Convenor: Chris Currie
Participants: Bridgett Green and Lori Raible
Chris: I want to begin with a quotation attributed to John Updike that I saw outside of Octavia Books in New Orleans that reads: ‘Bookstores are lonely forts spilling light onto the sidewalk. They civilize their neighborhoods.’ I think such a sentiment is true, not only of bookstores, but also of public libraries, and even little free libraries, which I am always...
