Charlie Forster was at the library one afternoon in March when he ran into a friend from Allderdice High School in PittsburghCOMMENT
"I was like, 'Do you want to come over to my house?'" he said, "So we took the bus home and made grilled cheeses and watched that movie 'Her'" which explores isolation and relationships nurtured via electronic devices.
Little did he know that the coronavirus that was spreading accross the country would give him and his friends their own lesson in being along.
In this library tale we don't know why Charlie went to the library, but we do know that it turned into a social encounter with a friend he might not have though to contact via social media. The library functions as a physical community space where people can run into each other.
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