Books like The public library by Dawson, Robert

Name: The public library
Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Author: Dawson, Robert

Robert Dawson’s "The Public Library" compiles a sweeping visual record of more than 17,000 American public libraries, from Alaska to the West Coast. His photographs capture iconic spaces such as the New York Public Library reading room, Seattle’s glass‑and‑steel Central Library, the historic one‑room Tulare County Free Library in California, and the Berkeley tool‑lending library. Accompanying the images are essays, letters, and poetry by celebrated authors—including E. B. White, Isaac Asimov, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Charles Simic, Dr. Seuss, and Philip Levine—as well as reflections from dedicated librarians. A foreword by Bill Moyers and an afterword by Ann Patchett frame this portrait of a vital, yet vulnerable, American institution.

First publish date: 2014

Genre: Arts & Culture/Photography

Authors: Dawson, Robert

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