Talk to the Frackville Library

On Wednesday, the New York Review of Books published an essay on its blog by former U.S. poet laureate Charles Simic entitled “A Country Without Libraries,” wherein he lamented the bygone days when “study and reflection [came] more naturally to someone bent over a book.” Then, on Thursday, Amazon announced it was now selling 105 ebooks for every 100 sold in hardcover and paperback. As for the gamers who gathered this night, they would come to delight in knowing that not only was the