Earlier this week in Gray Matters, Maggie Galehouse proposed a literary meme. She wrote:
The "Gonzo" shelf of David Nathan, an English teacher at St. John's Upper School: Is it safe for adolescents to be near so much Hunter S. Thompson?
"A Facebook friend (who also happens to be a poet) started posting 'bookshelfies' from her circle of friends. I'd like to keep that story going. Got any of your own?"
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So instead of selfies, our Facebook friends began posting "shelfies": self-portraits that show not the face but the mind.
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These are some of our favorites.
