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Tales from this antiquarian book shopper

April 4, 2013April 4, 2013 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ 2 Comments

Here's some insight into what can happen to a book lover in a giant room filled with exhibitors of used and rare books.

I discovered Wakoski’s “Greed”

June 16, 2010May 16, 2011 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ 2 Comments

Confessional poet Diane Wakoski wrote "The Collected Greed Parts 1-13" over several years. She writes in the introduction that she wanted to pontificate about life, to moralize, and yet somehow to write a poem which would have a nobility to it. And so she did.

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