Your writing is funny, wise, and tender all at the same time. Please write more. - Deborah Barchi - Medium

There are more books in the world than the languages we all speak. There are so many that it will take you as much time to read them all, as much it will take you to…

Letters to my unborn daughter #1 — How we invented books

Sanjukt Saha

Oct 28, 2020

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Your writing is funny, wise, and tender all at the same time. Please write more.

Deborah Barchi

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Deborah Barchi has recently retired from her career as a librarian and now has time to read, explore nature, and write poetry and essays.

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