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I don’t possess one of those personal libraries consisting of 20,000 volumes that writers of past generations could boast of by their early thirties. I live in a 68 square-metre apartment and that ...

The Cedar Rapids Public Library is holding an essay contest in anticipation of the new library groundbreaking celebration on May 5. The essay contest, entitled “Love my Library” is open to all 6 – 12 ...

What I have is a phantom library: the memory of the books that would now belong to me if I’d kept them. Writing about my library is, therefore, an archaeological exercise based on traces and memories ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Continuing the photo essay about public libraries, which showed many ...

Nearly two decades ago, an Indiana high school student won a national award from the John F. Kennedy Library for his essay about a little-known Vermont congressman.Out of more than 600 submissions, ...