Marginalia of Strangers: A Field Guide
A taxonomy of the notes strangers leave in books: the Arguer, the Underliner, the Student, the Grief-Stricken. Eleven years of fieldwork, classified at last.
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Second-Hand Inscriptions
For Margaret, Christmas 1974 — who was Margaret, and why did she give the book away? An essay on the messages that outlive their occasions.