Bygone era

Card catalogs. Check-out cards in the back of books. Marginalia.

For some reason, there seem to be a lot of stories out there lately about the book world of the past. It's making me nostalgic :)

MY RUBY SLIPPERS

I had the pleasure of sitting next to Tracy Seeley one day at lunch at the Nonfiction Now! conference in Iowa City in November. I can't wait to read her memoir, MY RUBY SLIPPERS: THE ROAD BACK TO KANSAS, published by the University of Nebraska Press. Looks like something right up my alley: Midwestern, quiet, lyrical. Long live the quiet memoir, huzzah!

Follow Tracy on Twitter: @tracy_seeley