tiny Maine library wants to fill its shelves with unwanted books

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EDUCATION

tiny Maine library wants to fill its shelves with unwanted books

The tiny library on Matinicus Island 22 miles off the Maine coast is on a mission to fill its shelves with books that have fallen out of favor elsewhere.

Author: Associated Press
Published: 12:44 PM EDT March 19, 2022
Updated: 1:04 PM EDT March 19, 2022

KNOX COUNTY, Maine — There’s an “Island of Misfit Toys” in the popular holiday classic. Now there's an island for unwanted and banned books, too.

The tiny library on Matinicus Island 22 miles (35 kilometers) off the Maine coast is on a mission to fill its shelves with books that have fallen out of favor elsewhere.

From “And Tango Makes Three,” the story of two male penguins that raised a chick together, to classics like “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood and “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck, all books are welcome including those that are being banned or canceled in other parts of the country.

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. It's interesting to see how we respond to attempts to sequester stuff away from us.

Bravo to this tiny library! I hope their collection will grow by leaps and bounds.

[lastlib]

4. I hope that eventually, it goes out of business.....

..because books are no longer banned. Freedom of thought must never be suppressed--ANYwhere.

(I might allow an exception for Mein Kampf, Next Time The World, and The Art of The Deal.)

[Kid Berwyn]

2. Send them Borges.

The Library of Babel

https://sites.evergreen.edu/politicalshakespeares/wp-content/uploads/sites/226/2015/12/Borges-The-Library-of-Babel.pdf

It’s clear poets truly are the unrecognized legislators of the multiverse.

[AllaN01Bear]

3. im so sick of them saying u cant read this this is bad . so we have little librarys

like this .