One day in 1982, Craig Lynch walked into the old Sun-Times building on Wabash Avenue and asked Taylor Bell for a job.

“He said some of his friends had heard that we were looking for [freelance writers] to cover high school sports,” said Bell, the now-retired Sun-Times prep sports editor.

Bell’s philosophy was to give virtually any potential writer a chance. Those who couldn’t file an exact copy under tight deadlines tended to be weeded out fairly quickly.

This was no problem for Lynch, even though he was different from most journalists: he was blind from birth.

But that didn’t stop him. Lynch spent more than 25 years covering prep sports for the Sun-Times, part of a career that saw him become one of the most well-known and beloved members of Chicago’s sports media scene.

Lynch died Tuesday shortly after suffering a stroke. He was 72 years old.

Tributes to Lynch have been popping up all week on social media from other members of the media and even the Cubs, who said on Twitter: “The Cubs mourn the passing of longtime radio journalist Craig Lynch, who covered the team for over 20 years Craig was a pleasure to work with and the press box at Wrigley Field will not be the same without him.

Lynch’s work spanned decades and media. In the 1980s and 1990s, in addition to his freelance work for the Sun-Times, he was a full-time employee of Triton College. As athletic director of the college radio station, he covered a Triton baseball team that included future MLB players Kirby Puckett and Lance Johnson.

Lynch also covered college sports at Northwestern and DePaul (he went to school with longtime Blue Demons women’s basketball coach Doug Bruno) and filed radio stories about the Cubs for the stations. from the south of the state.

But his coverage of high school sports is perhaps his most enduring legacy. After leaving the Sun-Times, Lynch continued to work for various suburban outlets.

“He did the job as well as anyone with sight,” Bell said. “He always got the interviews, always got the stats.”

Bell remembers occasional backsliding in the early years. “In its early days, some coaches [said], “What does a blind man do to cover my game?” “Said Bell. “We had to get out of this. We got away with it. »

“He didn’t want anyone to do him a favour,” Bell added. “[Coaches] soon realized he knew what he was doing.

Much like his colleagues in Chicago’s competitive media environment.

Chuck Garfien, a veteran reporter and anchor for NBC Sports Chicago, first crossed paths with Lynch at a DePaul men’s basketball game in 2005.

“It blew my mind,” Garfien said as he watched Lynch do his job. “I had to know him. He became a dear friend and someone who touched me deeply. …I wanted to live my life like him.

Garfien and other friends recalled Lynch’s infallible nature and quick wit.

It tells a story about Lynch going to a Cubs/Dodgers series in Los Angeles in 1979. A Dodgers fan heckled Chicagoans saying, “You’d have to be deaf, dumb and blind to be a Cubs fan”, to which Lynch replied, “Don’t hit the blind.”

Tim McKinney is another colleague who became good friends with Lynch after he continued to cross paths on the beat of prep sports. “He was one of the most unique people you know,” said McKinney, who was struck by Lynch’s “sincerity and kindness.”

McKinney has helped Lynch around Wrigley Field for the past few years and the pair have also gone to college games and MLB road trips, where Lynch seemed to know everyone.

One night at Northwestern, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo invited Lynch into the Spartans locker room for a chat. In Cincinnati, there was a shoutout from longtime Reds broadcaster Marty Brenneman.

“He was quick-witted,” McKinney said of Lynch. “We always had a lot of fun and we laughed a lot.”

Marguerite Bennett promises to say as much or as little as a crowd at the University of Mary Washington wants to hear tomorrow night.

The 2010 grad — UMW’s Women’s History Month keynote speaker — is full of stories of woman power of all shapes and sizes, in her comic book career and in her personal life.

“I love women, in their infinite shapes, their infinite power,” said Bennett, whose New York Times-Best-selling, GLAAD-nominated work has appeared in DC, Marvel, Aftershock, Dynamite, Archie and more. She will recount her colorful — but sometimes stormy — journey Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Chandler Ballroom at the University Center.

Bennett ka-pow’ed and sha-bam’ed her way through a glass ceiling in her writing career, crashing into the notoriously male-dominated comic book industry while still a in doctoral school. Now, with a deserved reputation for her uniquely authentic portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters, she encourages others to harness their own victories.

“If you write stories that tell people that gay people can live without shame, they might grow up believing it,” she said.

Bennett was already seeking justice as a student at Mary Washington, where she enrolled in her strong writing program, and was influenced by English teachers Gary Richards, Colin Rafferty and Eric Lorentzen.

“Why wasn’t I excited?” she says. “Frankly, it was pretty much the same thing that appeals to me more than a decade later – the rights and representation of women, queer people, people of color and the social and institutional injustices they face. are confronted.”

