The Joy of Reading

When we read, we uncover connections to the people and the world around us. We're transported backwards and forwards in time. I just can't get enough.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

—Jorge Luis Borges

Note: This story was updated to its book version in October 2023.

Whenever I wander through a used bookstore anywhere in the world, I like to pick up an old paperback—a grimy one with a torn-up cover and pencil marks on the pages—and picture not the last, but maybe the tent…