Inside the City’s Last Silent Place | The New York Observer

Writers need neutral rooms in which to work, not spaces that burden inhabitants with the pressure to generate anecdotes. “You hardly ever see anyone else’s face-quite literally,” said Megan Hustad, author of How to Be Useful. “That sensory deprivation trains the imagination.”

Interesting short writeup about the secret room in New York’s central library reserved for working published writers. You need a keycard to access and there is no wifi. Sounds like a dream. (via Coudal)