A nostalgic homage to the glory of libraries and librarians harnesses Larkin and Keats to point up our lost visions of social betterment……
Intrigued? Read more at: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/16/the-beautiful-librarians-by-sean-o-brien-poem-of-the-week
Love it! Very evocative of long-ago librarians!
Absolutely – food for thought about where we’ve come from, where we’re at today, and where things seem to be heading for the future. And I love that quote in the photo of the protest against cuts to libraries: "Almost everything I am I owe to libraries…. everyone has the right to access the voices of the past."