{"product_id":"letter-to-a-future-lover-ander-monson-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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ander Monson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555977065\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555977061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\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\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Ander Monson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939599352063,"sku":"9781555977061","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_97cf79ff-b39b-4bde-8da8-f6c5d0c2382d.jpg?v=1681442436","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/letter-to-a-future-lover-ander-monson-9781555977061","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}