"What do you read, my Lord?"

"Words, words, words."

--Polonius and Hamlet

The place has the smell of new about it: New paint and new carpet. New plaster and new paneling. You know the smell. It's the smell of a new house. As if you could smell the caulking in the corners.

The Central Arkansas Library System re-opened the Main Library the other day, and we went by to see it. Spoiler alert: We might have found a new hiding spot.

For two years, the main branch in downtown Little Rock--the one that overlooks the River Market--has been closed for "extensive renovations." And, indeed, the place looks different--extensively--than the last time we saw it.........

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