Banning books, it seems to me, is a poor method for controlling language. After all, it is not books themselves that are banned but the words and ideas contained within them, and language is a very difficult thing to contain whether spoken or written. Perhaps books make language more transferable and a book a more …
As the new Director of The Rosenbach, and as someone who enjoys writing and thinking about history even in my spare time, I’m delighted to be sharing with you a monthly blog about my own discoveries in The Rosenbach’s collection. The Rosenbach’s collection is vast, and while I’ve worked here for seven years, I’m still …