I'm going on a trip with my family this weekend-the entire crew. My mom and dad, my brother and sister, and all of our significant others. Plus, all the kids.

“With wicked insight, Joyce Carol Oates demonstrates why the females of the species—be they six-year olds, seemingly devoted wives, or aging mothers—are by nature more deadly than the males” (cover flap).

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. In honor of that momentous occasion, Metro Archives recently had an exhibit highlighting Nashville's impact on space exploration. Here are a few things included in the exhibit! 

She’s back. Are you ready for this?

For two nights in January 1972, Aretha Franklin joined voices with the Southern California Community Choir at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. The recording event was filmed and after thirty-plus years of legal wrangling, it is finally available to wow us all.

This summer, some of NPL's awesome bloggers shared reading recommendations for the season for NPL's Unbound magazine. Here's round two! Be on the lookout for the final round in August.

If you read May's blog post about the Dury family, here is part II of the series that takes a sharp look at Katharina Dury's 19th-century diary. 

Reading a book again and again is great for young children's literacy development!

Since Amazon Prime (not Netflix) released their adaptation of Good Omens, I've watched it 4 times and read the book once. Let me tell you what all the hullabaloo is about.