THE KAVZIA JOURNAL · Culture / Community
The neighborhood library is more than a room of books
An argument for the ordinary public spaces that allow strangers to belong.
A library is easy to describe as a building that lends books. That description misses its most interesting quality: it allows people to be somewhere without requiring them to buy anything. You can sit quietly, look for an answer, follow an unfamiliar subject or simply read beside people whose lives are very different from your own.
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