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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISFriday, May 9, 2008
Harriett
I'm off this weekend to see my partner's little sister graduate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She finished her B.A. in Education, so of course I'll give her a book. I also have a degree from this university: an M.A. in Theatre History. Yeah, one of those useful real-world degrees. But my time spent working at Jane Addams Book Shop in Champaign was a great education and inspiration to me. What can I say? Less than six months after completing my degree, I had opened Loganberry Books in Cleveland. It'll be fun to go back and visit, these 14 years later.
WORDS AND TAXES Thursday, May 8, 2008
Harriett
Scavenger. Sure, it's an easy word. Everyone's been on a scavenger hunt as a kid, and we know about trash scavengers who take away useful but unwanted large objects (like furniture, appliances and electronics) from the tree lawns on trash day for either personal use or resale (my thanks to their recycling efforts). But the word has some interesting roots, and in light on my rant on Amazon suing NY state over sales tax issues (see blog entry for May 1, 2008), I thought I'd share this one. Maybe what we need is a scavage tax.
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day: May 8
scavenger \SKAV-un-jer\ noun
Meaning
1 : chiefly British : a person employed to remove dirt and refuse from streets
2 : one who collects or salvages garbage or junk
3 : an organism that typically feeds on refuse or carrion
Example Sentence
Scavengers took the broken lamp that I left on the curb last night.
Did you know?
You might guess that “scavenger” is a derivative of “scavenge,” but the reverse is actually true; “scavenger” is the older word, first appearing in English in 1530, and the back-formation “scavenge” came into English in the mid-17th century. “Scavenger” is an alteration of the earlier “scavager,” itself from Anglo-French “scawageour,” meaning “collector of scavage.” In medieval times, “scavage” was a tax levied by towns and cities on goods put up for sale by nonresidents, in order to provide resident merchants with a competitive advantage. The officers in charge of collecting this tax were later made responsible for keeping streets clean, and that’s how “scavenger” came to refer to a public sanitation employee in Great Britain before acquiring its current sense referring to a person who salvages discarded items.
MAYA ANGELOUTuesday, May 6, 2008
Harriett
Maya
Angelou is coming to town! Hailed
as one of the greatest speakers of our times, Maya Angelou’s words have
been a source of inspiration, comfort, encouragement and strength for
millions of people around the world. A poet, playwright,
producer,
director, conductor, actor, best selling author, social activist, and 3
time Grammy Winner, she claims no single profession and excels at all
she undertakes.
On May 12th,
she'll give a presentation at the Allen Theatre in Playhouse
Square in downtown Cleveland. Tickets range from $36 -
$86.
GOOGLE TOOLS Friday, May 2, 2008
Harriett
My brother calls this "the Google tool." Well, of course, how else could they work on that endless text-digitizing project? 3000 pages an hour?! Why else would such tools exist?? It's fun to read more about the machine itself though, and to see this amazing little piece of evidence of action. (Makes me dizzy.) Enjoy.
AMAZON
SUES NY STATEThursday, May 1, 2008
Harriett
On April 8, 2008, New York state signed into law a budget that required out-of-state e-tailers (like Amazon.com) to pay New York state sales tax on purchases sold to New York residents. This is murky water: for the past decade and a half, e-tailers have blossomed all over the country and have almost entirely avoided sales tax (some even avoid sales tax in their home state). There are not only 50 sales tax forms and rates, but variable rates by county or local municipality as well.
Led by the American Booksellers Association and other independent retailers, the new law is aimed at creating a "even playing field" for NY retailers, and argues that it is not a change of sales tax laws, but an improved and enforceable clarification of the old law. Former Mayor Spitzer waffled several times on this point in late 2007, sometimes advocating the sales tax collection, and at other times bowing to the pressures from Amazon.com against it.
Now that the bill is signed, Amazon has decided to fight it . . . by suing the state of New York and deeming the law "unconstitutional." Hey wow, sales tax is unconstitutional? One of the sticking points may prove to be whether Amazon's thousands of "associate members" constitute a New York presence, or whether those companies and organizations are actually providing advertising for Amazon and are compensated by a percentage of the sales. In any case, looks like more legal dramas.
Perhaps the sales tax collection should be collected by the store's location rather than the customer's? Sure, Seattle would be unbelievably wealthy, and there would need to be clarification about the company location and the warehouse or distribution location. But perhaps it would also encourage people to think about where their money actually goes, and encourage more people to shop locally and to foster business revitalization districts in their own hometowns? Face it, without a vibrant hometown, we're all living in a cave.