She was studying an MFA program at the prestigious Sarah Lawrence College when her teacher and mentor, famed comic book writer Scott Snyder, offered her the chance of a lifetime by enlisting her help in 2013. Annual Batman #2.

And the rest is comic book history.

best known for Bombs, batmanand his own original series Animosity and InSEXts, Bennett has written over a thousand unique stories and has sold over 10 million copies, though she has long since ceased to count. Yet parts of her professional journey have mirrored the words she writes on the page — words she describes as messy, angry, and dark.

In a corporate world fueled by men – many of whom, to be fair, she claims to be dear friends – she has faced sexist acts she deems “shameful”, intended to undermine her career. Still, she prevailed, saying her greatest achievement was personal – climbing on the other side of an abusive relationship. “It was like coming back from the dead,” she said. “A miracle.”

Along the way, her work has become more insistent and determined, with a sharpness, grit and grime that she is proud of. She writes about murder and mayhem, the horrible and the hideous, but her comic book prose is also steeped in beauty, power and love.

The “A-Force” comic book series, written by Bennett and co-writer G. Willow Wilson, and illustrated by artist Jorge Molina, features Marvel’s first all-female Avengers team.

The brainchild of Bennett and artist Ariela Kristantina, who set their story in the Victorian era, InSEXts was created to represent homosexuality in comics.

“Animosity” – centering on a young girl and a dog, and exploring what happens when animals acquire the intelligence of humans – is another of Bennett’s original creations. Becoming friends with talking animals was just one aspect of writing that appealed to Bennett. “It was a way to make daydreaming permanent,” she said, “to establish a fantasy or adventure I could fall into, complete and immersive, any time I chose.”

Sure, writer’s block creeps in from time to time. For that, Bennett heads to the garden to clear his head and create, bleeding his words with the art on the page. It’s a magical blend, one that she believes we can all achieve in our own lives.

“You can do it,” Bennett said. “The antiquated bastions and ivory towers are rotten, and none of them are as strong as they claim. You can kick walls.

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This week, a writer has plenty of drinks with plenty of women — and still finds time to flirt at Pilates: 30, single, Brooklyn.

DAY ONE

7 a.m. I have no kids, no pets, and no responsibilities, and yet my ass wakes up so early, everyday, no matter how rough the night was. And last night was rough. I’ve been a bit of an alcoholic…for five years. I’m a 30 year old man who loves women and partying, and you can’t really judge me for that.

9:55 a.m. However, you can judge me for the stupid amount of money I spend on my daily Pilates classes. I bet you didn’t see it coming. I come here every day at 10 am, almost no matter what.

11:20 a.m. Lots of girls flirt with me after class. I’m used to it. I know that sounds arrogant, but I’m a decent-looking charismatic guy and I’m open to meeting people, and that’s just a good vibe to spread. The one I like is the teacher, Minka, but she remains very professional with me. I wait for her to meet me in the hallway. Sometimes she asks if anyone wants a hot towel…unfortunately today isn’t one of those days.

3 p.m. Decide to devote a good five hours to my novel. Believe it or not, I did well in the literary world. I’m not as poor as you might think looking at me.

9 p.m. I guess you could call it a “date”, but I’m meeting my friend Lauren for a drink at a nearby bar. We like to drink then fuck. It’s good sex. But I’ve had better and, frankly, I’m sure she has too.

10:30 p.m. Lauren has a shot. Handsome! We get excited and look for a place to dance.

00:40 After a bit of barhopping, we’re back home. I go down on her for about half; seems like the right thing to do for all free drugs. Then she goes home.

DAY TWO

7 a.m. Awake! I am a very insecure person. Every time there’s a tweet or a troll about my latest book, I read it and internalize it and hate myself for it. I’m sure there are ways around it, but I’m sure I also enjoy the pain on some level. If I ever get therapy, I’ll let you know!

10am It’s not Minka today. A mean lady named Cheryl teaches the class. She’s a very good teacher, but she cracks the whip.

11:20 a.m. One of the girls I always see here, Clémentine, asks me if I want to go out one day. She also calls herself a writer (no comment). I know how things are going to play out with Clem. We’ll have a good night. She’ll be charming and I’ll ruminate, then we’ll fuck and it’ll be…good. Then Clem will want to see me more, and I’ll have to blow her up, and it’s going to get really awkward. With my Pilates gym, I don’t like to shit where I eat, so I try to gently let Clem know that I’m not interested.

9 p.m. Long day of writing. I’m going to have a drink alone.

