or otherwise -- and we'll tell you what to read next.
8:44 AM · Jul 30, 2024
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New perspective on the 12th Story.
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2:17 PM · Jul 19, 2024
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All the different covers always delight us at our Children’s Classics Book Discussion!
2:03 PM · Jul 18, 2024