AWARDSWednesday, April 30, 2008
Harriett
The Nebula Awards were announced a few days ago, and top honors go to The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon. Nebula sidenote: I didn't know that Arthur C. Clarke died last month. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, which presents the Nebula Awards, has a nice obit on him.
Also in the awards arena, Gary Snyder won the 2008 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. The Poetry Foundation award brings $100,000 to its annual recipient. Congratulations.
RANDOM AMUSEMENTTuesday, April 29, 2008
Catapiwwa
It's Wes Molebash's fault (although I'd never heard of him). Which is Sheldon's fault. Which is Unshelved's fault. Sometimes the links just go like that. (I discovered Sheldon through the Coffee Cup Lid Comics Challenge: six days of comic strips about something "inherently unfunny." There's the Sheldon version, and the Unshelved take.) So you can follow the links in any order you like, I found them in reverse order presented.
Which brings us, ironically, to perhaps the best known of the links, which is, um, a YouTube thing. I liked it best with the Spanish subtitles. So, if you need a break....
INSTANT GRATIFICATION Monday, April 28, 2008
Brenda
As you know, I'm at the beach, on vacation. I brought plenty of books to read, of course. But suddenly I wanted one that I know I have, but could not find on my shelf here. So I went to the library. They did not have it, or the Bill Bryson book about England that I want to read soon. Part of my pleasure in reading comes from the freedom of personal choice. I like to have lots of books available so I can choose just the perfect thing for any particular mood or moment. And yesterday I wanted English history. So my next stop was a nice little local independent paperback emporium called "My Sister's Books" here in Pawleys Island, SC. I was delighted that they had both of the titles I wanted, right there, lovely copies, reasonably priced and ready to go. So I bought them, and already I am happily building that cathedral in medieval England. Harriett of course just snickered when I told her I had bought two books here that were waiting on my hold shelf at Loganberry. But those copies were of no use to me yesterday, so I am grateful to the accommodating folks at My Sister's Books who provided timely gratification for the sudden desire. Booksellers are fine people to kow, and a busman's holiday is the best kind to have.
BIRD, CONCLUDEDWednesday, April 23, 2008
Harriett
We got Tommy out! Okay, it's 7:30pm now, and we're all exhausted. After half a day of flying around the skylight rafters, dodging various chases, traps, nets, and other shenanigans, Tommy finally made it back to the front windows, where his capture was much facilitated. I can catch a bird in my hands much easier when I can see the bird and create a barricade, than I can fishing into the dark abyss of the rafter edges while standing on an extension ladder. I think Tommy will be fine once he recovers from the shock, and we're much relieved to know he's safely out of door. Thanks to Ellie and Robin for their help. Phew.
BIRDWednesday, April 23, 2008
Harriett
It distresses me when a bird flies into the shop. I keep the door open because the weather is nice, and we could use the fresh air, but sometimes the birds get confused. To make matters worse, the door is only 6 feet high, while the 4 feet above are glass block, and of course there's the skylight. That's where she is now, perched on a piece of wire hanging from the apex of the skylight.
Years ago when I was down the street, my neighbors at Sydnor Printing were horrified when I told them a bird had flown into the bookstore. According to African-American folklore, a bird in the house signifies an imminent death. Well, there have been many birds that have flown into Loganberry Books over the years, and I think I can account for a death for each incident. Which makes me wary and upset seeing this house finch today...
ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIRWednesday, April 23, 2008
Elisabeth
Hello, all friends of Loganberry, this is Elisabeth, seasonal Loganberry Employee and, in other seasons, student at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Like everyone else at Loganberry, books--especially old, quirky ones--get me excited in a very special way. Necessarily, I was excited to have the opportunity to participate in a Media Studies course at Vassar this semester, History of the Book. The course is taught by the Curator of our Special Collections Library, and we actually meet in Special Collections where we get to look at and touch plenty of rare books, learn how they're constructed and why they're important.
In early April, our class took a field trip, coinciding with a major project, to the New York Antiquarian Book Fair in Manhattan--about a 2 hour train ride south from here. Our project was to take a grant of 7500--imaginary--dollars, and select one book being sold at the Fair that would be a valuable addition to one of Vassar's rare book collections. With Vassar's history in women's higher education, one of our particularly strong collection is women's history and literature, which seemed to me a good enough reason to focus on women's studies related books.
