{"id":1210,"date":"2020-04-16T13:07:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T17:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2020-04-16T13:07:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T17:07:59","slug":"island-reading-in-the-time-of-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/?p=1210","title":{"rendered":"Island reading in the time of Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re a book lover\u00a0 this is the prime time to be living on an island. Although our library is closed, there are still a myriad of opportunities for folks who love the written word. First of all, most of us have a “Tsundoko\u201d \u2013 it\u2019s a Japanese term, which refers to the stack of books on a bedside table waiting to be read. When that runs out, we can delve into our libraries to reread old favorites. Then, we borrow books from friends (social distancing, of course).\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

For those who don’t mind reading books on a device, you can download books through a variety of sources, including the Long Island Community Library e-books and audiobooks – see Long Island Community Library<\/a>\u00a0website for more information.<\/p>\n

Beyond reading books, for those who have access to a computer, there is a whole world out there for literary experiences, as businesses and organizations in the business of the written word are expanding their offerings to the online community.<\/p>\n

For example, here in Maine, you can attend poetry readings online such as this one at Longfellow Books’ website, which offers a poetry reading by Scott Withiam<\/a>.\u00a0Longfellow Books <\/a>is also willing to mail books.<\/p>\n

For the writers in our midst, there are online classes available through the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Maine Women Writers Collection offers a fun Instagram\u00a0<\/a>as well as a Quarantine Book List<\/a> by Maine women writers. \u00a0<\/a>Greater Portland Landmarks also offers their suggested book list<\/a><\/p>\n

That’s just the tip of the iceberg – there are many more out there. (Anyone have any favorites?)<\/p>\n

So, there’s no excuse, in these days of quarantine, to not be able to expand your universe beyond the walls of your home – especially through books!<\/p>\n

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If you’re a book lover\u00a0 this is the prime time to be living on an island. Although our library is closed, there are still a myriad of opportunities for folks who love the written word. First of all, most of us have a “Tsundoko\u201d \u2013 it\u2019s a Japanese term, which refers to the stack of … Continue reading Island reading in the time of Coronavirus<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,81],"tags":[215,505,506,508,240,232,283,507,109],"class_list":["post-1210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-libraries","tag-books-2","tag-coronavirus-reading","tag-covid-19-reading","tag-greater-portland-landmarks","tag-longfellow-books","tag-maine-women-writers-collection","tag-maine-writers-and-publishers-alliance","tag-pandemic-reading","tag-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1210"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1225,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210\/revisions\/1225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}