Minisode Thirty: Libraries
Literary Friction
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Do You Like Visiting Libraries When You're Abroad?
i love visiting libraries in other cities, especially if they're architecturally interesting and built as a kind of focal point for public knowledge. i thinktat like these big public libraries are, aren't they? They're like churches of knowledge. Yes, i love the reading room at the boston public library. It has this towering arched ceilings and these green lamps. I used to love going there as a tenajorn. The new york public libraries is very similar. It's just this incredible space, the reading room, which you can't believe was designed to house books. It looks more like a church or a palace, really. If you want to get me cheap flights
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