Private Libraries

The Brautigan Library collects over 300 unpublished manuscripts following the vision of writer Richard Brautigan of a home for "the unwanted, the lyrical and haunted volumes of American writing" without passing judgement as to content and technique. It is curated by Dr. John F. Barber, of The Creative Media & Digital Culture program at Washington State University Vancouver.

“Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That's part of what it means to be alive. But inside our heads - at least that's where I imagine it - there's a little room where we store those memories. A room like the stacks in this library. And to understand the workings of our own heart we have to keep on making new reference cards. We have to dust things off every once in awhile, let in fresh air, change the water in the flower vases. In other words, you'll live forever in your own private library.” Kafka on the Shore

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