Treffer: The Library Columnist and the City.

The article parallels the television show "Sex and the City" and how it approaches life to the work of librarians. First, the author compares and contrasts herself to Carrie, a character on the show. According to the author, she and Carrie are different in body size, and their clothing preference. However, she says she and Carrie are alike in several things, including the columns they write. The author confesses that she often agonize over topics, sitting and staring for hours at a time at a screen, often arriving at a complete column thought at the last minute. Like Carrie, the author says she will happen upon ideas in the most unlikely of places and write ideas down on napkins or any other handy piece of paper. Their columns are almost always written very late at night and in one sitting. Meanwhile , the author parallels the show and how it approaches life to her work as a librarian. The author says the show is hopeful. No matter what happens, they just keep coming back for more and trying even harder the next time around. Also, the characters on the show have a unique and genuine sense of place. According to the author, what a person does and where she is has to matter. Caring about where a person takes him or her one step from the work helps build teams.