Letter To A Future Lover: Marginalia, Errata, Secrets, Inscriptions, And Other Ephemera Found In Libraries

"For Ander Monson, libraries are something more than just buildings filled with books. He’s interested in them as a concept, as a living, adapting exchange of ideas, as a way people can connect with one another, even across generations. Monson’s latest is a breathtakingly original consideration of what it means to be a reader — or a writer, or a human being. His focus isn’t books, but rather the things we find in them: notes, due date slips, scrawlings in the margins. As an essay collection, this book is magnificent; as a love letter, it’s a work of overwhelming devotion and generosity."