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Ryan Roberts
@biblioryan.bsky.social
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Community College Librarian, Bibliographer, Book Collector, Julian Barnes aficionado

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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · Jan 10
“People suspicious of change frowned on the Whole Foods erected...on 125th Street. Why shouldn’t Harlem have what most of Manhattan took for granted, other people answered. Harlem’s rehabilitation was in becoming like everywhere else.” —Darryl Pinckney
Baldwin’s Spell | Darryl Pinckney
In James Baldwin’s writing and public appearances, the social and personal, the spoken and written dissolve into one.
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Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · Jan 1
great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.
screenshot from the article: Other disciplines that have experienced male flight include: Biology. While most STEM professions remain male dominated, 10 years ago biology became a 50/50 male/female split. By 2022, 62% of biology majors were women. Biology is now often considered the “easiest” of the STEM majors. Interior Design. William Morris is considered the father of interior design. After finishing his education at Oxford, he began an architectural design school called “the Firm”— just for men. Many universities had interior design programs. Until women began to enter the design space, at which point it was relegated to a mere “hobby.” Since the influx of women, interior design programs have been pulled from almost all universities. Teaching. In the 18th century, schooling in colonial America was reserved for the white and the wealthy. Most tutors were men who taught boys. By the middle of the 19th century, girls started becoming students and women became teachers. Consequently, men swiftly left the profession, the pay dropped and teaching was no longer considered a prestigious occupation. Similar patterns of male flight have occurred in nursing, cheerleading, social work, architecture, gymnastics, library sciences and psychology.

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Ryan Roberts @biblioryan.bsky.social · Dec 29
Looks good! Thanks for sharing

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Ryan Roberts @biblioryan.bsky.social · Dec 25
Thinking of you …

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Ryan Roberts @biblioryan.bsky.social · Dec 21
Enjoy! I had this week off and still don’t return until Jan 13. Time to recharge …

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Ryan Roberts @biblioryan.bsky.social · Dec 18
Visited the light show at the Chicago Botanic Gardens and took some photos of some of the more interesting light displays.

#visualarts #photosky
Green and red lights in straight lines, cross-crossing each other in an abstract pattern. A tree covered in strings of light in celebration of the holiday season. Strands of globe lights hanging from a ceiling making a fun pattern of lights much like a waterfall.

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Ryan Roberts @biblioryan.bsky.social · Dec 18
I enjoy when fun books arrive in the mail from distant countries. The simple pleasures of a bibliographer …

#julianbarnes #booksky #bibliography
Korean edition of a Julian Barnes novel. Dust jacket depicts a person standing by a window that is not attached to a wall, instead is free standing in a greyish blue plain and darkened sky featuring a full moon.

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Ryan Roberts @biblioryan.bsky.social · Dec 7
Seems reasonable and wise.

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Ryan Roberts @biblioryan.bsky.social · Dec 2
Haven’t purchased many graphic novels recently. Besides Ducks and the new Chris Ware (and based on my liking nearly all that you see here), what am I missing? #graphicnovels
Book case filled with graphic novels too numerous to list. Authors such as Chris Ware, Seth, Charles Burns, and Joe Sacco are represented.

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Ryan Roberts @biblioryan.bsky.social · Dec 2
People should follow @msrachelcooke.bsky.social because she’s a wonderful writer and a lovely person.

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Ryan Roberts @biblioryan.bsky.social · Nov 29
Good luck …

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Ryan Roberts @biblioryan.bsky.social · Nov 26
Dissection

#photosky #powerlines
Cloudy sky with seven power lines featured prominently. The straight lines run from bottom left to upper right.

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Ryan Roberts @biblioryan.bsky.social · Nov 20
Shelf of books written by English poet, critic, editor, and biographer Ian Hamilton. His poetry pamphlets are too thin to be noticed here, but perhaps I’ll post those separately? Anyone interested in seeing such things?

💙📚 #booksky #ianhamilton #jdsalinger #poetry
Shelf of books written by English poet, critic, editor, and biographer Ian Hamilton. Books include his biography of Robert Lowell, books of essays, and thin poetry pamphlets.

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Ryan Roberts @biblioryan.bsky.social · Nov 17
Great question! Sometimes it’s to document small variations between editions and sometimes it’s to stock extra copies to give away. For Julian Barnes’s novel The Sense of an Ending, the dust jackets changed in small ways when he won the Booker Prize (2011).

💙📚 #booksky #julianbarnes #bibliography
Shows three different dust jacket covers for Julian Barnes’s novel The Sense of an Ending, each with small variations resulting from his winning the Booker Prize.

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Ryan Roberts @biblioryan.bsky.social · Nov 17
We like books here, yes? Well, here’s a portion of one shelf mostly dedicated to different editions of Julian Barnes’s novel The Sense of an Ending. Book collecting is a disease, I’m told. 💙📚

#booksky #julianbarnes #bibliomania
Shows an overstuffed bookcase filled with books written by the author Julian Barnes. Most of the books are different editions of his novel The Sense of an Ending.

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Ryan Roberts @biblioryan.bsky.social · Nov 16
This sculpture stuns me. Such beauty …

[Antonio Corradini, Veiled Woman (circa 1717), Louvre] #sculpture #artsky #louvre
Marble statue depicting a veiled woman’s face.

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Ryan Roberts @biblioryan.bsky.social · Nov 13
Julian Barnes’s *The Noise of Time* is a good read during these dark times. The great composer Shostakovich facing creative and personal dilemmas while living in Stalinist Russia. Totalitarianism pitted against artistic expression. #julianbarnes #tyranny #shostakovich

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Ryan Roberts @biblioryan.bsky.social · Nov 13
If you haven’t read *Burning the Books* by Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social, now is the time. I don’t imagine the attacks to libraries, free thought, or books in general will stop anytime soon.

#Booksky #BookBanning #Libraries

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Ryan Roberts @biblioryan.bsky.social · Nov 13
I either read or listen to the audiobook of Julian Barnes’s *Nothing to Be Frightened of* every other year. It offers an engaging and honest view of death, religion, and family relationships. Life altering. #julianbarnes #death

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Ryan Roberts @biblioryan.bsky.social · Nov 13
I finally made it over, Richard. Missed getting regular updates from others in the book community (and I need a boost after our debacle of an election). Looking forward to your posts!