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Stopped by a small independent bookseller today in the downtown area: deVille Books, 736 Union Street, New Orleans LA 70130. Prominent sign near the cash register:
independent booksellers do it without chainsReally nice collection of books on local history and southern culture, and a fantastic book on the Brothers Robinson, who are on my top five list of illustrators, ever. So I struck up a conversation with the owner, Joanne, over a novelty book called "overheard in a bookstore" -- a couple dozen quotes, some of which I'd heard before, for example Wow, this book is expensive. But then it's big, maybe they charge by the pound. I mention that I collect bits of overheard conversation. She sez, well wait, what about THIS? And she pulls out a yellow post-it note she found on the floor. I copied it down exactly (okay, so, this box is gray. use your imagination, and make it yellow):
Warrants in MesaNow I ask you: could you write a short story on the basis of this post-it? Or a screenplay? I see Nicholas Cage in the lead. Jeanne appreciated my enthusiasm and asked if I knew of Found Magazine, which I did not, so she promptly called it up on her computer screen, here. My question: how is it I never ran across this before? This is exactly the kind of thing that keeps my mind spinning. In a good way. There's also a book, you'll note, and I'm going to order it.
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Kids--PA
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February 25, 2005 04:55 PM
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I love Found Magazine; what a great use of the Internet. And the little old lady who used to run the (much-missed) little bookstore in our town, up until the mid-90's, had that slogan on a bumper sticker stuck to her wall. In my teens, with the typical teenager idea of old age, I thought maybe she didn't get the double entendre. I guess common sense hadn't kicked in enough yet for me to get that whole "longer life = more experience" thing.
Posted by: Rachel at February 28, 2005 11:16 AM
Rachel! I've been wondering where you were. You knew about Found Magazine, and never told me?!
Maybe you should take over for the little old lady and start your own bookstore.
Posted by: sara at February 28, 2005 11:31 AM
The bookstore is a dream of mine, one about which I sway back and forth from "really serious" to "ha ha, not in this lifetime" with some regularity.
Posted by: Rachel at February 28, 2005 10:07 PM