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30 Years of HIV
30 Years of HIV
January 4, 2012
AIDS, autobiography, Collective Brain, HIV, Marvelyn Brown, memoir, Nicole Pasini, San Mateco County Library Blog, Speaker, teen blog, Woodside, Millbrae

Author Marvelyn Brown talks about HIV/AIDS.

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Yeah Boy!
Yeah Boy!
September 12, 2011
autobiography, biography, Collective Brain blog, cooking, Flavor Flav, hip hop, history, Karen Choy, memoir, music, New York, nonfiction, Public Enemy, rap, recipe, San Mateo County Library blog, Atherton, Brisbane, Half Moon Bay

The life and times of Public Enemy's Flavor Flav.

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2011 PEN Award Winners
2011 PEN Award Winners
September 7, 2011
award winning, books, childrens, Collective Brain, comics, DVDs, graphic novels, Karen Choy, memoir, nonfiction, PEN award, San Mateo County Library blog, YA, Atherton, Brisbane, Half Moon Bay

Catch up with this year's winners.

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Glory of Love
Glory of Love
September 6, 2011
art, autobiography, biography, Collective Brain blog, eBook, history, Just Kids, Karen Choy, memoir, music, New York, nonfiction, Patti Smith, poetry, Robert Mapplethorpe, San Mateo County Library blog, travel, Atherton, Brisbane, Half Moon Bay

The lifelong friendship of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe.

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Compulsive Reading
Compulsive Reading
September 20, 2010
actor, addictions, biography, Collective Brain, compulsive eating, conservation, eating, environmentalism, food, food addiction, funny, humor, Jeff Garlin, Karen Choy, memoir, nonfiction, San Mateo County Library blog, television, Half Moon Bay

Jeff Garlin is a man of many talents.

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Tales from a Life Working with L.A. Gangs
Tales from a Life Working with L.A. Gangs
September 19, 2010
autobiography, Collective Brain, compassion, faith, gangs, Jesuit, Mary Wilmes, memoir, nonfiction, redemption, San Mateo County Library blog, Half Moon Bay

A priest's memoirs.

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In the Land of Long Fingernails: A Gravedigger in the Age of Aquarius Review
In the Land of Long Fingernails: A Gravedigger in the Age of Aquarius Review
July 14, 2010
1969, book review, cemeteries, Collective Brain, funny, memoir, San Mateo County Library blog, summer jobs, the 60's, Half Moon Bay

If you like to laugh and a cemetery setting won't throw you off, you'll love this memoir.

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Irish Account of Survival
Irish Account of Survival
July 9, 2010
biography, Collective Brain, Irish, Irish-Americans, Mary Wilmes, memoir, San Mateo County Library blog, South Boston, Half Moon Bay

Growing up Irish-Catholic in 70s South Boston.

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Orangutan
Orangutan
May 6, 2010
1980's, alcoholism, biography, Black-47, blarney, Collective Brain, Ireland, Irish, Mary Wilmes, memoir, San Mateo County Library blog, theatre, writers, Half Moon Bay

A riveting memoir of Irish immigrants.

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The Running Writer
The Running Writer
May 1, 2010
author, autobiography, Collective Brain, exercise, fitness, Karen Choy, memoir, running, San Mateo County Library blog, sports, writer, Half Moon Bay

The meaning of running, though Murakami's eyes (and feet).

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