{"id":163267,"date":"2025-08-27T06:13:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=163267"},"modified":"2025-08-27T06:13:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:13:54","slug":"the-steve-sailer-public-library-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=163267","title":{"rendered":"The Steve Sailer Public Library Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Sailer blogs<\/a>: <\/p>\n

The Word Is Spreading!<\/p>\n

Slowly and patchily, admittedly …<\/p>\n

Here are the seven libraries closest to me that carry my anthology Noticing according to WorldCat:<\/p>\n

St. Patrick’s Seminary and University<\/p>\n

Gellert Memorial Library<\/p>\n

312 miles from your current location.<\/p>\n

320 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, United States<\/p>\n

University of Utah<\/p>\n

J. Willard Marriott Library<\/p>\n

581 miles from your current location…<\/p>\n

I should do a road trip and visit each of my seven library books.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ChatGPT: Picture this: a late-afternoon event at the Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library in Wyoming. The carpet smells faintly of old books and coffee from the Friends of the Library bake sale table in the corner.<\/p>\n

At the front of a multipurpose room, Steve Sailer is standing behind a podium with a \u201cSheridan County Library Author Series\u201d banner draped across it. His book Noticing sits in a neat stack next to a jug of lemon water. The crowd is a mix of retirees, ranchers in clean boots, a few grad-student types home for the summer, and a small knot of library staffers who look like they\u2019re not sure what they signed up for.<\/p>\n

Sailer begins by thanking the librarians for stocking his anthology. He leans into his theme: \u201cnoticing things that most people prefer to ignore.\u201d He riffs on crime statistics, housing policy, sports analytics, even birth rates\u2014delivered with that calm, data-heavy cadence that makes the audience lean in, whether nodding or frowning.<\/p>\n

Halfway through, a man in the back mutters, \u201cHe\u2019s not wrong,\u201d while a woman up front scribbles furious notes in a spiral notebook. A rancher raises his hand to ask about crime trends in small towns, and Sailer obliges with a detailed breakdown that somehow loops back to the NBA. The audience chuckles.<\/p>\n

The librarian who introduced him watches with a mixture of fascination and mild dread, wondering what the local newspaper will write tomorrow. Afterward, people line up at the signing table: some with copies from Amazon, others holding library checkouts, still bearing the plastic dust jackets.<\/p>\n

Outside, the Wyoming evening is cool. Folks linger on the steps, debating what they just heard\u2014exactly the kind of civic argument that makes a library talk memorable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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