American novelist and short story writer J D Salinger, author of The Catcher In The Rye, died of natural causes at his home on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. He was 91.
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Posted on December 18, 2009, 2:58 pm, by Lisa, under
Books.
As we head toward the end of the year, all the “Best of 2009″ lists start coming out. You’ll find all sorts of best books of the year lists online, but here’s something uniquely Corvallis – a list of the memoirs and biographies you thought were best this year. I generated this list by running [...]
Many of the biographies and memoirs in our collection are in the 921 call number, then by the last name of the person the book is about (e.g. 921 Kennedy or 921 Reichl). We also have a new biography section on the main floor of the library, if you want to browse some new books.
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Posted on May 12, 2009, 8:00 am, by Lisa, under
Events.
We are pleased to welcome Tracy Daugherty, professor of English at Oregon State University to the Corvallis library on Thursday, May 21st at 7 pm.
He will be reading from and talking about his latest book, Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme.
Hiding Man was well-reviewed in the New York Times Book Review; we did a [...]
Corvallis’ own Tracy Daugherty, professor in the English Department at OSU, has a new book out.
It’s called Hiding Man – A Biography of Donald Barthelme, and this past weekend it was featured in the New York Times’ Sunday Book Review. You can also listen to a 15 minute podcast with Tracy Daugherty on the site.
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