At the 24-Hour Read-In to Save Libraries
by Briana Fahey
Ingrid Abrams and Tim Conley
Brooklyn Public Librarian and Library Student, reading The Areas of My Expertise by John Hodgman
Ingrid: “I'm one of the last hires of the Brooklyn Public Library. If we lost staff or hours, our community would be lost. We're already running on bare bones. You can't take blood from a stone.”
Vincent Gentile
Councilman, District 43, reading Poems by Margaret Atwood
“Everyone says they love libraries, but unfortunately libraries cannot run on love alone.”
Matt Allison
Seaside Community Library Manager, reading A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith
“I went to a similar rally in Rockaway and I thought it sent a really good message to the people. We're all in this together.”
Christian Zabriskie
Urban Libraries Unite founder, reading The Oxford Book of English Verse by Arthur Quiller-Couch
“We don't want to close doors or fire workers; we just want to function as a social institution. If this budget cut succeeds libraries will only be open two to three days a week. If people start coming here and the doors are closed, then they'll get used to it. Maybe they won't come at all.”
Sara Clarke
Writer, READING Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
“As a writer who lives in this neighborhood, I come here to research, get out of the apartment and attempt to check out a book. I actually never volunteered at the library until today, but this is so important to me.”
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