“Dear PoPville,
Our Little Free Library, which sits in front of the Alma Thomas House at 1530 15th St NW, has been featured a few times on PoPville, and we really appreciate the Logan Circle neighborhood’s enthusiasm for the library and for our curation efforts. What we don’t appreciate is the periodic vandalism. A few years ago, (more…)
courtesy Penguin Random House
From an email:
“WHAT: The Banned Wagon provides hundreds of free copies of banned or challenged books to community members on their tour. Guests will be able to select one book for free (while supplies last). In addition to the free copies of those books, attendees will be able to take further action by sending a note to local representatives through Penguin Random House’s partnership with EveryLibrary.
WHO: Powered by Penguin Random House, in partnership with EveryLibrary and First Book
WHEN + WHERE: (more…)
3310 Connecticut Ave, NW
Closed Monday Aug. 25th through Saturday, Sept. 6 for air conditioner repairs: (more…)
photo by Adam Fagen
“Dear PoPville,
On Saturday morning, I put a book in the Little Free Library located in Bloomingdale where W Street NW runs into 2nd Street NW. Inside the book, I accidentally left a bookmark that holds great sentimental value to me – (more…)
photo by Fritz Myer
“Dear PoPville,
Wondering if the fine people of PoPville can help me out, I donked up pretty good with my partner about two months ago. Donated her high school copy of The Handmaid’s Tale to one of the little libraries in Mount Pleasant – any chance one of your readers reading this found and read it?? Her initials are JW and I’d be happy to replace her copy with one from Lost City Books ;-)”
If you have it please email me at [email protected] and I’ll put you in touch with OP.
3160 16th Street, NW via DCPL
The DC Public Library shares the good news: “The Mt. Pleasant Library is officially open again after major facilities improvements. Thank you for your patience—we’ve missed you! Come visit us soon!” (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Someone dropped a copy of Larry Csonka’s memoir in our Little Free Library last week. For those not well versed in 1970s NFL he’s a very important football person who played for Miami.
We have a Dolphins fan in our extended family, so we grabbed it to take a look, and it turns out it was signed by the author! But we can’t quite tell who it’s addressed to.
Then we found a card tucked inside the pages with a picture of (what we now know to be) the Florida state capitol….weird, but ok. Opened the card, and it was a birthday note from 2023 to then-Senator Marco Rubio. And now clearly see the inscription in the book says “To Marco Rubio.” (more…)
Yo! Stained glass books: (more…)
Thanks to Jim for sending this Little Free Library awesomeness from Logan Circle. Though I do wonder how they keep count… (more…)
We will be posting on a limited schedule next week but will return to our normal pace on Monday, April 21st. Hoping everyone has a peaceful and memorable week. The beautiful life shall return and flourish.
Fear not, the random reader rant and/or revels shall be refreshed every morning!
Please continue to send me your tips, photos, questions, diatribes, recommendations and of course commendations via email at [email protected] or to our socials @PoPville. Thanks!