Stanford Students Get Awards For Essays on Book Collecting

What is the use of hoarding books—those "fragile, papery materials that could easily be ruined with one casual slosh of a coffee cup"? But Ruth McCann, who wrote those words, became an addict. And while most addictions are far from profitable, hers has garnered her a $2,500 first prize with Stanford's Byra J. and William P. Wreden Prize for Collecting Books and Related Materials.