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Telling Our Story
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on Redemption, Unlearning Things, and the Patience of Working Retail
Ling Ma on Mob Mentalities, Boring Typography, and the Apocalypse
Neal Bascomb on the Incredible Escape from Holzminden Prison
Andrea Kleine on Epic Quests, Coping Strategies, and Dismantling the Traditional Narrative of the Artist
Keith O’Brien on the Radical Lives of Five Incredible Pilots
Melissa Stephenson on the Daunting Task of Getting the Story Down
John Lingan on Patsy Cline, Her Hometown, and the Groundbreaking Generation of Country Music Entrepreneurs
Jessica Long on Turning Obstacles into Opportunities
Meghan Flaherty on Dancing Back and Writing Herself Back into Tango
Hannah Pittard on the Complexity and Messiness of Life
Kenneth Bonert on Finding the Right Tone to Make the Story Come Alive
Teaching Technology
Observation, Orientation, Decision, Action Applying the OODA Loop Concept to Libraries
Ready, Set, Negotiate! Preparing for Successful Contract Talks
Librarians, Meet Your Motherboard
Courage to Evolve
Jeff Bercovici on Fitness, Freshness, and Redefining “Peak Age”
Caleb Roehrig on Representation, Stealing Books From His Mom, and Writing Unlikeable Characters
Barbara Lipska on Deciphering and Destigmatizing Mental Illness
Cris Beam on Empathy’s Ability to be Both Personal and Exemplary
Mario Giordano on Sicily, the Two Fs, and his Glamorous New Detective
Diane Barth on How Noticing the Small Details Enrich Friendships
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