Tournier spotting in Eugene

The table outside J Michaels Books, in downtown Eugene, looked promising (the anniversary edition of Eloise’s adventures!); the carefully curated collection inside confirms the promise. For the first time since I…

Incipit for a trip

So we start this book roamin’ at the margin of these United States: three blocks from the Pacific Ocean, at the Cloud and Leaf, in the small coastal town of Manzanita, Oregon. The…

Horizon: books

This is a love letter to independent bookstores, second-hand bookstores, bookstores with a point of view, and bookstores with a view – and to the readers who help them thrive. It is…