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is offering you a place to read without distraction. At different times on five different days, you're invited to check into the Walker's "Field Office." There will be books, but you can bring your own, too. All you have to do is disconnect yourself from your wireless world and read.

is the man behind the project. I caught up with him to find out more about the reading room; he says the idea came out of his own inability to make time for reading purely for pleasure.

Fischbach mentioned the idea to fried Sarah Schultz, who is one of the minds behind Open Field at the Walker Art Center. She convinced Fischbach he should give the project a dry-run this summer.

Fischbach says while he's participating in the Walker event as an individual, he sees it as a natural outgrowth of his work at Coffee House Press.

Ultimately, Fischbach says he would love to see "reading rooms" pop up all over the country, and for people to start seeing the act of reading as a creative act.

(note: visitors to the Open Field on Saturday also have the opportunity to pitch their book idea to Coffee House Press in 

I'm curious - how do you make time for reading? Would you be willing to pay for a place free of distraction, where reading was your only objective? What would it be like?

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