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Customer Jokesters
Even in a serious place like a bookstore there are people who surreptitiously show off their sense of humor. I frequently find books misplaced on purpose, especially in the science/religion sections which happen to be side by side. And, no, I didn’t do that on purpose (put them together). One day I found “Poe,” my … Continue reading
Bookdealer Musings: The Post Crypt
Once upon a time, back in the sixties, I was a college student/hippie who volunteered in three different theatres at Wayne State University in Detroit. It was natural that I also volunteered in a coffee house that held open-mike events for poetry readings and guitar playing, etc. This particular coffee house was in the spooky … Continue reading
Serendipity, Again
I was searching through my notebook of “captured quotes” when I paused at one with striking relevance for today. It was by a person with a strange name: Warsan Shire. I decided I must know who this is. And then, a world of beautiful poems and prose-poetry writing opened up before me, and I followed, … Continue reading
Musings on What is a “Good Book”?
I was once struck speechless by a young man who bragged that he had not read a single book in his lifetime. I cannot imagine a life without books. Though my desire for a career as a librarian was never fullfilled, I eventually became a bookdealer, which I suppose was the better path after … Continue reading
