America’s Public Libraries Reflect the Systematic Failures and Social Inequality of Our Country
Amanda Oliver recounts the heavy burden of being a librarian in her book "Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library"
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Susan Orlean’s Love Letter to Libraries Is Also a Look at Their Prejudiced Past
"The Library Book" is a gimlet-eyed history of this beloved public institution
Apr 9 2019 - Deirdre Sugiuchi
The Weirdest Libraries Around the World
Get your books from a phone booth, monastery, military tank, or camel
Aug 17 2018 - Brianne Alphonso
The Real Reason Conservatives Are Scared of Libraries
Easy access to information can show marginalized people that we’re not alone. Not everyone wants us to know that.
Aug 1 2018 - Baylea Jones
RFID Machines in British Libraries Are Producing Charming Found Poetry
In the city where Shakespeare was born, a new literary giant emerges: library book return scanners
Jun 22 2018 - Electric Literature
7 Mysterious Libraries in Literature
Peng Shepherd, author of ‘The Book of M,’ on the mystical libraries of fiction
May 29 2018 - Peng Shepherd
Give Your Money to Libraries, Jeff Bezos
The Amazon founder says he doesn’t know what to do with his billions. I have an idea.
May 2 2018 - Ann Eleven
School’s Out for the Summer, but Libraries Are Still Taking Care of Kids
Aug 1 2017 - Patricja Okuniewska
Millennials May Not Be Getting Jobs or Houses, But They Are Saving Libraries
Jun 23 2017 - Patricja Okuniewska
