Description: Reading the Room : A Bookseller's Tale, Paperback by Yamazaki, Paul; Simonson, Rick (FRW), ISBN 1958846694, ISBN-13 9781958846698, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Reading the Room is Paul Yamazaki's love letter to the work of bookselling and an engaged life of the mind. Over twenty-four hours, Paul Yamazaki leads us through the stacks of storied City Lights Booksellers in San Francisco; the care and prowess of his approach to book buying; his upbringing in a Japanese American family in Southern California and moving to San Francisco at the height of revolutionary foment; working with legendary figures in th publishing industry like Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Sonny Mehta, and others; and his vision for the future of bookselling. Navigating building trust with readers and nurturing relationships across the literary industry, Yamazaki testifies to the value of generosity, sharing knowledge, and dialogue in a life devoted to books.
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Book Title: Reading the Room : a Bookseller's Tale
Number of Pages: 100 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC
Publication Year: 2024
Item Height: 0.4 in
Topic: Personal Memoirs, General, Literary, Essays
Genre: Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 3.9 Oz
Author: Paul Yamazaki
Item Length: 6.9 in
Item Width: 4.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
