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Author Archives: MLC

Beyond the Encyclopedia

Have you ever wondered where on earth your local librarian found the answer to that extremely specific question you asked? You may assume that they are just better at Googling than you, but that is not the case! Well, sometimes it’s the case. But they also use a variety of sources that may not fit […]

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Read With MLC: Short Stories

Welcome to May, and the fifth reading prompt for our 2024 Read With MLC reading challenge: read a short story collection. May is actually Short Story Month and reading one is a great way to celebrate this brief but tantalizing literary form. Lauren Groff, guest judge at last year’s O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction said […]

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Mississippi’s Arab-Americans

Happy Arab-American Heritage Month! Did you know that members of the Arab ethnic group began immigrating to Mississippi in the 1870s? These people were mainly Christians from Lebanon and Syria and settled in Jackson, Meridian, railroad towns, and along the Mississippi River. According to the US Census, nearly 2,000 Arabs and people of Arab descent lived […]

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