Libraries and books are often associated with knowledge and learning. More than that, they sustain a learned and calm human passion for literature, discovering the world, and in appreciating our existence. Wilfredo Pascual, a published poet and author of a novella, wrote the following article after participating recently in an intensive programme on Creative Non-fiction at New York University. He reminisces of his childhood discovery and joys of reading, particularly the Encycloapedia Britanicca and the Great Books of the Western World.
