on the largeness libraries, people who survive by reading, John McGahern, Jeannette Winterson, an Internet Princess, Doodle Dispatches, a new Notebook + SBB is on Facebook now
I loved this, Courtney. I felt a pinch of sadness when I read that no one is trying to regulate libraries. Maybe not, but in some communities the libraries are closing, shrinking, and/or being turned over to third-party operators. We fought a proposal to do this a few years back and had a HUGE Fight to build and support the city’s new central library. So far, the library is with us.
I’m one of those kids who felt the world drop away the minute I walked into a library - any size, any place -- and just breathed in the possibilities. I loved the privacy and you are right -- no one ever told me to spend less time in the library. It was my happy place.
I loved this, Courtney. I felt a pinch of sadness when I read that no one is trying to regulate libraries. Maybe not, but in some communities the libraries are closing, shrinking, and/or being turned over to third-party operators. We fought a proposal to do this a few years back and had a HUGE Fight to build and support the city’s new central library. So far, the library is with us.
I’m one of those kids who felt the world drop away the minute I walked into a library - any size, any place -- and just breathed in the possibilities. I loved the privacy and you are right -- no one ever told me to spend less time in the library. It was my happy place.