Chief Librarians
1852–1858
Edward Edwards
1858–1864
Robert Wilson Smiles
1864–1879
Andrea Crestadoro
1879–1920
Charles William Suttan
I read the list of librarians, sitting
next to the old
Manchester Library fireplace, it reminded me
of a man for whom everything
in this world
more or less resembles
dust
it is always harder and
harder
to swallow the ashes of my words
without pain
Sigitas Parulskis, (The Vilnius Review, 2010)
