Ogden Nash Centennial

August 18, 2002 was the centennial of the birth of poet and humorist Ogden Nash. Nash, who died in 1971, was a summer resident of New Hampshire and is buried in the town of North Hampton. His humorous poetry has been amusing adults and children since 1930, when he was first published in "The New Yorker." One funny (and true!) example is "Advice to Husbands":

To keep your marriage brimming
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you're wrong, admit it;
Whenever you're right, shut up!

In our collection we have a book of Nash's letters (RC 32213 Loving Letters from Ogden Nash) and a children's book (RC 44397 Custard the Dragon). Other anthologies in our collection contain selected Nash poems:

RC 24294 Penguin Book of Limericks
RC 27293 Laughing Matters: a celebration of American humor
RC 53620 Fierce Pajamas: an anthology of humor writing from the New Yorker

Thank You

It is time again to give thanks to our generous friends and donors. Your donations make services like described movies on video available. To make a donation, make checks payable to "New Hampshire State Library."

• Anonymous
• Anna Pratte
• In honor of Kristen Lucey from Patricia Lucey
• Marguerite Gigas
• In honor of the 50th anniversary of Donald and Betty Kintz from Patricia & Richard
• Loring and Beth & Jon Chute
• Syble Tamulonis
• Barbara Maynard
• In memory of Martha Winslow from Muriel Lawrence
• Estate of Virginia Reilly

Thank you all very much!

Helen Keller Coin

The 22nd quarter to be issued in the U.S. Mint's series of state quarters will feature Helen Keller and Braille text. The Alabama quarter, in circulation March 2003, will depict blind activist Helen Keller reading a Braille book. Keller was an Alabama native who lost her sight and hearing at 18 months to meningitis. This will be the first U.S. coin in everyday use to use Braille.

Survey

This month's newsletter includes a brief patron survey.   We hope you will take a minute to fill out the survey and return it to us as Free Matter. You may also call us at 1-800-491-4200 and ask us to complete the survey with you.

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BOOKLIST Editors' Choice 2001

Booklist, published by the American Library Association, reviews 4,000 adult books each year, helping librarians choose quality books for their libraries. Each year the editors select the best books for public libraries. We are fortunate to have many of those outstanding books in our recorded collection. Listed below are some of the recommended books from 2001.

NONFICTION

RC 53625 The Complete Works of Isaac Babel by Isaac Babel
RC 53253 The Woman Who Watches Over the World: a native memoir by Linda Hogan
RC 53019 Ava's Man by Rick Bragg
RC 53134 Marie Antoinette: the journey by Antonia Fraser
RC 53111 Bing Crosby: a pocketful of dreams by Gary Giddins
RC 53641 Churchill: a biography by Roy Jenkins
RC 53158 Saving Milly: love, politics, and Parkinson's Disease by Morton Kondracke
RC 52170 French Lessons : adventures with knife, fork, and corkscrew by Peter Mayle
RC 52275 John Adams by David McCullough
RC 52940 Savage Beauty: the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford
RC 53306 Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris
RC 53751 Uncle Tungsten: memories of a chemical boyhood by Oliver Sacks
RC 53399 Hans Christian Andersen: the life of a storyteller by Jackie Wullschlager
RC 53978 American Colonies by Alan Taylor
RC 54491 Venice by Garry Wills

FICTION

RC 54372 Gabriel's Story by David Durham
RC 54195 Look at Me by Jennifer Egan
RC 53273 The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich
RC 53073 The Corrections Jonathan Franzen
RC 54086 The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer
RC 53849 The Grand Complication by Allen Kurzweil
RC 53955 Taps by Willie Morris
RC 53531 The Nautical Chart by Arturo Perez-Reverte
RC 52601 Empire Falls by Richard Russo
RC 53419 Highwire Moon by Susan Straight
RC 54213 Hotel Honolulu by Paul Theroux
RC 53611 John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead
RC 50721 First Lady by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. "Best Contemporary Single-Title Romance"

Notes and Messages

Please do NOT include notes in the books that you are returning. Often these notes are requests, or questions that need attention. However, by the time the notes are discovered, your mail card with your name on it has been removed from the case and we have no way of helping you. Please give us a telephone call with your requests or questions.