One of my favorite library classes was Adult Popular Literature. We discussed the importance of the trashy romance novel, played around on NoveList, created mock book clubs and gave mock booktalks. My booktalk was on Frances Farmer’s disturbing autobiography, Will There Really Be a Morning? [named after the Emily Dickinson poem], which told [...]
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Hello. I am Renee C. Bartley, an archivist and library scientist living in Portland, Oregon. I enjoy comic books, my cat, and prefer the British invasion to the zombie one.
'Retrobacklore' came about when I misheard the word 'retropactum,' which came about when Mikey misheard the word 'retrospective.' I liked the way it sounded and wanted something to bear its name. That is truly all there is to it. -
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