<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">The Alpena County Library hosted Ben Traverse this week, and I was thoroughly impressed with his talent and knowledge. He explained the history of sea shanties and their cultural significance in between each song. He was great to work with and I am looking forward to hosting him again.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="https://bentraversemusic.com/">https://bentraversemusic.com/</a></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><i><b><br></b></i></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><i><b>Jessica Luther (she/her) </b></i><b><i> </i></b></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:helvetica">Assistant Director</span></div><div dir="ltr">
        <address><span style="font-family:helvetica"><b>Alpena
            County George N. Fletcher Public Library</b></span></address>
        <address><font face="helvetica">211 N. First Ave. </font></address><address><span style="font-family:helvetica">Alpena, MI 49707</span></address>
        <address><span style="font-family:helvetica"><a href="mailto:jluther@alpenalibrary.org" target="_blank">jluther@alpenalibrary.org</a></span></address>
        <address><span style="font-family:helvetica">989.419.4236</span></address><address><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;font-style:normal"><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/8a156e3d-7f53-4169-ae07-6eea94b4a71e" target="_blank">Currently reading:</a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;font-style:normal"><img src="https://cdn.thestorygraph.com/jbvfo5ho5hy9wpr1obajk47f40zp" alt="The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins" width="63" height="96"></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;font-style:normal"></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;font-style:normal"></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;font-style:normal"></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;font-style:normal"></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;font-style:normal"></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;font-style:normal"></div></address><address><span style="font-family:helvetica"></span></address><address></address><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>