Navigating Loss and Processing Grief

Navigating Loss and Processing Grief

Sitting in the new library at home, a tidy but disorganized space containing bookshelves and a smattering of unopened moving boxes, I glance out the window and catch a glimpse of the night sky. The trees cover much of my view, yet I can still make out the different...
On ‘Bleak House’ and Equally Bleak Institutions

On ‘Bleak House’ and Equally Bleak Institutions

There are two types of people in the world: those who organize libraries and those who do not. I am of the latter group. Forever doomed with an incurable affliction to accumulate crisp bound pages attached to busted spines without a system to categorize any of them. I...