Object Lessons is a series of short; beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The phone booth exists as a fond but distant memory for some people; and as a strange and dysfunctional waste of space for many more. Ariana Kelly approaches the phone booth as an entity that embodies diverse attitudes about privacy; freedom; power; sanctuary; and communication in its various forms all around the world. Through portrayals of phone booths in literature; film; personal narrative; philosophy; and religion; Phone Booth offers a definitive account of an object on the cusp of obsolescence.Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
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