Sunday, October 21, 2012

Boswell's Sunday Annotated Bestsellers for the Week Ending October 20.

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Hardcover fiction: 1. Round House , by Louise Erdrich 2. Darth Vader and Son, by Jeffrey Brown 3. Panther, by Nelson DeMille 4. Gone G...
Saturday, October 20, 2012

Saturday Sort of Gift Post—My Semi-Regular Visit to Powell’s in Portland, Oregon.

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I’ve been visiting Powell’s since the mid 1990s, and I continue to be overwhelmed by the size of the Burnside “City of Books” location, whi...
Friday, October 19, 2012

A Post About a Day in Portland, Oregon, Which Has Nothing to do with Books, but is a Lot About Retail, and After All, We area bookSTORE, so it's Vaguely Relevant.

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I am away from Boswell for a few days. "Relax, relax," everyone said, and how could you not when you're going to Portland, Ore...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Photo Recap--Our Event with Andy Rash at the Shorewood Public Library

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I'm out of town for a few days, but that didn't stop me from scheduling an event the night before leaving. It was Andy Rash at the S...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

My Jewish Book Month Post, Part 1: Jami Attenberg and "The Middlesteins" (at the JCC on November 7).

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I love to read about all sorts of different kinds of people. Some of my favorite books have taken me to China, Mexico, South Korea, Italy, F...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Always Open, Always Open Ended--Investigating Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore.

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Clay Jannon gets laid off from his job doing graphics for a bagel chain. It’s NewBagel, where the bagels are optimized for deliciousness, bu...
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Monday, October 15, 2012

What's Going on at Boswell (Including Some Boswell Away Games)This Week? Martin Hintz and Jeff Biggers and Paul Bialas and Andy Rash and Diane Morgan.

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Monday, October 15, 6:30 pm, at the Milwaukee Public Library's Rare Books Room, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., 53233: Martin Hintz author of W...
Sunday, October 14, 2012

Boswell Bestsellers, Week Ending October 14th.

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It's been another long week of not posting in the blog. I'm not sure where the time is going, but I'm hoping to be back on my fe...