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Welcome to Bookmobility If this is your first time at...
WELCOME TO BOOKMOBILITY If this is your first time at Bookmobility, I recommend that you start by browsing some of the posts linked to below, which will give you a sense of the range of topics ...
"funny how characters in books said the things one wanted to say…he would like to know..."
““funny how characters in books said the things one wanted to say…he would like to know Jurgen…how does one go about getting an introduction to a fiction character…go up to the brown co...
The Medium and the Message This is cellphone keyboard fabric I...
THE MEDIUM AND THE MESSAGE This is cellphone keyboard fabric I found at a Nashville textile store. When I first saw it, I made a crack about it being “for all your mobile-technology-upholste...
"PS: When I am alone with some fellow I ‘take to,’ I get a real strange feeling, a..."
““PS: When I am alone with some fellow I ‘take to,’ I get a real strange feeling, a feeling which haunts me and seems unexplainable, a certain quietness comes over me or both of us, I’m...
On Book Riot, I have a post up about finding libraries in...
On Book Riot, I have a post up about finding libraries in unexpected places. In it, I look at a series of twists on the bookmobile, which took libraries to surprising places. There are libraries ...
In the Boston area this week? Then you should stop by Harvard on...
In the Boston area this week? Then you should stop by Harvard on Wednesday afternoon, where I’ll be giving a talk about bookmobiles in the United States. Also: What an amazing poster, right?
“Over There”: Papering Over the Horror of War This...
“OVER THERE”: PAPERING OVER THE HORROR OF WAR This fascinating image is an advertisement from the December 1918 issue of Harper’s Monthly Magazine, requesting donations of books for soldi...
"Electric circuitry has overthrown the regime of ‘time’ and 'space’ and pours upon..."
“Electric circuitry has overthrown the regime of ‘time’ and 'space’ and pours upon us instantly and continuously the concerns of all other men. It has reconstituted dialogue on a global s...
The Great Gatsby and Pride & Prejudice are already video...
The Great Gatsby and Pride & Prejudice are already video games. What other classic novels would make great–if counterintuitive–games? In my latest post for Book Riot, I propose some ideas....
"I first saw President Reagan as a foot, highly polished brown cordovan wagging merrily on a hassock...."
“I first saw President Reagan as a foot, highly polished brown cordovan wagging merrily on a hassock. I spied it through the door. It was a beautiful foot, sleek. Such casual elegance and clean...
Over on Book Riot, I have a new post up about the...
Over on Book Riot, I have a new post up about the artist Ekaterina Panikanova , who creates gorgeous, lush, and disorienting paintings by using old books as her canvas. Check it out: MEET AN ...
"If a Victorian gentleman arrived in present-day London, he’d think we’d been invaded by..."
““If a Victorian gentleman arrived in present-day London, he’d think we’d been invaded by glowing rectangles. The average single Londoner’s day runs as follows: you wake up and watch a ...
“Not His Head”: Life, Narrative, and the Lethal Promise of...
“NOT HIS HEAD”: LIFE, NARRATIVE, AND THE LETHAL PROMISE OF POWER I’m coming very late to this party, as these were posted a few months ago. They’ve been sitting in my drafts folder and,...
"Her name, at this point, is almost onomatopoeic: the elegantly coiled, haute-American Sylvia, poised..."
“Her name, at this point, is almost onomatopoeic: the elegantly coiled, haute-American Sylvia, poised and serpentine, and then the Germanic exhalation of Plath, its fatal flatness like some rup...
In my latest for Book Riot, I discuss Penguin’s new Book...
In my latest for Book Riot, I discuss Penguin’s new Book Truck (and pushcart, above), and I try to put them in a bit of historical context. Check it out: PENGUIN LAUNCHES BOOK TRUCK
"I must add that I can not pretend to be a dispassionate, nor impartial observer. I come from a..."
“I must add that I can not pretend to be a dispassionate, nor impartial observer. I come from a particular place. I’ve now been out in the world, and seen how other people in other places liv...
Responses to Michael Rosenblum’s “What’s a...
Responses to Michael Rosenblum’s “What’s a Library?” have rocketed around the internet over the past few days. One of the most interesting results has been the creation–by the Magpie Li...
"Vic smelled the vast vault filled with books before she saw it, because her eyes required time to..."
“Vic smelled the vast vault filled with books before she saw it, because her eyes required time to adjust to the cavernous dark. She breathed deeply of the scent of decaying fiction, disintegra...
Which would you rather have? 1) Every book every published but...
Which would you rather have? 1) Every book every published but the risk of being eaten by shadow-dwelling bugs; or 2) An amazing talking-liquid encyclopedia but invading zombie thingies? In...
Why did this sculpture by Harry Bertoia cause officials in...
Why did this sculpture by Harry Bertoia cause officials in Dallas to freak out in 1955, and what does it have to do with the purpose of libraries? Find out in… SCANDALOUS WORKS OF LIBRARY ART...