10 p.m. Unsurprisingly, there are a lot of drunken hipsters here, and they all want to fuck each other and maybe me too.

10:30 p.m. I find myself in a weird threesome with two girls. We all slap our tongues in that little booth at the bar. I try to finger one of them, under his pantyhose or whatever, and the other touches my cock. It’s hot but sloppy. I suggest we go back to one of their places. I prefer not to be at home. When it’s time, I like to “leave” rather than imply that someone has to go.

11:30 p.m. We are in one of their apartments. A girl is looking for coke. The other girl is kind of riding me. I find a condom in my wallet and ask her if she wants to have sex. She says “absolutely”. Before the other girl comes back in the bedroom, after calling her coke boyfriend, we fuck and we’re both almost done.

1am I am coming back home. I like to go home alone at night. It’s good for me.

DAY THREE

10am It’s a Minka class. Can I ask him out? Should I?

11:20 a.m. I try to chat with her after class. I want her to know that I’m not a total shitbag – and that I have a great career, maybe even a few fans. We discuss the class and my progress. She seems very indifferent, which only fuels my fire. “Hey, do you have a boyfriend?” I say. “I have a girlfriend,” she said, winking at me. Fuuuuuuck. Of course she does! I walk away thinking that at some point, maybe, she will want to sleep with me again.

4 p.m. While I’m writing, my parents FaceTime me. They’re worrying. They think I’m a loner and maybe a drug addict. My reality is very different from theirs in Texas, so I don’t tell them much because they will never understand. I love this weird, somewhat isolated, somewhat debauched life that I have carved out for myself. It’s probably not forever, but it’s where I want to be right now.

7 p.m. It’s a warm evening, finally, so I grab a bottle of whiskey and take a really long walk.

8 p.m. The girls are texting while I’m walking. I’d say I get five text messages a night from different girls I’ve slept with, flirted with, or met online. I’m not interested in meeting anyone tonight. I need time for me!

10 p.m. I walked for three fucking hours.

11 p.m. Now I take a shower, I fight and I go to sleep.

DAY FOUR

11:30 a.m. I need a new computer. Mine shits on me. Go to the Apple Store after Pilates.

12:30 p.m. Couple of sexy women at the Apple Store in downtown Brooklyn. I gotta stay focused on this computer shit, though. It’s a lot of money to spend and I don’t like costly mistakes.

3 p.m. Coming home with a brand new, totally pumped up laptop. I just want to fuck on it all night.

7 p.m. On my second bottle of wine, getting to know my new technology.

8 p.m. Browse online. Feeling a bit alone. Very drunk. Invite someone I’ve seen before, Lily, over.

9 p.m. Lily arrives and sees that I’m in plaster and does her best to catch me quickly. I have a great bar – I welcome that. She makes some vodka tonic or some shit and starts sucking me off. She is very good at it. We end up fucking all over my apartment. I think my cat was scared. It was drunk, messy, hot sex, and I’m so grateful for that.

11 p.m. Lily leaves, but first I give her a big, sincere goodbye hug. It was fun. I like Lily because she’s into laid back shit too. I don’t have to worry about consequences with her. Where can I move where people can fuck without “consequences”? Is there such a place?

DAY FIVE

7 a.m. I make coffee and tidy my place. We really went crazy last night. All of this makes me smile.

10am Sometimes I wonder if I’m the smelly Pilates guy. How would I know? I got crazy toxins to sweat out when I’m out there…do I even want to know the truth?

3 p.m. My novel is taking shape. I dig. Soon I will send a draft to my agent.

5 p.m. I forgot I have a date tonight. Sophie is someone I’ve seen before. She lives in Los Angeles and occasionally comes into town for work. I like it. She is really cool. She’s interesting and deep and beautiful in a not-beautiful way. I was very transparent about my anti-relationship when we first met (online), so she always respected that – but if and when I grow up, I can see getting a bit more serious with Soph.

9 p.m. We eat in a new shed in Greenpoint, which I want to hate but don’t. Good atmosphere here. Sophie is even more beautiful than the last time I saw her. This is the fourth time we’ve been dating in about six months. Unfortunately, she is one of the only women I have seen so many times (which I must add is my doing). I usually try to disengage after the the third time I see someone – I don’t know why, I’m just being honest.

9:30 a.m. We drink wine and catch up. I touch all her legs and her face. She’s a spa-smelling delight and I can’t wait to go somewhere alone with her.

11 p.m. This is my home, and for the first time in a long time, I’m embarrassed by how messed up it is. In the past, we always went to whatever hotel she was staying at for work. She says she wants to fuck me, but I don’t have condoms, and believe it or not, I’m a rubber fanatic. What a fool I am – how could I forget to get new ones knowing this angel was coming to town?

