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The wonder of public libraries was not lost on Jack Kerouac, who wrote gorgeously about the NYPL in his journals—which, incidentally, I read in the NYPL. And, okay, yes, he was also writing about the Boston Public Library, which is lovely too.
ON BIG CITY LIBRARIES... See more
The two big city libraries that I’ve had occasion to frequent, the one in Boston and
Jillian Hess • 5 Love Notes
### Joan Didion
- Best Known Work:
- Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968) – A seminal collection of essays capturing the spirit of the 1960s, particularly in California.
- The Year of Magical Thinking (2005) – A powerful memoir about grief and the death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne.
- Underrated/Underdiscovered Work:
- Play It As It Lays (1970) – A
... See moreI don’t often feel the need to reach all the way back to Manutius and Gutenberg. For me, the apotheosis of the printed book is, say, Frank O’Hara’s Lunch Poems, or maybe Ferlinghetti’s Coney Island of the Mind.
Robin Sloan • Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel
i'm scraping the new york public library's website to see what books people are checking out in real time https://t.co/nW89q2lcrE
I praise its decentralization, and its willingness to empower booksellers at the local stores.
Ted Gioia • What Can We Learn From Barnes & Noble's Surprising Turnaround?
How to Walk and Talk: Everything We Know
How to plan and organize a walk-and-talk, including choosing participants, setting the duration and distance, arranging meals and lodging, and managing logistics and communications.
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Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries: "It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought... See more