Suellen Stringer-Hye
writes eloquently about my father and about great libraries. I was aware of the
merits of both, and am touched to see them so lovingly extolled. The destruction
of cultural heritage is tragic, whether it be by official decree (remember the
Buddhas?), by local looters of their country's museum, or by damage to a library
as an unintentional and dreadful by-product while liberating the minds
of what Azar Nafisi called in a recent interview "a million readers who
cannot read what they want to," whether there is a library nearby or
not.
DN
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EDNOTE. DN refers to
SuellnStringer-Hye's posting of April 21. I shall resend it as a separate
message.