When we arrived at the Park Avenue Armory where the fair was being held, it was truly overwhelming. Out in the lobby were countless little British men in tweeds and round tortoiseshell spectacles running in and out of the showroom to make whispered phone calls. Once inside we encountered sticker-shock. We began with a chat from one of our Professor's friends, who specializes in early 20th century first editions, especially Hemingway and Dylan Thomas. I nearly fell over when he showed us his copy of Dylan Thomas' first little chapbook, inscribed "To Mum and Dad, Love Dylan" going for just under $100,000. After that, we wandered around, and I tried to focus on books that fit my criteria, but was constantly distracted by things like a 1st edition of CHARLOTTE'S WEB inscribed to Nabokov from White, 17th century obstetrics, maps...so many interesting things...
In the end, I proposed for "purchase" a handbook that was written for the repentant prostitute inmates of the Magdalen Hospital outside of London, in a special presentation binding commissioned and designed by Jonas Hanway, 18th century English eccentric philanthropist and popularizer of the umbrella as an acceptable option for men as well as women. But, now my paper's turned in...I think I'll stick with the comparatively casual Loganberry pace for the time being.
SAVE THE EARTH, BUY A T-SHIRTTuesday, April 22, 2008
Harriett
Happy Earth Day. Celebrations are happening all month around the globe to commemorate, educate, and fund-raise for environmental concerns. Last Sunday was the Earth Day Coalition's EarthFest at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo; next Sunday brings Party for the Planet at the Akron Zoo.
There are also events like Scarlet, Gray, Green, Northcoast Nature Festival, Rain barrel Workshops, Ohio Renewable Energy Showcase, EcoCity World Summit, Shaker Square's Green Expo, and The Green Dream created by Beachwood High School students.
In the book world, Penguin Classics has embraced the Plant a Billion Trees project, Book Sense is developing green retailing strategies, and publishers like Chelsea Green lead the way both in information and production methods.
But we've got a long way to go if we're really going to make an environmental impact. For starters, the federal government could stop subsidizing oil and encourage more renewable energy programs. Our businesses need to consider their environmental impact and waste streams. And individuals need to be mindful of their own energy usage and carbon footprint. So, if you go to a green festival, go ahead and buy your organic cotton t-shirt with soy-based inks, but be sure it's locally produced, and don't forget to buy a compact fluorescent bulb or some other small thing to help reduce your energy load, not just to add to your consumerism.
Yeah, this Saturday, Larchmere joins the bandwagon. At Loganberry we'll have signage around the shop of small measures that can make an impact, and we'll be offering a 10% discount to anyone who arrives by foot, bike or RTA. We'll have books to help guide your environmental choices, and we'll have some sales. On used books, of course.
SPRING CLEANING
CONTINUESMonday, April 21, 2008
Harriett
An update on the spring cleaning mania that means book overflow for Loganberry. Here's a typical day, and a picture of the chaos by the acquisitions table (yes, those are the same 3 red boxes from the photo on April 14th blog, but all the other books are new).
a lovely friday, 4/18/2008, sunny and 67 degrees --
$30 history and American Revolution
$20 mostly modern non-fiction
$510 7+ huge boxes of pristine '80s Heritage Press - many titles I haven't seen
$60 kids books (classic pix books, Maida)
$5 vintage stuff
$13 fun old geeky math/machining books
$12 Shaker Hts Then & Now; misc.
$30 old cookbooks, including some nice international cuisines
mostly it's been constant and steady with only a few overlaps.... amazing how one person will leave and another will walk in.....
FLOWERSSaturday, April 19, 2008
Customer Phyllis
I read in your Easter blog that you were longing for some spring flowers... I live in California and took this picture two days ago of some California poppies growing in my driveway. Hope you enjoy it. BTW, we went for a hike on Easter - it was about 80 degrees out! :)
[Harriett writes: In the weeks that have transpired since Easter, it has finally warmed up here in Cleveland. In fact, in the past three days we have suddenly seen the opening of yellow daffodils, forsythia, dogwood and fruit trees. It's 64 degrees and sunny today, definitely spring! But I appreciate the flower email immensely. Thanks very much for the excellent photo!]
