Jennifer Larson, the President of the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies, will speak on Wednesday, Sept. 14th, first sharing with us about the new FABS support programs for the Baxter Society and other clubs, and then speaking on the topic, “Little Books and Big Ideas in the Seventeenth Century.”
Jennifer Larson, Ph.D., began her collecting journey as a toddler obsessed with Fisher-Price little
people. Soon thereafter she turned her attention to little books, acquiring Maurice Sendak’s classic Nutshell Library and fiercely battling a classmate for possession of the school library’s smallest tome.
As her education proceeded, Jennifer’s interests broadened to include beautiful and curious books of all shapes and sizes, but miniature and small-format antiquarian books have remained her collecting passion. Jennifer has taught Classics at Kent State University for the last 30 years with a research program in Archaic Greek poetry, ancient Mediterranean religions, and the Cognitive Science of Religion. She currently serves as Chair of the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies.