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It is my identity as reader that shaped the type of writer that I am. And I owe that to an old Ford bookmobile, a summertime pleasure that changed the way I see the world. Rather than feeling alone and isolated in turmoil-ridden Mississippi, a cool, air-conditioned library on wheels connected me...
—W. Ralph Eubanks, director of publishing at the Library of Congress, “Escaping the Summer Heat in a Bookmobile,” National Public Radio, August 6, 2010.
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