Instead, I put her down until she’s happy. In a weird way I’m glad we didn’t fuck this time so I know she’ll be back for this in the near future.

She goes home, even if I try to pay myself.

DAY 6

7 a.m. I’m seriously considering showing up at Sophie’s hotel just to slip into bed with her. She takes her job very seriously, so I don’t know if she would appreciate that or not. I text her asking if she wants some company.

9:30 a.m. She texts that she just woke up and has a meeting to go to. A gentle blow to the ego. Alas. I head to Pilates (which I was willing to give up for her) instead.

3:15 p.m. Sophie texts that her plans have cleared tonight if I want to go later. An easy YES from me.

9 p.m. We’re in her hotel room making out and getting frisky while intermittently drinking room service margaritas. We had them deliver 4 at a time, two for each of us.

11:30 p.m. I forgot to mention: This time I brought condoms. Many of them.

DAY SEVEN

9am I have a rarely scheduled morning meeting today! I left Sophie’s hotel a few hours ago and am at home freshening up. Having breakfast with my agent.

11 a.m. No Pilates today. Still at this meeting. The agent is excited about my next project. I hope to make enough money to retire from this one. I’m not saying that in jest, although she thinks I’m joking. I am not joking.

4 p.m. A few sweet texts with Sophie as she prepares to fly back to Los Angeles. I’d love to see her again, I tell her, and she says the feeling is “100% mutual.” I think she thinks she’s fucking Hank Moody. I already had that. I’m not going to say that I don’t like it.

9 p.m. Have a few drinks alone at my favorite neighborhood bar. Just soak up the scene. I can’t complain about my life right now. It won’t last forever, but I’m in no rush to change anything.

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To say the Boston Bruins have just completed a successful road trip would be an understatement. Start with a 3-2 victory in overtime against the Seattle Kraken on February 24 and ending in a 5-4 shootout win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on March 5, the Bruins finally went 5-1-0 on the trip. Between these two victories, the Bruins left with victories against the San Jose Sharks (3-1), the Los Angeles Kings (7-0) and the Vegas Golden Knights (5-2).

Even the only loss came only after the Bruins allowed a goal with just over 20 seconds left in regulation time against the Anaheim Ducks (allowing late period goals remains a trend that the The team still didn’t seem to get it coherently, as they also allowed the Blue Jackets to tie Saturday’s game at 4-4 and force overtime with just over two seconds left). Well within reach of winning this game against the Ducks and going 6-0-0, the Bruins overall should be very pleased with what they’ve accomplished since their last home game.

The Bruins will be back in action just two days after that trip concludes on Monday March. 7 in a rematch against the Kings for their first home game since Feb. 21 and is expected to be greeted by a boisterous crowd at TD Garden amid the run they are currently on. Before we get to this game, however, it seems appropriate to take a step back and look at what this team has to be proud of given their recent streak of games.

The Bruins are once again among the best teams in the NHL

The start of the 2021-22 season has been as poor as it gets. The Bruins faced an inconsistent schedule and, as a result, simply couldn’t find a rhythm on which to build chemistry or lasting success. Combine that with a slew of new players, a holeshot at starting goalie and second-line center for the first time in more than a decade and things just weren’t going in the Bruins’ favor.

Fast forward to March 2022, however, and the Bruins have seemingly put all the pieces together despite so many holes still plaguing their roster. The need for a true No. 2 centre, a top-six right winger who can replace Jake DeBrusk in that spot (due to the young winger’s continued desire to be traded), and another top-six defender. first four are not easy problems to overcome. .

For many teams, missing out on so many high-level pieces would likely put them somewhere in the bottom half of the standings. The Bruins, however, have the ninth-most points in the NHL, have the eighth-most wins, and also have the 10th-best point percentage in the league.

This team might not be pretty and they could definitely use some help, but they’re nothing if they aren’t resourceful and hardworking. While they may not have gotten the recognition they deserve this season due to the fact that they hold a wildcard spot and not a full playoff spot, that’s because the Eastern Conference has been so competitive this season more than anything. .

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If the Bruins were in the Western Conference, they would sit comfortably in third place in the conference. They would be either the second-place team in the Pacific Division or second-place in the Central Division behind the Calgary Flames and Colorado Avalanche, the latter being the best team in the NHL this season.

The Bruins aren’t the best team in the NHL and still need some work, but they’re far from a bad team.

