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Women Reading: Lisa Bishop

Throughout the ages, women reading have often been the subject of paintings. This simple act of showing women engaging in a leisure activity often has had deeper connotations than what we might realize today: In the past and at different historical eras, education was reserved for only women of wealthier classes, seen as preparation for […]
2 weeks ago

Women Reading: Kayla Tidwell

Throughout the ages, women reading have often been the subject of paintings. This simple act of showing women engaging in a leisure activity often has had deeper connotations than what we might realize today: In the past and at different historical eras, education was reserved for only women of wealthier classes, seen as preparation for […]
2 weeks ago

Women Reading: San Srikant

Throughout the ages, women reading have often been the subject of paintings. This simple act of showing women engaging in a leisure activity often has had deeper connotations than what we might realize today: In the past and at different historical eras, education was reserved for only women of wealthier classes, seen as preparation for […]
2 weeks ago

Women Reading: Cesia Noemi

Throughout the ages, women reading have often been the subject of paintings. This simple act of showing women engaging in a leisure activity often has had deeper connotations than what we might realize today: In the past and at different historical eras, education was reserved for only women of wealthier classes, seen as preparation for […]
2 weeks ago

Women Reading: Autumn Roe

Throughout the ages, women reading have often been the subject of paintings. This simple act of showing women engaging in a leisure activity often has had deeper connotations than what we might realize today: In the past and at different historical eras, education was reserved for only women of wealthier classes, seen as preparation for […]
2 weeks ago

Collecting: Nancy Sims, Books

For Nancy Sims of Cape Girardeau, reading has always been an intergenerational endeavor. As a child, her grandfather often bought her comic books, which ignited her lifelong love of reading. When her children were younger, she bought a newspaper everyday and they read it together, especially enjoying the comics. Now, Sims has four grandchildren and […]
3 months ago

Poem: Things I’ve Collected

By Kayla Ackelson I’ve been collecting things. The memory attached to the smell of Listerine, my grandmother’s second-floor bathroom. I think it was pink. And the time I spent in her home growing up. The ache of nostalgia for a time I didn’t experience every time I hear “America” by Simon & Garfunkel. The instinct […]
3 months ago

meet along the way: Charlotte Slinkard

By Alexis Engelhart This story was first published as “Book About Cape Girardeau Garners Attention of the French: Town in Moulins considers naming street after Cape Girardeau’s founder’s father” in the March 2025 issue of The Best Years.   A native of the city of Cape Girardeau and docent at the Cape River Heritage Museum, […]
5 months ago

Read about cake and eat it, too!

Curated by: Kayla Thompson, Cape Girardeau Public Library The holiday season is all about making memories with family and enjoying delicious cookies, candies and treats. Here are a few curated titles that bring together books and baking. The Cookbook Club by Beth Harbison: This fun fictional read follows three women as they tackle life’s changing […]
2 years ago

A time of reflection

Curated by: Kayla Thompson, Adult Services, Cape Girardeau Public Library November is always a time of reflection for me. Whether that be about myself, the past, or our nation’s history – I find toward the end of the year I begin to look back (I’m sure I am not the only one). Here are a […]
2 years ago