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Reading the room : a bookseller's tale

Yamazaki, Paul (author.). Simonson, Rick, (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

"Reading the Room is Paul Yamazaki's love letter to the work of bookselling and an engaged life of the mind. Over twenty-four hours, Yamazaki leads us through the stacks of storied City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, the care and prowess of his approach to book buying, his upbringing in a Japanese American family in Southern California and moving to San Francisco at the height of revolutionary foment, working with legendary figures in the book publishing industry, and his vision for the future of bookselling. Yamazaki testifies to the value of generosity, sharing knowledge, and dialogue in a life devoted to books." -- Back cover

Contents:

Preface
Foreword / by Rick Simonson
part 1: A walk through the bookstore
Part II: A book event Q&
A
Part III: A post-event bender
Part IV: Breakfast.

Item details

ISBN: 9781958846803
ISBN: 1958846694
ISBN: 9781958846698
Physical Description: viii, 99 pages : illustration ; 18 cm
print
Publisher: Chicago : Ode Books, A collaboration between the Seminary Co-Op Bookstores and Prickly Paradigm Press, [2024]
Copyright: ©2024