In the Stacks - First Things

In the Stacks - First Things

The stacks referred to in the title of this column, as you may have guessed, are made up of books, to be found on all three levels of our tri-level house, not to mention the basement, a “library” unto itself. But the particular stacks I have in mind just now had accumulated over the years in a large room on the top level, which also includes our bedroom, one of the house’s two bathrooms, and two generously proportioned closets. Some of these boo…