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Tanya Walsh

Tanya Walsh

Tanya works in Adult Services where her areas of expertise are literature and music. When not working she hoards music and herds cats.

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Sunset on the Strip an L.A. Music Primer

Sunset on the Strip: An L.A. Music Primer

During the 1970s the last thing I was interested in was the laid-back, singer-songwriter music coming out of L.A. – The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Fleetwood Mac, Jackson Browne, etc. If it wasn’t sporting a leather jacket, a spiked haircut and an electric guitar, I wasn’t interested. However, as a librarian I have to be prepared [...]

Banned Book Week – A Clockwork Orange

Those who would wish to direct readers with a moral reading compass just hate snarky narrators who would rather commit violent drug-fueled crimes or masturbate to Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony than go to school.  Often criticized and deemed unsuitable for readers because of its unflinching scenes of criminal violence, blasphemy, and an unrepentant sociopathic protagonist, Anthony [...]