Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Burn, Baby, Burn

Tom Wayne, owner of Prospero's Books in Kansas City, was fed up with the unsold books in his warehouses. So Sunday, he burned them. That's right, to draw attention to our disregard for the printed word, Wayne lit a pile of books on fire. (You can read the local coverage here.

The fire department arrived shortly and put the blaze out--not because they're readers, but simply because Wayne didn't have a burning permit.

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