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I’ve always loved excursions to the library. Being surrounded by books and all that knowledge—stacked up high to the ceiling, ready at one’s fingertips—feels like a kind of security for me, like somehow all of life’s questions could be answered on those pages.  As a kid, I remember my mom driving my brother and I to Schlow, our library in downtown State College. We’d bring along used grocery bags and load them… Read More