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    For the Love of Libraries

    Jun 19, 2019 4 minutes
    BY ERICKA MCINTYRE

    In the spring of 2018, I had the great fortune to go to Cincinnati’s beautiful Mercantile Library and hear Susan Orlean speak about a nonfiction book she wrote that had not yet been published. It was going to be called The Library Book (it’s since been released to great acclaim and success). In her talk, she mentioned a surprising fact: There are more libraries in America than McDonald’s. And as of 2019, there are more libraries in America than Starbucks. No offense to the golden arches or the grande latte, but this is a hopeful thing.

    Libraries are an oft overlooked, but critical part of our society. And they don’t just loan out books—libraries are still many people’s only point

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