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The Mushroom Hunters

Jan

7

2014

Langdon Cook

Where Books Come to Life

My local bookstore is the beloved Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle. This is where I scour the shelves for acceptable novels of dystopian distress for my extremely opinionated children, where I discover small press essay collections for my wife, and where I signed the first fresh-off-the-press copy of The Mushroom Hunters right after the …

Dec

31

2013

1

remark

David Laskin, Joann Moreno, Daniel James Brown at QABC

Five Writers, One Neighborhood Bookstore, and Two Bowls of Spiked Holiday Punch: A Community is Born

I am not, by nature, a joiner. Do I have to? is my gut reaction when the word “community” is bruited about. Maybe it has to do with being a writer. I think most deeply and live most fully when I’m alone with the screen and keyboard. Community has always struck me as a distraction.  I …