![]() ![]() How did you go about conducting your research? Where did you begin? ![]() Bookshelves are objects with very, very interesting histories. I wanted to write about something that most book- and reading-enthusiasts, myself included, use without thinking too much about. the invention of the printing press and, of course, the Kindle) changed how books were put on shelves and how bookshelves were built. I also became curious about how book technology (e.g. I was intrigued by an object that the entire series shared. ![]() I realized that anybody who would read a book in the series would have to use a bookshelf - physical or digital - to do so! You take a book off a shelf in a bookstore to look at it, you pursue something at the library, you add a new book to your own shelf, etc. Why a book about bookshelves? What inspired your research?īookshelf is part of the Object Lessons series that focuses on the “hidden lives of everyday objects” - everything from hoods to socks to remote controls to shipping containers. She’ll speak and sign the book in our store 2/18. We spoke with writer and historian Lydia Pyne about her new book, Bookshelf , an installment of Object Lessons, an essay and book series about the hidden lives of ordinary things, a project of The Atlantic and Bloomsbury Publishing. ![]()
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