June
2004
Dear
Radar,
I
want to
thank
you for
the wonderful
article
on the
Peabody
Library.
{RADAR11,
page 14- A
Cathederal
of Books } We
have had
quite
a bit
of press
lately,
and Miriam
Desharnais'
Article
is the
most accurate
description
of what
the Peabody
is and
how we
hope the
public
will view
it. Thanks!
Cynthia
Requardt
Blooomsday
Omission
Re
your article
on the
Bloomsday
Centenary
in RADAR
issue
11 by
Miriam
Desharnais,
she stated
that "the
overall
plans
for Bloomsday
festivities
in Baltimore
are few
and far
between."
At
the Pratt
Library,
the Central
Library
in downtown
Baltimore,
we've
celebrated
Bloomsday
for the
past two
years
with lectures
and discussion
with Peter
Fitz,
English
professor
at University
of Baltimore.
And Johnnie
Fields,
a librarian
in the
Humanities
Department,
has led
a monthly
reading
and discussion
group
on Ulysses
this past
year.
We'd
be happy
to add
your name/address
to our
mailing
list so
you would
get a
copy of
the Library's
bimonthly
news and
events
calendar
- or you
can find
listing
of library
events
at www.epfl.net .
Judy
Cooper
The
author
responds:
Although
my
focus
in
the
review
was
primarily
on
finding
a
way
to
personalize
a
rather
obscure
tradition,
the
omission
of
the
Pratt
Library's
Bloomsday
Centenary
lecture
is
regrettable.
As
a librarian
for Baltimore
County
I am a
daily
user of
Enoch
Pratt
Free Library's
valuable
website
(www.epfl.net)
and frequently
encourage
others
to attend
the excellent
programming
offered
at the
Central
Library
and its
branches.
Hoping
this Bloomsday
was much
enjoyed,
not only
in the
streets
and bars,
but at
the library
too.
Miriam
DesHarnais
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