Letter to a Future Lover: Marginalia, Errata, Secrets, Inscriptions, and Other Ephemera Found in Libraries All books have histories, and libraries are not just collections of books and databases but a medium of long-distance communication with other writers and readers.An exuberant, expansive catalogin
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| Title | : | Letter to a Future Lover: Marginalia, Errata, Secrets, Inscriptions, and Other Ephemera Found in Libraries |
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (767 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1555977065 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-03 |
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An exuberant, expansive cataloging of the intimate physical relationship between a reader and a bookA way to leave a trace of us, who we were or wanted to be, what we read and could imagine, what we did and what we left for you.Readers of physical books leave traces: marginalia, slips of paper, fingerprints, highlighting, inscriptions. All books have histories, and libraries are not just collections of books and databases but a medium of long-distance communication with other writers and readers. Letter to a Future Lover collects several dozen brief pieces written in response to library ephemerawith "library" defined broadly, ranging from university institutions to friends' shelves, from a seed library to a KGB prison libraryand addressed to readers past, present, and future. Through these witty, idiosyncratic essays, Ander Monson reflects on the human need to catalog, preserve, and annotate; the private and public pleasures of reading; the nat
Editorial : “As an eclectic writer, editor and academic, Monson defies conventional continuity to make leaps of connection, not only between paragraphs, but even within a sentence. He continues to challenge the very meaning of meaning, daring readers to come to terms with 'the book, the book about the book,' and the very concept of the library, be it public, prison, personal, seed, digital or abandoned and repurposed.” Kirkus Reviews
“Amidst much tedious hand-wringing re: the future of the book, Ander Monson not only shows us the way forward but chronicles codex's codes, singing an ode to book qua book, to marginalia and to the margins. A physically beautiful and intellectually thrilling work.” David Shields
“Ander Monson loves the world with such powerful desperation--even/especially the awful parts--and he loves, maybe even more, all our failed attempts at representation. Being inside his mind for a few hours, being in such close quar
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