The Tompkins County Public Library, in partnership with the Cornell University New Student Reading Project, has announced E.L. Doctorow’s “Homer and Langley” as the 2011 Community Read.
Based on the now-folkloric lives of the Collyer brothers, whose bodies were found in 1947 amidst 100-ton of refuse---including newspapers, preserved human organs and a Model T Ford---in their Fifth Avenue brownstone, “Homer and Langley” offers readers a fictionalized glimpse inside the Collyer brother’s home and an intimate, though imagined, look at their bond.
In conjunction with the Community Read, the Library is soliciting participation from local collectors of all ages willing to share a digital image of their collections. Images will be showcased in an art exhibit at the Library during September and October.
The Library is looking for collections of all types--from fine china to bottle caps and silver spoons to sea shells. Collectors and hoarders alike are invited to send in submissions for the exhibit. Pieces from some collections will be displayed in the Library’s exhibit cases and all images received will be included on the exhibit page of the Library’s website.
For more information about the exhibit or to submit images, contact Sally Grubb at sgrubb@tcpl.org. For information about the Community Read, contact Sarah Glogowski at sglogowski@tcpl.org.
Copies of the 2011 Community Read will be available at the Library beginning Friday, July 1.
Based on the now-folkloric lives of the Collyer brothers, whose bodies were found in 1947 amidst 100-ton of refuse---including newspapers, preserved human organs and a Model T Ford---in their Fifth Avenue brownstone, “Homer and Langley” offers readers a fictionalized glimpse inside the Collyer brother’s home and an intimate, though imagined, look at their bond.
In conjunction with the Community Read, the Library is soliciting participation from local collectors of all ages willing to share a digital image of their collections. Images will be showcased in an art exhibit at the Library during September and October.
The Library is looking for collections of all types--from fine china to bottle caps and silver spoons to sea shells. Collectors and hoarders alike are invited to send in submissions for the exhibit. Pieces from some collections will be displayed in the Library’s exhibit cases and all images received will be included on the exhibit page of the Library’s website.
For more information about the exhibit or to submit images, contact Sally Grubb at sgrubb@tcpl.org. For information about the Community Read, contact Sarah Glogowski at sglogowski@tcpl.org.
Copies of the 2011 Community Read will be available at the Library beginning Friday, July 1.
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