by Jamie Chavez | Apr 18, 2015 | Miscellany
“The small independent bookstore is coming back,” Ann Patchett says, and has said, often. In “The Bookstore Strikes Back” (The Atlantic, 28 November 2012), she describes a place you’ve probably been in yourself: The bookstore of my youth was Mills. My sister and I...
by Jamie Chavez | Apr 9, 2015 | Miscellany
My friend Amy sent me this link. Because, hello, books. I like this guy Austin Kleon. He writes things I wish I’d written myself. Or that I’d like to imitate (sincerest form of flattery, yada yada). I think part of it is my fascination with narrative lists, which...
by Jamie Chavez | Dec 26, 2014 | The Book Biz
Folks who are just writing their first novel no doubt have visions of best seller-dom dancing in their heads, either the breakout kind—in which the book arrives in the marketplace and word of mouth and a few good reviews build until it reaches critical mass—or the...
by Jamie Chavez | Nov 8, 2014 | Books You Might Like, The Book Biz
A friend of mine sent me a link to an article at BuzzFeed about some gorgeous new/old books. And since there’s always a gift-giving occasion right ’round the corner—and since surely you have a booklover on your list—I thought I’d tell you about these. And show you....
by Jamie Chavez | Sep 18, 2014 | Miscellany
This human interest story was on the national news last week, so you may already know about it, but I think it’s special and has a great message. More than one message, actually. It’s set in the South, from which so many good stories emanate, and it goes like this …...
