{"id":123,"date":"2024-09-14T13:54:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T13:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/llc\/?p=123"},"modified":"2024-09-14T14:00:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T14:00:44","slug":"alumni-spotlight-sheryl-mann-drawn-to-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/llc\/2024\/09\/14\/alumni-spotlight-sheryl-mann-drawn-to-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Spotlight: Sheryl Mann Drawn to Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sheryl Mann \/ Photo Credit Autumn Fort<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

By Autumn Fort (English ’24)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheryl Mann (English ’12) has always been drawn to literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At USC Upstate, Mann earned a major in English and a cognate in philosophy. Her passion for literature and the humanities has been central to her academic career, and it helped her achieve her current position as the Branch Manager at Cyrill-Westside Library in Spartanburg, SC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In high school, Mann always had her nose in a book. \u201cI remember being in high school and being the nerd that went straight to the library at lunchtime. I would go to the school media center and talk to the media specialist, and she would just throw book after book at me trying to get me to branch out,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cPeople would comment, \u2018don\u2019t you ever take a break from reading?\u2019 and I would say, \u2018no, it\u2019s my escapism. It\u2019s what I enjoy doing most.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sitting at the Westside Library, Mann said that she loves working as a librarian because she gets to work alongside fellow literature-lovers. She described her team as a ready-made book club. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

That being said, Mann noted that being a librarian is more than getting paid to read, and libraries are more than a place to store books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She explained that libraries are places for people to be social and form community connections–and they are one of the few places where people can join for free. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always loved to read, I\u2019ve always loved to write. I wanted to do something that I found personally fulfilling. I think it\u2019s better to find something that works with how your brain works, that you enjoy, and that you\u2019re passionate about, then build a life around that if you can,\u201d Mann said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Mann, this is librarianship. Working in the library system, she has enjoyed being able to support her community and share her love of literature with others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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