Apr 30, 2018 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, Past Notes
If you are a connoisseur of bookstores, like I am, then you might find this to be an unusual post, because despite my previous posts praising the shining stars of the indie book world — mainstays like Kepler’s in Silicon Valley, Powell’s in Portland,...
Apr 17, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
by Alberto Ríos The library is dangerous— Don’t go in. If you do You know what will happen. It’s like a pet store or a bakery— Every single time you’ll come out of there Holding something in your arms. Those novels with their big eyes. And those no-nonsense, all...
Apr 15, 2018 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, Past Notes
Find my books at Eagle Harbor Book Company Read more BOOKSTORE POSTS I have a confession to make. Years ago, when I lived in Seattle, I’d take dates on the ferry out to Bainbridge Island, where there’s a lovely little walking district with shops and...
Apr 5, 2018 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, Past Notes
Read more BOOKSTORE POSTS Read my books at Kepler’s Kepler’s bookstore has been part of my life for many decades. The first place my family lived when we moved from Taiwan to the United States in the early 1980s was Sunnyvale California. I am sure...
Mar 31, 2018 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, Past Notes
((POSTED ON LITERATI’S 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY — and my birthday — MARCH 31 !!!)) Find my books at Literati Books Read more BOOKSTORE POSTS Literati Bookstore is an independent bookstore in downtown Ann Arbor. It’s a wonderful new...