Title: Running the books
Description: In this captivating memoir, Steinberg, a Harvard grad and struggling obituary writer, spends two years as a librarian and writing instructor at a Boston prison, attracting con men, minor prophets, ghosts, and an assortment of quirky regulars searching for the perfect book and a connection to the outside world.
Subjects: Prison librarians, Biography
Places: Boston, Massachusetts
People: Avi Steinberg