{"id":368,"date":"2003-09-11T07:41:01","date_gmt":"2003-09-11T14:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/2003\/09\/free_a_book_today\/"},"modified":"2003-09-11T07:41:01","modified_gmt":"2003-09-11T14:41:01","slug":"free_a_book_today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/main\/free_a_book_today.php","title":{"rendered":"Free a Book Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not usually one to pass along e-mail blasts, but this one seemed a particularly elegant way of remembering the events of two years ago today.<\/p>\n<p>\n<i>A &#8220;Poetical Happening&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\nOn Sept. 11th, join a &#8220;poetical happening&#8221; and free a book. Because a book is a symbol of freedom, sharing and tolerance.<\/p>\n<p>\nOn Sept. 11th, 2003, take a book which is important for you, a book that has changed your vision on the world, write in it a dedication,  a few words, an address, or a drawing, and free it.<\/p>\n<p>\nLeave it on a roadside bench, a bus stop or in a cafe making it available for any unknown reader. In this way Sept. 11th will be not only an anniversary of tragedy. Together let us affect this global sorrow with creative and generous action.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"blogquote\">\nUPDATE: From fellow arts administration professor Ellen Rosewall comes these two web site that follow the same spirit of the idea above: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookcrossing.com\">www.bookcrossing.com<\/a> and<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.found-art.com\/\">www.found-art.com<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not usually one to pass along e-mail blasts, but this one seemed a particularly elegant way of remembering the events of two years ago today. A &#8220;Poetical Happening&#8221; On Sept. 11th, join a &#8220;poetical happening&#8221; and free a book. Because a book is a symbol of freedom, sharing and tolerance. On Sept. 11th, 2003, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-368","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}