LIBRARY WANDERING

You are invited to enter a library with no idea about what to look for, and no attachment to outcome. You are instructed to wander through the shelves choosing books at random that you find interesting.

SOME WAYS TO SUBVERT YOUR BROWSING

Find a book that interests you, and leave it on the shelves. Count seven books down from that one. Read that book.

Locate the first five blue books you see. Take those to a reading chair.

Find a favorite book of yours. Look in the bibliography. Pick a book listed there. Find that book and read it.

Ask the librarian what his or her favorite book is. Locate it and read it.

Find an author with the same last name as you. Read the book. (If you can’t find one, locate the closest name to it.)