We’re re-running this story as part of a countdown of the year’s best personal essays. To read all the entries in the series, click here. Saturday mornings unsettle me. Especially when the weather’s ...

Last December, all I wanted for Christmas was a Little Free Library. Specifically, I wanted my husband to build one for me. In case you aren’t familiar, a Little Free Library is, well, a little ...

If libraries didn't already exist, our current political system would never allow us to build them. The concept it too revolutionary: All of the knowledge and entertainment of humanity made available, ...

With a free library card and the right app, you can check out e-books, audiobooks and more from your local branch. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer is the author or co-author of eight books on ...

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the curation of a book collection. By Kwame Anthony Appiah I have a Little Free Library in my front yard. I encourage my neighbors to take books and leave books, ...

Three years ago, The Los Angeles Times published a feel-good story on the Little Free Library movement. The idea is simple: A book lover puts a box or shelf or crate of books in their front yard.

Just when we feared the public library might slip into oblivion as little more than an artifact of the analog age, #LibraryTok put the centuries-old democratic institution back on the map. Pioneered ...

A busy front yard filled with neighbors, volunteers, and the residents and staff of Living Well Disability Services’ Highview home off Highview Avenue in Eagan marked the opening of the ...