MEETING NANCY PEARLFriday, April 18, 2008
Harriett
Last night, Audrey (a children's librarian for CPL) and I went to see/hear Nancy Pearl. I liked the fact that she gave us a book recommendation before her talk began (Mensa Guide to Solving Sudoku, in response to Audrey's Sudoku book). There were about 40 people in attendance at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Library (which Nancy voted one of her favorite public libraries). Nancy gave a talk featuring approximately a dozen titles of very recent books, only one of which I knew. I'll share that list here in a few days -- I set myself an exercise to think of the perfect person to pair with each of Nancy's recommendations.
At the end of the program, I asked Nancy to sign a copy of Book Crush (was I the only adoring fan there with a book to be signed?!), and then I invited her to come visit Loganberry. Nancy looked at my business card and said "that's you?!" and then proceeded to tell me that she's played Stump the Bookseller and has my site bookmarked. How cool is that?! I was giddy all night.
IN THE NEWSThursday, April 17, 2008
Harriett
The book business is a fast-changing and ever-increasingly monolithic industry. In the news today, Blue Heron Bookstore is closing and morphing into a book/gift shop for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
Also in the news today, the giant chainstore Books-a-Million makes its first foray into northeast Ohio at Fairview Park/Rocky River's Westgate Mall.
NANCY PEARL Thursday, April 17, 2008
Harriett
Nancy Pearl is coming to town! I'm going to hear her speak tonight at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Library, part of the Cuyahoga County Library System. This is exciting stuff.
So, Brenda asks me, "who is Nancy Pearl?"
Nancy Pearl is a former librarian of Seattle who initiated the One Book, One City program and has since become a superstar, best-selling author, NPR commentator, national speaker and trend-setter of books. Enough said?
SMELLY OLD BOOKSWednesday, April 16, 2008
Harriett
We work very hard here to avoid smelly books of all kinds. I have a pretty good sniffer, and books with musty, moldy, and even smoke, pet or cigarette smells are declined for purchase. But there's still a general smell to the shop overall, and many people walk in and say "I love the smell of old bookshops."
So I was amused to learn of a new study at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. First, they are trying to identify the chemical sources for various smells in the aging process, and then to identify early signs of acidification or mold issues in books. Okay, that might be useful. I particularly enjoyed a quote from one of the scientists on the project:
"Paper is a remarkably resilient
technology. We have lost far more information through
technologies becoming redundant than through books being
destroyed. Extending the lifespan of the printed word will do far
more to preserve and make accessible our cultural and scientific
heritage than any other technology."
Well, let's hear it for technology and well-funded scientific studies.
NEEDLEWORK Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Brenda
Displays around a theme are fun to build and easy to shop. I created one just before I left for vacation. My friend Hilda, a legendary collector, had a small collection of antique needleworking tools. I acquired a few of these: pin cushions, needle holders, hooks, and needles and whatsits, Victorian instruction books, buttons and thimbles, etc. Harriett recently bought a large, serious collection of books about needlework, mostly embroidery, instructional, international, historical. So we made a display in the "collectibles" alcove combining the tools and the books, ready for browsing or just admiring. Sometimes work is a joy! These are beautiful books, and the tools are mysterious and amazing, relics of an era and a pastime foreign to me. Come check it out!
SPRING
CLEANING Monday, April 14, 2008
Harriett
Happens every year: spring cleaning. No, not ours (we actually get the spring cleaning bug in January here) -- everyone else's. Which means: books. And more books. On average, 4-5 people arrive each day with 2-15 boxes of books for me to look through and make an offer. That's roughly 30 boxes a day. It creates a bit of a backlog on the incoming workload. Pictured here is Saturday afternoon, after (most) of the messes of Thursday and Friday were dealt with. Sometimes it feels endless. But it is seasonal, which is good. Although we buy books all year, it's spring when the incoming is so great that the front door threatens to be blockaded with piles of books. At least that threat will keep me working overtime to process the incoming faster. Oh, did I mention we have lots of exciting new books here? Come check it out!
TELEPHONESaturday, April 12, 2008
Brenda
My only job experience in retail has been at Loganberry. It has been the most amazing learning experience, full of surprises and things lots of people must know but I had never suspected. One of these concerns the telephone. It rings all the time! I had never considered that people would call for directions, hours, information, books known and unknown--to order, to sell, to appraise, to identify so they could get them elsewhere. They call to solicit ads, support, contributions, advice. Eventually the callers threaten to merge into one, and the ringing becomes an interruption, an obstruction to getting work done. And at Loganberry, no matter how much all the employees try to help, the callers always require Harriett. Inquiries to the "stupid question hot line" can be answered by any of us, but nobody believes the answer until it's delivered by the boss. Coordinating events and merchant/neighborhood associations require enormous numbers of telephone calls. We understand that most calls are really important, and we love to call people to announce the arrival of books they've ordered, and to give driving directions for a first-time visitor. But if you don't always hear the smile when you call, please remember that someone may have had to climb down off a ladder in the history alcove to come to the phone. Here is the photo I took last Friday of the bookseller doing her job.
