New Life for Forgotten Books at the Reanimation Library

This Library is such a cool idea. When in Brooklyn, schedule a visit to the Reanimation Library. This small but growing collection is the home for books that have been roundly forgotten and discarded by the world. There’s something sad and nostalgic about it (or a group of emotions cousin to these), something perfect for writers and artists to draw on as they create new works.

At the website, read the Overview and Philosophy on the About page, and read the latest entry from their blog “Word Processor.” Each entry is a highlight of a text in the collection written by a guest author. The latest entry by Corina Bardoff is a clever response to The Observer's Book of Weather with a creative reading approach inspired by the OuLiPo workshop. Madly informative--I loved it.

Some snapshots from my visit to the collection. Note the curse placed upon book thieves. Damn.