Harems, parties and understanding
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “A man’s library is a sort of a harem,” and book lovers know a person’s personal library reveals much about the owner. Reading a recent NYTimes.com article titled “What’s Fauci Reading? We Take Another Look at Celebrity Bookshelves” compelled getting out the magnifying glass and examining the accompanying photograph of Anthony Fauci sitting in front of his bookshelves. Books were stacked on top of books and family photos, baseball cards, and small mementos propped in front. In short, Fauci’s shelves closely resemble mine, even down to the basebal...