{"id":356,"date":"2025-04-07T23:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T23:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kirstenmengeranderson.com\/blog\/?p=356"},"modified":"2025-04-07T23:17:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T23:17:35","slug":"public-libraries-and-the-right-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirstenmengeranderson.com\/blog\/writings\/public-libraries-and-the-right-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks to our Public Libraries and a piece about Our Right to Read"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/kirstenmengeranderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reading-4465904_1280-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white image of a woman reading.\" class=\"wp-image-357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirstenmengeranderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reading-4465904_1280-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kirstenmengeranderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reading-4465904_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kirstenmengeranderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reading-4465904_1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kirstenmengeranderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reading-4465904_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I went to two public libraries last weekend and enjoyed some really amazing public programs: <a href=\"https:\/\/nightofideas.org\/san-francisco\/\">Night of Ideas<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/sfpl.org\">SF Public Library<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redwoodcity.org\/departments\/library\/events\/lost-childhoods\">Foster Youth Museum &#8211; Lost Childhoods Exhibit<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redwoodcity.org\/departments\/library\">Redwood City Public Library<\/a>. 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