Notes from behind the counter
We read, we travel, we become.
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NPR: 5 Books of Poetry to Get You through the Summer
Critic Alan Cheuse believes that summer â with its long, hot, drowsy days â may be the best season for reading poetry. His recommendations include works by Poets Laureate Robert Pinsky and W.S. Merwin, and a novel in verse by the late essayist David Rakoff.
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I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.
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Why can’t people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?
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Without literature, life is hell.
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![Staff Pick: American Nations: A History of Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard“According to award-winning journalist and historian Colin Woodard, North America is made up of eleven distinct nations, each with its own unique historical roots. In American Nations he takes readers on a journey through the history of our fractured continent, offering a revolutionary and revelatory take on American identity, and how the conflicts between them have shaped our past and continue to mold our future. From the Deep South to the Far West, to Yankeedom to El Norte, Woodard reveals how each region continues to uphold its distinguishing ideals and identities today, with results that can be seen in the composition of the U.S. Congress or on the county-by-county election maps of presidential elections.”
“[American Nations] sets itself apart by delving deep into history to trace our current divides to ethno-cultural differences that emerged during the country’s earliest settlement.” —The New Republic, Editors’ Picks
“Fascinating…Engrossing…In the end…[American Nations] is a smart read that feels particularly timely now, when so many would claim a mythically unified ‘founding Fathers’ as their political ancestors.” —The Boston Globe](http://25.media.tumblr.com/3c6fb4b39157f0be7eead9834ab2570b/tumblr_mo6qkfxAhb1qd5pv3o1_250.jpg)
Staff Pick: American Nations: A History of Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard
“According to award-winning journalist and historian Colin Woodard, North America is made up of eleven distinct nations, each with its own unique historical roots. In American Nations he takes readers on a journey through the history of our fractured continent, offering a revolutionary and revelatory take on American identity, and how the conflicts between them have shaped our past and continue to mold our future.
From the Deep South to the Far West, to Yankeedom to El Norte, Woodard reveals how each region continues to uphold its distinguishing ideals and identities today, with results that can be seen in the composition of the U.S. Congress or on the county-by-county election maps of presidential elections.”
“[American Nations] sets itself apart by delving deep into history to trace our current divides to ethno-cultural differences that emerged during the country’s earliest settlement.” —The New Republic, Editors’ Picks
“Fascinating…Engrossing…In the end…[American Nations] is a smart read that feels particularly timely now, when so many would claim a mythically unified ‘founding Fathers’ as their political ancestors.” —The Boston Globe
A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.
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You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice.
2013 marks the 75th anniversary of the publication T.H. White’s The Sword in the Stone, the first in the tetralogy The Once and Future King.
As you grow ready for it, somewhere or other you will find what is needful for you in a book
