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Unpacking My Library

This is the chronicle of an accidental book collector, one essay per book.

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The Massachusetts Register is the most used book in my library. Its corners are rounded with wear and it thumbs…

Why do we need to name? What do we gain by calling a bird a vireo? Or an early printed book an incunabulum? Why does anyone need…

I am unpacking my library. Yes, I am. The books are not yet on the shelves, not yet touched by the mild boredom of order…