“Libraries are the last place in every town and city that people can simply exist ... every building one enters today comes with some expectation of spending money.” https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/cultural-cross-sections/last-free-space-linda-stack-nelson
The Last Free Space by Linda Stack-Nelson

In this love letter to public libraries, Linda Stack-Nelson concludes that libraries aren’t always about the books—and that’s what makes them indisposable.

World Literature Today