Thessaly La Force, recently published a book with the artist Jane Mount called “My Ideal Bookshelf.” In it, Thessaly interviews over 100 people and Jane paints their bookshelves: The books that we choose to keep –let alone read– can say a lot about who we are and how we see ourselves. In My Ideal Bookshelf, dozens of leading cultural figures share the books that matter to them most; books that def
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