...with an explanation about Little Free Library ...
Per The New York Times:
Holding no more than about 20 books for old and young, the 10 new Little Free Libraries — miniature lending libraries where anyone can take or leave a book under the honor system — will pop up all over downtown Manhattan on Saturday afternoon, and will stand until Sept. 1.
And!
Jakab Orsos, the director of the PEN World Voices Festival, which features events and workshops with international authors this week, said he heard about the Little Free Library concept last year and almost immediately decided to bring some to New York.
“It’s such a rich, such a romantic idea,” he said on Thursday, waxing lyrical about the pleasures of literature. “It really restores my faith, this connectedness — how people are actually harboring the beauty of reading and the book and the importance of the book.”
beautiful. wonderful. bravo!
ReplyDeletei saw something similar in berlin last year and am glad to see it closer to home.
ReplyDeleteA little too precious for my blood.
ReplyDeleteNot like there aren't actual libraries in the neighborhood.
It burns even more because this was done in Williamsburg back in 2011. So, not only is this a decidedly hipster exercise, it's a second-rate hipster exercise.
And, the proprietors were referred to as "Guerrilla Librarians."
Congrats. You read books. You don't have to be so pixie and cute about it.
Jesus Christ...
http://mbrosen.tumblr.com/post/8194227614/guerrilla-librarians-making-noise-in-williamsburg
I think Amanda Bynes will be desperately seeking to take that shiny silver box and add it to her collection of piercings...
ReplyDeleteMy wife had something similar going on with a unidentified resident of our building. She'll leave a book on the window sill in the hall and the next day there'll be another one offered in its place.
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