Curation as an Act of Love

The Personal Library

I spent the morning dusting my shelves, a task that always turns into a quiet meditation. I don’t keep every book I read. To do so would be to live in a warehouse of the past. Instead, I curate.

The books on my shelves are there because they challenge me, or because they offer a specific kind of sanctuary I know I will need again. Curation is an act of love—it is the process of deciding what deserves your space and your attention. Our libraries are the physical boundaries of our imagination. If the shelf is cluttered with things you no longer believe in, your thoughts will be too.

The Monroe Minute
Remove one book from your shelf today that no longer speaks to who you are as a writer. Give it away.

Until the next page,
Sloane S. Monroe

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Sloane Shay Monroe

I don’t write to idealize love, but to explore it honestly, with emotional precision and depth.