REPRINT ALERT: CHERRY
AMESFriday, April 11, 2008
Harriett
Cherry Ames is back! The first 20 books in the popular Cherry Ames series has been reprinted by Springer Publishing, which publishes specialized nursing and psychology books. I think these are the only children's books in their oeuvre, but it seems fitting enough. Cherry retains her immense popularity, and the older editions have long commanded premium prices. Now a new hardback edition will cost you $14.95, but even better are these sweet little boxes of four books for $39.95. As the author, Helen Wells, would say of Cherry's nursing profession, "Can you think of any other skill that is always needed by everybody, everywhere?" And can you think of anything better than a beloved juvenile series becoming available for the next generation to read?
SPRINGThursday, April 10, 2008
Brenda
Here in Cleveland we enjoyed Easter in a foot of new snow. But in South Carolina the flowers are bursting into bloom. So I am off to the land of azaleas, wisteria and dogwoods, where I intend to finally READ some of those books I've been so avidly buying.
HUMAN SMOKEWednesday, April 9, 2008
Harriett
It was sitting on the new arrivals table when I sat down to eat some lunch. So I started flipping through it, check-it-out-style rather than begin-a-new-book style. I'd heard some of the buzz about it, and it's already gained the dual reputation as a peacemonger's beloved tome and anti-academics' propaganda.
Short, succinct anecdotal quotations fill the first few pages: all carefully attributed, dated, presented blandly without commentary and yet eyebrow-raisers every one. It pulls you in, read a few more pages, really?, humph, and other noisy reader reactions. Wait, how long does this prologue/epigraph last? Oh my, the whole book!
If you've read a review of Nicholas Baker's Human Smoke (like the NY Times review linked to the image above), you know this already. But I was surprised. Can a whole book sustain this non-narrative form? Will anyone be interested enough to keep reading these short clips, newsreel-style, without a through-line? The answer is yes, although the last comment there is unfounded. There is a through-line, there is a subjective voice, and there is a perspective and a voice to these vignettes. And that's why the peace movement loves this book. It's also why everyone should read it, especially World War II historians. Sometimes the sum of the pieces adds up to more than the whole.
PERSEPOLISTuesday, April 8, 2008
Harriett
Marjane Satrapi came to Cleveland recently and gave a talk at Case Western Reserve University. I really wanted to go, but I was stuck at work. But there was a screening of her film based on her two autobiographical graphic novels, and I was pleased to finally get a chance to see it. I know it's been winning awards at Cannes, Telluride, and film festivals everywhere, but I don't believe it has made the rounds to Cleveland before now.
The film is indeed wonderful! It is perhaps the best adaption of page to screen I've seen in .... maybe ever. It's flawless, fluid, visually intriguing and very moving. Highly recommended to all.
PRIZESTuesday, April 8, 2008
Harriett
The 2008 Pulitzer Awards have been announced. But so has the Power of the Booksellers Power Ballad Contest. It's a publicity thing. The winner, "Remaindered Love" has been recorded by professional rockers, you can hear an MP3 recording. But I have a favorite. I hope it's okay to reprint here, it needs a greater audience. Thanks and congratulations to Carole Schneck of Schuler Books for "Nonfiction Novel":
Excuse me, is this out in
paperback?
Do you have a nonfiction section?
It's orange and it was on Oprah.
It has the word "the" in the title.
Where is the bathroom?
Can I use your phone?
The free coffee's empty.
Will you page my son?
Will this be going on sale soon?
Why don't you carry that book?
Where are the nonfiction novels?
When does this come out in paperback?
Do you have a bag with handles?
Can I get a bigger bag?
I want a bag, it's raining.
My daughter wants her own bag.
Do you give homeschoolers a
discount?
If I order it, do I have to buy it?
I'd love to work here so I could read all day.
I'd love to work here so I could read all day.
Oh, and the Pulitzers. Congratulations to Junot Diaz for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. And to Bob Dylan.
