Some great bookstores outside of California
Jessie Bennett is the Blog Editor for Beacon Press. If you read my last post, you’ll know that I think the Beacon Broadside is well worth checking out. When we were emailing back and forth about the Jeremy Adam Smith post she suggested we link to because it’s about the value of continuing to write and publish books, Jessie also mentioned some bookstores she loves in different parts of the country. That was enough for me: I asked her if she’d mind writing about them for the blog. She was kind enough to do so.
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In Southeastern Connecticut (where I grew up):
This place is huge: six buildings of books just outside of downtown Niantic, an adorable waterfront community on the Connecticut shoreline. The Book Barn is worth a stop if you’re in Southeastern CT (casino, anyone?), but give yourself some time to fully explore their vast trove of used treasures. In recent years, they’ve opened a second, smaller location downtown. Read the rest of this entry »
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