The author recently relocated from Athens (Go Dawgs!) to Atlanta (Go Jackets!). The professional movers were very kind about, if not weary of, their several stacks of boxes containing books. After they left their new apartment, she scooted the boxes to approximately where they needed to be. Her Egon Schiele and Mapplethorpe art books are snuggled up together on the shelf with her textbooks on war and democracy. Her treasured Prince fan magazine sits contentedly next to old copies of Cooks Illustrated. What is not obvious is that this collection has splintered over time and space. Books she regret moving to Iowa: twenty leather bound art books that they never read and creaked when opened; and both of their copies of The Road by Cormac McCarthy. How to cull a collection with a long-term partner with minimal tears: each partner selects what in good conscience they will never read or ever read again. The other partner gets veto power on the selection with no justification required.