It's National Poetry Month - 2022

 

                                          

 

April marks the annual event of National Poetry Month. Logue Library will review the four types of poetry shown in a timeline on the National Day website. 

 

 

Definitions below from The Poetry Foundation:

Metaphysical

A group of 17th-century poets whose works are marked by philosophical exploration, colloquial diction, ingenious conceits, irony, and metrically flexible lines. Topics of interest often included love, religion, and morality, which the metaphysical poets considered through unusual comparisons, frequently employing unexpected similes and metaphors in displays of wit.

Romanticism

A poetic movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries that turned toward nature and the interior world of feeling, in opposition to the mannered formalism and disciplined scientific inquiry of the Enlightenment era that preceded it. English poets such as William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Blake, and Lord Byron produced work that expressed spontaneous feelings, found parallels to their own emotional lives in the natural world, and celebrated creativity rather than logic.

Modernist Poetry

A broadly defined multinational cultural movement (or series of movements) that took hold in the late 19th century and reached its most radical peak on the eve of World War I. It grew out of the philosophical, scientific, political, and ideological shifts that followed the Industrial Revolution, up to World War I and its aftermath. For artists and writers, the Modernist project was a re-evaluation of the assumptions and aesthetic values of their predecessors. It evolved from the Romantic rejection of Enlightenment positivism and faith in reason. Modernist writers broke with Romantic pieties and clichés (such as the notion of the Sublime) and became self-consciously skeptical of language and its claims on coherence.

Confessionalism Poetry

Vividly self-revelatory verse associated with a number of American poets writing in the 1950s and 1960s, including Robert Lowell, W.D. Snodgrass, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and John Berryman. 

 

Logue Library has chosen eleven books that fall under the Poetry Timeline given previously. The books are on display as shown in the picture below. 

Logue Library's Book Display

 

The book choices provide a unique and diversified collection from our Logue Catalog.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Which book listed above would you consider reading?

 

J. Presley, Systems Librarian

Black History Month 2022 - Celebration of "The Brown Family Inventors"

Logue Library is celebrating Black History month by remembering Inventors - Marie Van Britton Brown, her husband Albert and their daughter, Norma Brown.

Marie, who worked as a nurse, invented the first Home Security Systems.  

                                                            

With the help of her husband, Albert, an electronics technician they were able to secure a patent for their design that was cited in 32 additional patents.

According to Blackpast.org, "Brown’s invention laid the foundation for later security systems that make use of its features such as video monitoring, remote-controlled door locks, push-button alarm triggers, instant messaging to security providers and police, as well as two-way voice communication. Her invention is still used by small businesses, small offices, single-family homes, and multi-unit dwellings such as apartments and condominiums. The Browns’ patent was later referenced by thirteen other inventors including some as recently as 2013."

   Here is a picture of the patent of the Home Security Design

This couple would later welcomed two children, Norma and Albert. Norma followed in her mother, Marie's footsteps as a nurse.

Norma, invented numerous devices.  Justia patents list eleven.

1. Systems and methods for reserving a replacement rental vehicle
2. Interactive furniture for dieters
3. Safety tree stand
4. Combination tampon and menstrual pad
5. Avalanche and hypothermia protective system
6. Disposable adhering beverage container cover
7. Bra barrier device
8. Ladder including storage compartments
9. Sensor shoe for monitoring the condition of a foot
10. Safety walker for a baby
11. Female security device

The Brown family displayed ingenuity in their designs and were rewarded for their efforts.

Logue Library has resources that you can obtain to resource the topic of "Inventors."

 Here is a list of books from the Logue Catalog.

                                          Inventors

                                         Security Systems

Here are some YouTube Videos on this subject

         Marie van Brittan Brown - Creating CCTV in Queens

             Marie Van Brittan Brown: Inventor of the Home Security System

                        Marie Van Brittan Brown: A Smarter Way to Stay Safe

What Invention do you believe is the most important in society?

Feel free to comment on this blog

J. Presley, Systems Librarian and Sister Mary Jo Larkin, Dean for Library & Information Resources