{"product_id":"letter-to-a-future-lover-marginalia-errata-secrets-inscriptions-and-other-ephemera-found-in-libraries-9781555977061","title":"Letter to a Future Lover: Marginalia, Errata, Secrets, Inscriptions, and Other Ephemera Found in Libraries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exuberant, expansive cataloging of the intimate physical relationship between a reader and a book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eReaders 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Letter to a Future Lover\u003c\/i\u003e collects several dozen brief pieces written in response to library ephemera--with \"library\" defined broadly, ranging from university institutions to friends' shelves, from a seed library to a KGB prison library--and 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 nature of libraries; and how the self can be formed through reading and writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555977061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/08\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2015 pg. 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/24\/2015 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ander Monson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45418969202869,"sku":"9781555977061","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b4956c14-06d3-4911-9ab8-b489a6e26280.jpg?v=1748390436","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/letter-to-a-future-lover-marginalia-errata-secrets-inscriptions-and-other-ephemera-found-in-libraries-9781555977061","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}