An interview with the owner of a newly opened hometown bookstore
Ok, I’m lying to you guys. Because my father was in the military, I do not have a hometown to claim. Alexandria, Virginia, where my family was once stationed while… Read more »
Seattle tops best-read-cities list
On May 24, 2016 citizens of the great American cities gathered in their town squares, anxiously awaiting the results of this year’s Amazon.com Most Well-Read Cities in America rankings. And, for the second year… Read more »
Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria home to be demolished
“To a certain extent, being a colonial, you have these wild romantic dreams about ‘Home,'” Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990) admitted in an interview with The Paris Review in 1959. But now… Read more »