The Resource Unpacking my library : writers and their books, edited by Leah Price
Unpacking my library : writers and their books, edited by Leah Price
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The item Unpacking my library : writers and their books, edited by Leah Price represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Unpacking my library : writers and their books, edited by Leah Price represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- As words and stories are increasingly disseminated through digital means, the significance of the book as object, whether pristine collectible or battered relic, is growing as well. This book spotlights the personal libraries of thirteen favorite novelists who share their collections with readers. Photographs provide full views of the libraries and close-ups of individual volumes: first editions, worn textbooks, pristine hardcovers, and childhood companions. In her introduction, the author muses on the history and future of the bookshelf, asking what books can tell us about their owners and what readers can tell us about their collections. Supplementing the photographs are interviews with each author, which probe the relation of writing to reading, collecting, and arranging books. Each writer provides a list of top ten favorite titles, offering unique personal histories along with suggestions for every bibliophile
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 201 pages
- Contents
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- Alison Bechdel
- Stephen Carter
- Junot Diaz
- Rebecca Goldstein and Steven Pinker
- Lev Grossman and Sophie Gee
- Jonathan Lethem
- Claire Messud and James Wood
- Philip Pullman
- Gary Shteyngart
- Edmund White
- Isbn
- 9780300170924
- Label
- Unpacking my library : writers and their books
- Title
- Unpacking my library
- Title remainder
- writers and their books
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Leah Price
- Title variation
- Writers and their books
- Subject
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- American authors -- Books and reading
- Authors -- Books and reading
- Authors -- Books and reading
- Authors -- Books and reading
- Authors, American -- Books and reading
- Authors, American -- Books and reading
- Bibliothek
- Böcker och läsning
- Cartoonist
- England
- Läsvanor
- Schriftsteller
- USA
- Écrivains -- Livres et lecture
- Écrivains américains -- Livres et lecture
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- As words and stories are increasingly disseminated through digital means, the significance of the book as object, whether pristine collectible or battered relic, is growing as well. This book spotlights the personal libraries of thirteen favorite novelists who share their collections with readers. Photographs provide full views of the libraries and close-ups of individual volumes: first editions, worn textbooks, pristine hardcovers, and childhood companions. In her introduction, the author muses on the history and future of the bookshelf, asking what books can tell us about their owners and what readers can tell us about their collections. Supplementing the photographs are interviews with each author, which probe the relation of writing to reading, collecting, and arranging books. Each writer provides a list of top ten favorite titles, offering unique personal histories along with suggestions for every bibliophile
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Price, Leah
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Authors, American
- Authors
- Écrivains américains
- Écrivains
- Authors, American
- Authors
- Schriftsteller
- Cartoonist
- Bibliothek
- USA
- England
- Böcker och läsning
- American authors
- Läsvanor
- Authors
- Label
- Unpacking my library : writers and their books, edited by Leah Price
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Alison Bechdel -- Stephen Carter -- Junot Diaz -- Rebecca Goldstein and Steven Pinker -- Lev Grossman and Sophie Gee -- Jonathan Lethem -- Claire Messud and James Wood -- Philip Pullman -- Gary Shteyngart -- Edmund White
- Control code
- 711045635
- Dimensions
- 15 x 21 cm
- Extent
- 201 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300170924
- Lccn
- 2011022679
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)711045635
- Label
- Unpacking my library : writers and their books, edited by Leah Price
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Alison Bechdel -- Stephen Carter -- Junot Diaz -- Rebecca Goldstein and Steven Pinker -- Lev Grossman and Sophie Gee -- Jonathan Lethem -- Claire Messud and James Wood -- Philip Pullman -- Gary Shteyngart -- Edmund White
- Control code
- 711045635
- Dimensions
- 15 x 21 cm
- Extent
- 201 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300170924
- Lccn
- 2011022679
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)711045635
Subject
- American authors -- Books and reading
- Authors -- Books and reading
- Authors -- Books and reading
- Authors -- Books and reading
- Authors, American -- Books and reading
- Authors, American -- Books and reading
- Bibliothek
- Böcker och läsning
- Cartoonist
- England
- Läsvanor
- Schriftsteller
- USA
- Écrivains -- Livres et lecture
- Écrivains américains -- Livres et lecture
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