Twelve authors on the libraries they've loved

The New York Times recently asked twelve authors to write about the libraries they loved.

Their words are so poignant, elegant, beautiful, that we’re just going to send you straight to the post.

(If that praise hasn’t swayed you, here’s the list to make you reconsider: Barbara Kingsolver, Curtis Sittenfeld, Neil Gaiman, Amy Tan, Kiese Laymon, Diana Abu-Jaber, Chris Bohjalian, Annie Proulx, Julia Alvarez, Ramona Ausubel, Charles Frazier, and Jerry Pinkney.)