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Bibliomania, the only hobby which is also a mental health affliction. The person with piles of titles on their nightstand, in their closet, in the trunk of their car. Books in front of books on their bookshelf.
Those who agree with [Alberto] Manguel that “Unpacking books is a revelatory activity” are lonely without this crowd of paper bodies; they understand how the cover is a flesh, the binding a nervous system, the chapters as organs, sentences veins, and the words the very blood that circulates meaning.
Enjoy your e-reader all you want, but a soul without a body is just a ghost, apt to suddenly flicker out of existence.
Read the full article at Literary Hub.
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