
Donna Liquori
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Freelance Columnist and Writer at Times Union (Albany)
Freelance writer/editor. Former @ap staffer, comms pro. books column @timesunion, more words: @aarp, @nytimes and more. Editing ny stories @NYArchivesMag
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3 weeks ago |
timesunion.com | Donna Liquori
Alice Paden Green, the prominent Albany social justice advocate, who wrote a book about growing up Black in the Adirondacks. Anne LaBastille, whose “Woodswoman” books inspired women to strike out on their own as campers and hikers. Inez Millholland, who on horseback and wearing a white cape, led the 1913 parade of suffragists down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Since the book’s first publication, Mount Discovery in Essex County was renamed Mount Inez.
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1 month ago |
timesunion.com | Donna Liquori
Michelle Gildersleeve, mom of a 9-year-old daughter with ADHD, saw the listing for the Neurodiversity Club for kids and teens at the Saratoga Springs Public Library and decided to check it out. “And it ended up being a place that we come back to almost every single month, because she just really finds such joy there and acceptance and fun,” said Gildersleeve, who also has a 12-year-old son.
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1 month ago |
timesunion.com | Donna Liquori
This was going to be a breezy column about spring cleaning my books, my annual ritual. I put on some calm music, take books off the shelves, purge some, dust the rest and then reshelve. Instead, I found myself rage-cleaning to Rage Against the Machine. Article continues below this adThe recent announcement that the Institute of Museum and Library Services is being eliminated has me furious. And then there’s the stock market slide. I have yet to look at my retirement numbers.
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2 months ago |
timesunion.com | Donna Liquori
I'm a loser of bookmarks. So when my daughter brought home a leather one for me from her semester abroad in Florence, I made a vow: This bookmark, I will hang onto. It's currently keeping my place in Annie Proulx's "Barkskins." Wait. Actually, no. The book is on my bed and I just found the bookmark downstairs on a table. Now you understand why I lose bookmarks.
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2 months ago |
timesunion.com | Donna Liquori
I guess my recent obsession all started with James Joyce. Joyce’s masterpiece “Ulysses” is a book that consumed me as much as I consumed it a few years ago. Article continues below this adSince then, I’ve been exploring my lineage through literature. As an adoptee, I never had a full handle on my biological ancestors. When I had my DNA tested, Irish was the predominant nationality listed, at 29 percent.
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