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American Libraries

By Andrei Codrescu

Published December 15, 2002 at 11:00 PM CST

Commentator Andrei Codrescu hurls invective at libraries that remove dustcovers from their books. He sees this as a violation of literary dress code, much like the general public wearing T-shirts these days.

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