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Indiana feels like a real copout, but I’ve been to five of these. What about you?
In the weeks and months after my father’s death, my family and I went through his belongings, donating whatever was useful, getting rid of what no one would want, and divvying up the things we loved, the things that reminded us of him. As a result, some of my father’s books are my books now: my Dickens and Dostoyevsky, my biology and natural history, my literary fiction and light verse and tragedy. They came with me the summer after he died, when my partner and I moved in together and merged our worldly possessions. Along with the rest of the books, they were the first things we unpacked and put away.
Such a lovely piece about grief and about a father sharing his love of books (even if he didn’t do it intentionally).
Kinong is one of thousands of Indonesians who have opened their own library in their own communities. Estimates suggest there are thousands of such libraries in Indonesia, started by ordinary people with great initiative to address the lack of books in their area and funded by occasional donations.
The innovative ways individuals are getting books to the children of Indonesia.
Source : 51 Must-See Bookstores Across the US: Critical Linking, March 24, 2019
