Libraries Give Us Power Books Make Us Free

Libraries Give Us Power Books Make Us Free It may come as no surprise that Im a sucker for well-designed books and book art. Or that Im quite a fan of library advocacy.  Put them together, and its like Kryptonite. Pretty, pretty Kryptonite. And youre probably the same, since youre reading Book Riot, where we specializeamong many other thingsin celebrating bookish design and libraries. Well, heres a hunk of alien rock thats totally going to drain your superpowers:  LIBRARIES GIVE US POWER BOOKS MAKE US FREE,  an awe-inspiringly awesome creation by British book designer  Mina Bach. Its like a commonplace book crossed with one of those amazing 1960s experiments (like  The Medium is the Massage) that found new ways to combine word and image on the page. Bach brings together quotations, photos, essays, and other fragments in a wide-ranging and beautiful celebration of the public library system, reading and books.  Indeed, full of surprising visual and tactile effects that play with readers relationship to meaning, Bachs book is both an example of and an argument for the continuing wonder of paper and ink. Check it out: You can see more from LIBRARIES GIVE US POWER BOOKS MAKE US FREEas well as some of Bachs absolutely gorgeous book coversat her website. For just a taste, heres her spare but affecting cover for Jack Kerouacs ON THE ROAD: ____________________________ Sign up for our newsletter to have the best of Book Riot delivered straight to your inbox every two weeks. No spam. We promise. To keep up with Book Riot on a daily basis, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, , and subscribe to the Book Riot podcast in iTunes or via RSS. So much bookish goodnessall day, every day.