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Kristen Arnett: Ain't No Party Like a Library Party
There's Something For Everyone at Your Local Library (and If There Isn't, Just Ask)
By
Kristen Arnett
| August 29, 2018
Buddy, the Library Isn't a 7-Eleven
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Kristen Arnett
| August 15, 2018
The Dos and Don'ts of Supporting Your Local Library
For God's Sake, Do Not Recatalog a Book with Sharpie
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Kristen Arnett
| August 1, 2018
How Librarians Survive on the Frontlines of Fake News
Kristen Arnett Goes in for Some Hardcore Librarianing (Sure, It's a Verb)
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Kristen Arnett
| July 18, 2018
Librarians Will Guard Your Privacy With Their Lives
We Won't Even Narc If You're Watching Porn
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Kristen Arnett
| June 20, 2018
My Life is Like a Movie... Starring Librarians!
Kristen Arnett Comes to Terms with Libraries in Pop Culture
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| June 6, 2018
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| May 16, 2018
For Libraries, the "Customer is Always Right" Might Be Wrong
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| May 2, 2018
Essential DIY Tips for Surviving Slashed Library Budgets
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Kristen Arnett
| April 18, 2018
Are You Pregnant? Can I Have Some Creamer? And Other Questions I Get at the Library
Kristen Arnett is Back with More Tales from the Library
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Kristen Arnett
| April 4, 2018
What Exactly Does a Librarian Do? Everything.
Introducing a New Column by Kristen Arnett
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Kristen Arnett
| March 21, 2018
The Problem With Writing About Florida
"This Isn't Your Place to Write About. It's Barely Mine."
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Kristen Arnett
| June 28, 2017
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