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Filed Under: Essays, Featured, On Books, The Death of the Book

The Powells Blogs

October 24, 2009

I was recently asked to contribute to the Powells Books website as a guest blogger for the week of Monday, Oct. 19 through Friday the 23rd. Powell’s has kindly given me permission to repost my entries here.

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, John Finn, Work-In-Progress

Part 1 in the serial story John Finn

John Finn 1: Stories

September 10, 2009

There were four feathers on the inside edge of the bar. Each of them were gray, black and iridescent in different ways. Pigeon feathers. They reminded me of a story.

Filed Under: Essays, Featured, On Books, The Death of the Book

On the death of the book

April 21, 2009

The gnashing of teeth and beating of breasts will not occur until later, when it is discovered that Uncle Octavo has squandered his fortune in recent years

Filed Under: Essays, Featured

of smaller homes and gardens

April 15, 2009

I have designed at least a thousand homes in my life. None of them built.

Filed Under: Essays, Featured, The Death of the Book

Lost Covenant [an open letter to our bookshop customers, March 17th, 2004]

March 28, 2009

I met a man the other day. Not a great man perhaps, but at least a very good one, I can tell you.