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BookishMarginalia
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More #HiddenLibraries: #StreetBooks, a bicycle library for the unhoused in #PortlandOR.

An interview with founder Laura Moulton and patron (and coauthor) Ben Hodgson: https://lithub.com/the-creators-of-a-bicycle-powered-library-reflect-on-its-humb...

Public Radio: https://www.opb.org/article/2022/03/29/mobile-library-street-books-portland-peop...

Find out more and how to support them: https://streetbooks.org/

BookishMarginalia The story of a regular patron who disappeared and reappeared: https://youtu.be/-vPVb64nZps?si=lXYjGC9M3z7bXTF9 (edited) 3w
Dilara That's fantastic! (Well, obviously, it would be better if it wasn't needed 😔) 3w
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TheBookHippie It‘s so cute!!! I want one! 4w
Suet624 So sweet. 4w
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The first of the #HiddenLibraries is #ThePrisonLibraryProject

The PLP receives over 500 letters each week from inmates in more than 400 state and federal prisons, as well as detention centers across the United States.
 
?Guess what the most requested book is?

Learn more at: https://www.claremontforum.org/prisonlibraryproject

To donate books, visit the book registry at https://bookshop.org/wishlists/781c11ff778dfd09b89f3a3a9bddadb8ca28ae3a

Ruthiella I‘ve shopped many times at the used bookstore they run in Claremont. 👍 1mo
BookishMarginalia @Ruthiella Yey! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 1mo
tpixie Interesting! 1mo
TieDyeDude I used to volunteer with Books Through Bars Philadelphia. These types of programs are great! 1mo
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