tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post7918514235088029397..comments2024-03-28T02:36:36.432-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: World Book DayJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-77416410355312381362017-04-21T13:31:41.015-04:002017-04-21T13:31:41.015-04:00Thank you, Warren, for shining a light on these gr...Thank you, Warren, for shining a light on these great groups specifically and on the wider issue of literacy. People, and especially politicians, don't grasp the huge problem of illiteracy and low-literacy in our country. I had a professor who said if you wanted to bring down incarceration rates, bring up literacy rates. A huge percentage of those in prison have low literacy or are illiterate. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that people who can't read don't have great options in life.Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-724948415617644762017-04-21T12:33:55.968-04:002017-04-21T12:33:55.968-04:00We need our libraries so everyone has access to in...We need our libraries so everyone has access to information. Without libraries, we lose an essential part of our freedom--the right to information, which increases the mentality and education of our population. Without libraries, we'd be a nation of "reality," soaps, and melodrama TV or violent movies. That isn't where our heads should be. E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-38078659285397839502017-04-21T11:49:55.577-04:002017-04-21T11:49:55.577-04:00While we're on the subject, please remember th...While we're on the subject, please remember that Trump's new budget completely eliminates funding for museums and libraries. If you support access to libraries for all people in our communities, please consider contacting your congress members to let them know that you support libraries, and please support keeping these fairly minimal funds in the budget.KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-31148054434325380032017-04-21T11:32:36.657-04:002017-04-21T11:32:36.657-04:00I can't imagine a life without reading books. ...I can't imagine a life without reading books. I always have at least two books going; one by my nesting chair downstairs and one beside my bed. Although I buy a lot of books, I also get a lot of them from two local libraries. I belong to two book clubs, and I almost always get the books for them from the libraries. I also donate books to their library book sales.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-36323688949515767692017-04-21T08:24:33.267-04:002017-04-21T08:24:33.267-04:00Warren,
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