Leah Price is professor of English at Harvard University. She is the author of The Anthology and the Rise of the Novel, Literary Secretaries/Secretarial Culture, and How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain. She writes on old and new media for the New York Times Book Review, the London Review of Books, and the Boston Globe.
“In its beautiful design, Unpacking My Library is itself an
argument for the continuing vitality of physical books and the
libraries that contain them.”—The Boston Globe
*The Boston Globe*
"Filled with juicy details about how writers read, collect, and
live with their books.”—Jean Temarin, The Chronicle of Higher
Education
*The Chronicle of Higher Education*
Winner of the 2012 New York Book Show Award in General Trade
Jacket, as given by the New York Book Show
*New York Book Show*
"[M]any of the observations may help disorganized book nuts bring
some shape to the mishmash of books we call our own
libraries."—Alan Bisbort, The Sunday Republican
*The Sunday Republican*
“Unpacking My Library is a wild, wide world of authors and their
books. Maul it savagely or gently caress it.”—Fine Books &
Collections
*Fine Books & Collections*
"There are many expensive coffee table books about books and
libraries, but for a relatively modest cost, Price's volume offers
a gorgeous set of pictures . . . [a] lovely book."—Harvey
Freedenberg, Harrisburg Magazine
*Harrisburg Magazine*
"[A] sensual pleasure for the eyes, and a book fans of the
writers, and of books and libraries, will enjoy."—Jeff Bursey, Rain
Taxi
*Rain Taxi*
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