what a writer can learn from reading 100 books and serving on an ALA committee

Early in 2011 (or maybe late in 2010?) my friend Arla sidled up to me and started asking a few not-very-innocent questions. “You’re in library school now, right?” I assented to the factuality of the statement. “How would you like to get a bunch of free books?” After a bit of back-and-forth, I agreed to [...]