February 28, 2012
Portland author Bart King, known for his playful pocket guides to all things whimsical, waxes warmly about the magic of the bookstore experience in the Oregonian piece “More Than a Store: A Place to Bask in Books.” King conjures the endless aisles of Powell’s and the mazes of Annie Bloom’s in convincing readers that the magical state offered when entering a bookstore is something worth protecting. “You entered the bookshop looking for Dickens, you left clutching Didion, and you’ll be a different person for the experience.”
— posted by
Brian Juenemann