A photo of legendary City Lights manager Shig by Ginsberg

bookshelfporn:

‘tsundoku’ - the Japanese word for buying books & not reading them, leaving them to pile up.

bookshelfporn:

A Library Slide

We love this wooden slide that is slotted into a combined staircase and bookshelf of a house in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea,

Designed by Moon Hoon.

Submitted by Bookshelf Porn reader Jesse Richardson via Colossal.

Eduardo Galeano just gave a transcendent, hilarious reading to a packed house at City Lights. Here he is shaking Jack Hirschman’s hand on his way out…

theparisreview:

From Robert Dawson and Josh Wallaert’s Public Library: An American Commons.

(via penamerican)

poetsorg:

A collage of photographs of the participants of the New York Women’s Literary Salons, 1975-1976. Photographs by Freda Leinwand.

Federal officials met with South Dakota’s nine Sioux tribes on Wednesday for a historic summit in Rapid City. A year in the making, it was an effort to address long standing concerns over the high number of Native American children the state places in white foster homes. State officials, however, didn’t show up for the meeting.

(via utnereader)

fantagraphics:

Our pals at Last Gasp recently sat down for a chat with R. Crumb.