Talk to your head librarian or attend one of the following meetings. County Library Outreach welcomes donations of recent past issues of magazines for use at the Hennepin County correctional facilities for juveniles and adults. Especially sought are weekly magazines up to six weeks old, monthly magazines up to one year old, multicultural publications, and publications geared to males ages 15-30. Donations, marked to the attention of Outreach, may be dropped off at the Ridgedale Area Library . I t's summertime and the Bestseller Express rental books can be the perfect choice for vacation reading.
Readers also can use the free reserve system , but the wait for bestsellers sometimes is long.
The 2001-2002 series leads off with Anne Fadiman, followed by John Updike, Susan Sontag, Robert Pinsky, and Dave Barry. The Pen Pals selection committee sought a diverse group of outstanding writers, according to Barbara McBurney, Library Foundation Board member. With a rising star, literary giant, social essayist, Poet Laureate, and humorist, we achieved a diversity that should appeal to many people. Tickets for individual lectures go on sale August 21. Fall Down won a National Book Critics Circle Award and Los Angeles Times Book Award.