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It is strange going itno? Into a place that has no books -as an old atheist I have quite a collection of bibles one sort of suitcase size P -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roger Collett Sent: 26 June 2010 09:45 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: how to organise your books Mark, A house without books is not a thing I'd dream about. Couldn't imagine life without books. Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 9:25 AM Subject: Re: how to organise your books > I've built 342 feet of shelves in my apartment. They would have fit > all the books I stored for the five years since I left my last digs. > I tried very hard to refrain from acquiring, but people give me > books, and the flesh is weak. So I disposed of over a thousand books > to a local used book store for $300 dollars. None were worth a lot, > many I'd never read again (or in some cases for the first time. There > was a whole box of missionary magazines from the 1840s, reports from > remote regions. Early anthro, right? Wrong. Not too many of those > guys were particularly observant. Books once thought classics that > would have been fun to read but who has time, so I'll probably go to > my grave not having read The Rise of the Dutch Republic. Books I > really love but only keep because I really love them--not hard to > find another pb of Gatsby when the urge strikes. The result--I can > shelve all my books, but not one more, and they keep coming. And then > there are those seven boxes of books that do have commercial value, > enshrined under my bed. I have dreams of a house without books. >