Marina Roy: Trappings

A library is one of the last refuges for the demo­c­ra­tic poten­tial of a shared cul­tural con­scious­ness, a true pub­lic com­mons. Read­ing takes many forms here — at times it is a very directed, instru­men­tal pur­suit of par­tic­u­lar forms of knowl­edge, at other times it is more intu­itive, a men­tal wan­der­ing, where one book leads to the next, through foot­notes and bib­li­ogra­phies, and through brows­ing in the stacks.

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