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 …
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From the Director: Soulful Foodways and Literary Connections
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 …