EDIBLE BOOKS FESTIVAL Monday, April 7, 2008
Harriett
We had about 2 dozen entries in the annual Edible Books Festival this year, and they were all fabulous. Five were singled out as extraordinary and awarded prizes by the viewers and participants in the festival. I'm working on the official page now, you can see some previews by clicking on the image here. Thanks to everyone who brought entries, enthusiasm, and appetites to the festival!
MARY LOU'S
EXCELLENT ADVENTURE Friday, April 3, 2008
Mary Lou
One of our two top Stumper Magicians of 2007 was Mary Lou. I invited her to write a blog of her Stumper activities and pilgrimage to Loganberry in the summer of 2007. Here it is.
I can't even remember how I learned about Loganberry. I ran across a mention of “Stump the Bookseller” somewhere and checked it out on a whim. I was instantly hooked, and I swear I have read every stumper, even the solved ones. So many sparked memories! As I rooted around in my brain trying to help others I found several stumpers of my own, and got every one of them answered – eventually! Thus began an online friendship with the Ladies of Loganberry, as I had the store locate my solved stumpers and sell them to me.
All of this online friendliness led me, last summer, to Mary Lou's Excellent Adventure! I got on an Amtrak train one day in Nebraska and went to Cleveland. I had never been there, I knew no one, and I only had one purpose: to visit Loganberry Books. I had a wonderful time. Shaker Heights is a lovely part of town. The Rapid dropped me at Shaker Square where a short walk led me to a lovely little store on the shady side of the street.
I thought I'd died and gone to heaven! I walked into a big airy room lined, piled, heaped, immersed, consumed with BOOKS! And that room opened into another. And another. And another. There were old wooden floors, overstuffed chairs, a cozy tea table, and a comfortable couch or two. And there, behind the front desk, yes, right there smiling at me was: Harriett. How wonderful.
I spent two lovely days meandering around the shelves, sitting on the floor, and chatting with all the lovely people who work at Loganberry. After the first afternoon spent trying to walk back to Shaker Square with a 20 pound load, I got smart and had my purchases mailed home. Everyone was kind and helpful. Harriett's mother gave a ride back to the Square to catch the Rapid (and drove around to show me Harriett's house!). Now I know why all requests are handled so well. There are truly nice people behind the website.
I ended my Excellent Adventure a few days later, staggering off the train with a much heavier suitcase. Since then I find myself gravitating to used book stores much more frequently. The big box book chains are lovely, of course. But there's much to be said for a quiet nook, a gentle book, and an atmosphere of friendship and deep love for the written word.
ALTERED
BOOKS ENCOREThursday, April 3, 2008
Harriett
An encore Annex Gallery show featuring the imaginative works of several local artists who create entirely new works of art out of crusty old tomes. The group is called the Altered Book Group, and the show is titled Red Book Project II. This year, they each had a volume of the turn-of-century Book of Knowledge, and they each did something different with it.
Artists include Myrna London Aidlin, Sarah Clague, Gene Epstein, Margaret Yuko Kimura, Terre Maher, Lynn O'Brien, Jackie Parsons, Myrna Tatar and Anne Weissman. Tonight is the opening reception with the artists, 6-8pm. Show runs April 3 - 28. A special talk on the history, interpretation, inspiration, and creation of the artworks will be part of the NOBS Forums lecture series, held on Thursday, April 17 at 7pm.
PRESS!Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Harriett
Two interesting press pieces this morning featuring Loganberry and this Saturday's Edible Books Festival.
CoolCleveland.com features both a listing and a longer editorial.
Continental Airlines features a great blurb for the Edible Books Festival.
APRIL FOOLSTuesday, April 1, 2008
Catapiwwa
Hooray for the folks at Shelf Awareness for pulling off a most excellent April Fool's newsletter. ABA purchasing some Borders locations and rebranding them Booksellers Organization for the Revival of Downtowns and the Expansion of Retail Sales? Hillary's new book On the Front Lines in Bosnia? All 50 states following Indiana's registration/censorship lead?
I was really confused by the first article. Huh?? Laughed at the second. Finally understood from the third that the entire newsletter was a hoax ("Eliot Spitzer told the New York Post: 'If only I'd had something like this resource, I might not have spent so much money or had to move it around in ways that attracted attention. Dang.'").
Now I can go back and read the rest of it, understanding the joke. So can you. It's pretty good.
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