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Reading the room : a bookseller's tale / Paul Yamazaki.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Chicago : Ode Books, A collaboration between the Seminary Co-Op Bookstores and Prickly Paradigm Press, [2024]Copyright date: ©2024Description: viii, 99 pages : illustration ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781958846698
  • 1958846694
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Contents:
Preface -- Foreword / by Rick Simonson -- part 1: A walk through the bookstore -- Part II: A book event Q&A -- Part III: A post-event bender -- Part IV: Breakfast.
Summary: "Reading the Room is Paul Yamazaki's love letter to the work of bookselling and an engaged life of the mind. Over twenty-four hours, Yamazaki leads us through the stacks of storied City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, the care and prowess of his approach to book buying, his upbringing in a Japanese American family in Southern California and moving to San Francisco at the height of revolutionary foment, working with legendary figures in the book publishing industry, and his vision for the future of bookselling. Yamazaki testifies to the value of generosity, sharing knowledge, and dialogue in a life devoted to books." -- Back cover
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Reading the Room is Paul Yamazaki's love letter to the work of bookselling and an engaged life of the mind.

Over twenty-four hours, Paul Yamazaki leads us through the stacks of storied City Lights Booksellers in San Francisco; the care and prowess of his approach to book buying; his upbringing in a Japanese American family in Southern California and moving to San Francisco at the height of revolutionary foment; working with legendary figures in the book publishing industry like Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Sonny Mehta, and others; and his vision for the future of bookselling. Navigating building trust with readers and nurturing relationships across the literary industry, Yamazaki testifies to the value of generosity, sharing knowledge, and dialogue in a life devoted to books.

Preface -- Foreword / by Rick Simonson -- part 1: A walk through the bookstore -- Part II: A book event Q&A -- Part III: A post-event bender -- Part IV: Breakfast.

"Reading the Room is Paul Yamazaki's love letter to the work of bookselling and an engaged life of the mind. Over twenty-four hours, Yamazaki leads us through the stacks of storied City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, the care and prowess of his approach to book buying, his upbringing in a Japanese American family in Southern California and moving to San Francisco at the height of revolutionary foment, working with legendary figures in the book publishing industry, and his vision for the future of bookselling. Yamazaki testifies to the value of generosity, sharing knowledge, and dialogue in a life devoted to books." -- Back cover

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