Ft Atkinson Public Library

302 3rd St. NW

Fort Atkinson, Iowa

52144-7416

563-534-2222

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Featured Events

May 25
Storytime Book Buddies
May 25, 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Book Buddies is Fort Atkinson Public Library's story time for Pre-K kids, but everyone is welcome! We meet in the library on Wednesdays at 10 am until Summer Library Program starts on June 1st. We will then meet at 3 pm, and will do storytime with a summertime twist! We hope you can join us!

 

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May 30
Closed for Memorial Day
May 30, 2022

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May 31
Summer Hours Start
May 31, 2022

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Jun 01
Summer Library Program Ages 0 - 5
Jun 1, 2022, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

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Jun 01
Summer Library Program Ages 6 - 12
Jun 1, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

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Jun 06
Book Club meets to discuss "Look Alive Out There" by Sloan Crosley
Jun 6, 2022, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

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"Sloane Crosley does the impossible. She stays consistently funny and delivers a book that is alive and jumping." ― Steve Martin

"In her third collection of personal essays, [Crosley] continues her tradition of hilarious insight into the human condition...[She] is exceedingly clever and has a witticism for all occasions, but it is her willingness to confront some of life’s darker corners with honesty and vulnerability that elevates this collection." — Publishers Weekly, starred review

“A marvel…the latest collection from the Manhattan-based essayist suggests she can write engagingly about nearly anything.” — Kirkus, starred review

“Laugh-out-loud funny seems too trite a phrase for a writer whose takes are so addictively original and unexpected, but it’s also true: dear readers, you will laugh. Whether 2 or 20 pages in length, Crosley’s essays are complete and stop-you-in-your-tracks clever…” — Booklist, starred review

“Spot-on, incisive…This is Crosley at her best. These essays are funny but also complex with depth. [She] uses humor to not only entertain but also to examine wealth and social inequality, sex and gender roles, fertility and death…Crosley’s growth and maturity as a writer shines in this collection, and it’s fair to say: she is the millennial’s Nora Ephron.” — Library Journal

An Entertainment Weekly, Elle, Publishers Weekly, Glamour, Buzzfeed, InStyle, The Millions, Bustle & Cosmopolitan Most Anticipated Book of 2018

From the New York Times–bestselling author Sloane Crosley comes Look Alive Out There—a brand-new collection of essays filled with her trademark hilarity, wit, and charm. The characteristic heart and punch-packing observations are back, but with a newfound coat of maturity. A thin coat. More of a blazer, really.

Fans of I Was Told There’d Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number know Sloane Crosley’s life as a series of relatable but madcap misadventures. In Look Alive Out There, whether it’s scaling active volcanoes, crashing shivas, befriending swingers, or squinting down the barrel of the fertility gun, Crosley continues to rise to the occasion with unmatchable nerve and electric one-liners. And as her subjects become more serious, her essays deliver not just laughs but lasting emotional heft and insight. Crosley has taken up the gauntlets thrown by her predecessors—Dorothy Parker, Nora Ephron, David Sedaris—and crafted something rare, affecting, and true.

 

 

-https://www.sloanecrosley.com/look-alive-out-there

Jun 08
Summer Library Program Ages 0 - 5
Jun 8, 2022, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

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Jun 08
Summer Library Program Ages 6 - 12
Jun 8, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

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Jun 09
**Special Summer Library Program!**
Jun 9, 2022, 9:00 AM – 11:15 AM

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Hours

Monday    1:30 - 6 PM

Tuesday    1:30 - 5 PM

Wednesday  Noon - 5:30 PM

Thursday   9 AM - 1  PM

Friday         10 AM - 2 PM

Saturday    9 - 11 AM

Sunday       Closed

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This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.

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