This a sculpture in response to the new censorship we are seeing in our public libraries. It reminds me of films I have seen of the Nazi book burning of the late 1930’s. It’s not that big a jump from banning books to burning books. The title makes reference to Ray Bradbury book about burning books titled Fahrenheit 451, which is the burning point of paper. You can set a book on fire with a match. A steel book takes an ox-acetylene torch. Take that book burners.
It is a gift to a friend who is a retired educator.