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Beautiful, Borgesian, Benign - a Blog by Writer in Residence Glen James Brown

by Gladstones Library | Thursday, 28th April 2022

I like the idea of the library as a sentient thing—something that can see inside into our skulls as we struggle with plot knots, school revision, whatever project we are bending our passions towards. And then it shifts itself about—subtly, it has over a century of practice—so the next time we glance at a certain shelf, the answers to our problems are right there, spine out.