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By Rebecca HowardTulsa City-County LibraryBuddhism teaches that suffering is the result of attachments, and I think I’m beginning to understand this more…
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Lots of time at home these days...for so many of us...as we continue to shelter in place, for the safety of ourselves and everyone else, in the Age of…
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By Rebecca HowardTulsa City-County LibraryI need you to imagine one of those expectation-versus-reality memes to describe what my reading life is like…
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The Search for Civil ConversationBy Rebecca HowardTulsa City-County Library As I type this, I am proudly wearing my “I Voted” sticker. Each time we vote,…
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Jane Austen to the Rescue!by Rebecca HowardTulsa City-County LibraryIt is a truth universally acknowledged that a reader in need of a smart and satisfying…
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Read Better by Rebecca HowardTulsa City-County Library I know that this time of year is all about looking forward. Believe me that I am as vulnerable as…
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Our guest is the widely acclaimed writer and historian Stacy Schiff, who is the winner of the 2019 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award. This…
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Ten BooksBy Rebecca HowardTulsa City-County Library A friend with unrelenting insomnia stumbled upon a little literary gem known as One Grand: Desert…
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At the Center of the Page By Rebecca HowardTulsa City-County Library I deeply believe in the power of reading. Reading fiction, I think, is especially…
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It’s Back-to-School! with Jonathan Franzen By Rebecca HowardTulsa City-County Library I can still recall the gnawing anxiety that would start building…