Copper Queen Library (Bisbee, AZ)

10/11/2026

The Copper Queen Library will be closed on Monday, October 12, 2026 in observance of Indigenous Peoples Day/Columbus Day. All online services remain open 24/7!

10/11/2026

A representative from SEAGO will be available at the Copper Queen Library during Medicare’s Open Enrollment (October 15—December 7) to help answer your questions about Medicare. Please note that Medicare plans can change every year. Take advantage of this opportunity to make sure your plan is still the right one for you. Call SEAGO at 520-432-2528 to schedule your free half-hour appointment with a Medicare Counselor. Please bring your Medicare Card and Medication List to your meeting.

10/10/2026

Join Cochise Chess this Saturday morning from 10 AM - 12 PM for the Copper Queen Library's Chess Club! And, be sure to register for the upcoming Copper Classic Chess Tournament, which will be held on Saturday, November 21, 2026 at the CQL. For more information and to register, please click on the following link : https://www.kingregistration.com/event/CQL2026fall

10/09/2026

It's Game Day at the Annex! Join us from 1 - 3 PM for a couple hours of games, friends and conversation. All ages!

10/09/2026

NEXT TUESDAY AT 4:30 PM!!

10/08/2026

FLU & COVID-19 Shot Clinic! ALSO AVAILABLE:
PNEUMONIA, SHINGLES, RSV,
HEPATITIS, TDAP, MMR
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2026
10:30 AM–12:30 PM
COPPER QUEEN LIBRARY
6 MAIN ST.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2026
12-2 PM
COPPER QUEEN LIBRARY ANNEX
519 W. MELODY LANE

10/08/2026

10/08/2026

Congratulations to Anne Carson for this well-deserved honor, The Nobel Prize in Literature! 🔥❤️🔥

What kind of writer is Anne Carson?

Anne Carson’s work spans poetry, prose and essays, often engaging with themes, texts, and myths from the ancient Greek world. Alongside her career as a writer, she is a professor of classics and widely known for her lectures on ancient Greek literature.

Born in Toronto, Canada, in 1950, Carson published her doctoral thesis in Classics, 'Odi et Amo Ergo Sum' ('I Hate and I Love, Therefore I Am'), in 1981. She later reworked it into the essay 'Eros the Bittersweet', in which she developed many of the ideas about desire that would shape her later writing.

For many readers, 'Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse' (1998) serves as an introduction to Carson’s work. Inspired by Geryoneis – the fragmentary poem by the ancient Greek poet Stesichorus – it reimagines Geryon, the red-winged monster slain by Heracles, as a gay teenager with wings who falls in love with Heracles and is left heartbroken.

Throughout her entire authorship, Carson has continually experimented with literary form and explored the possibilities of writing. An example of this is 'Float' (2016), twenty-two chapbooks on different subjects that can be read in any order. More recently, 'Wrong Norma' from 2024, consists of a diverse combination of texts with a strongly performative aspect in which Carson crosses over into various artistic and academic fields.

10/08/2026

Come play Scrabble with the Copper Queen Library! Every Thursday from 1 - 3 PM at the Main Library.

10/07/2026

Come to storytime! This and every Wednesday morning from 10:30 to 11:30 AM, join us for stories, songs, bubbles, toys, art making, games, puzzles, and the always fabulous LiteZilla! 519 W Melody Lane, Bisbee.