Bruins get production of important players

Some notable players who have grown tremendously on this trip include Jeremy Swayman (4-0-0 with a .936 save percentage and a 1.75 goals-against-average with a shutout), Jake DeBrusk (six and eight points in six games with a hat trick), Craig Smith (four goals and seven points in six games with a hat trick) and Erik Haula (three goals and eight points in six games). There have been others who have also performed well throughout this streak, but these four players stand out for specific reasons.

For Swayman, stepping in and picking up where Tuukka Rask left off last season as this team’s top goaltender was the difference between the Bruins near the bottom of the standings and near the top. DeBrusk may be interested in a fresh start outside of Boston, but he’s currently tasked with playing the best minutes on the right wing and he’s delivering in spades. Haula may not be a typical NHL No. 2 center and if the Bruins can find an upgrade at the trade deadline, they undoubtedly will; so far, however, he has been excellent between David Pastrnak and Taylor Hall.

As for Smith, he may not be playing in the top six anymore, but he’s definitely been playing with Charlie Coyle and Trent Frederic lately.

The Bruins will need to make significant improvements at the trade deadline if they are to have any chance of making the highly competitive Eastern Conference in the playoffs. For now, though, the players they currently play with have proven they can get the job done when needed and have kept the Bruins within striking distance of a playoff spot in the Atlantic Division.

Brandon Share-Cohen has covered the NHL and various professional sports for six years. Working with The Hockey Writers, Brandon works extensively on Boston Bruins coverage in addition to his role as head of the news team.

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Courtney Wise Randolph writes about Detroit movers for Detour Detroit. Once a month, she drops by CultureShift to chat with a Detroit notable. In this feature, she spoke with techno artist Henry Brooks.

When the Belleville Three brought techno music to the world, the heart-pounding eclectic sounds inspired an era that continues to be influential in Detroit’s sonic and musical DNA. Today, new generations are embracing the repetitive, adrenaline-charged music and carving out their own stylistic identity within the genre.

Henry Brooks is part of the new school of techno and electronic music artists. At 24, the Detroit transplant from Grand Rapids began experimenting with turntables at 16. His rise on the scene, however, was somewhat meteoric with local and national stage appearances all over the city, Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami.

“Techno is always about experimenting and trying something new,” says Brooks. “It’s not always about what’s in fashion. So for me, my background is in metal [and] many sounds that I like are distorted, [so] I experimented with distorted guitars, certain melodies and vocals.

Learn more about Detour Detroit: A new breed of Detroit techno artists are pushing the genre forward in their birthplace

A common refrain from new customers at Middlebury’s Monroe Street Books is “I should have stopped years ago”, according to employee Timm Williams. The Used Book Emporium is the definition of a hidden gem, albeit hidden in plain sight.

The unassuming Red Barn Warehouse is on Route 7 about two miles north of Middlebury. With no foot traffic on the rural stretch of the highway and motorists speeding by at 50 mph or more, it’s easy to miss, especially for southbound travelers. A row of trees on the north side of the property obscures the store until it’s almost too late to stop.

Certainly, second-hand bookstores are not uncommon in the Green Mountains. The Vermont Antiquarian Booksellers Association, of which Monroe Street Books is a member, lists nearly 25 physical stores statewide. With 100,000 volumes on the shelves, however, arranged in complex logic, the Middlebury store offers avid readers the pleasure of seemingly endless browsing.

Towering 12-foot bookcases fill most of the cavernous space. The upper shelves are only accessible by self-service ladders. Almost floor-to-ceiling shelving also spans three of the perimeter walls.

Scattered around the shop are other receptacles filled with books – rolling carts, milk crates, steamer trunks. The store’s concrete floor, exposed duct work, and hanging strips of fluorescent lights make it feel a bit like being in Disney’s Belle library. The beauty and the Beast crossed with a fallout shelter.

“The building is big enough that you can really lose the people you came with, like you would lose a toddler in a supermarket,” Dwight Garner wrote via email. A Middlebury College alumnus and contributor to Burlington’s first alternative weekly, the avant-garde pressGarner is now a literary critic at the New York Times. A longtime fan of the store, he called it “one of America’s greatest second-hand bookstores, period.”

In addition to those 100,000 books on the shelves, Monroe Street Books has an additional 50,000 titles available only online. On a recent Monday morning, 18-year-old employee Williams sat down among dozens of children’s books and vintage classical music CDs that are kept just off the sales floor.

Books sold online are usually the most fragile, he explained: “If they’re in the store and they’re handled over and over again, their condition depreciates.”

Williams sports several silver rings, a pearl necklace and a studded bracelet; his eyes are lively and curious. A book collector and seller for decades, he was a longtime customer of the store at its original location on Middlebury’s Monroe Street, which opened in 1992. Now he works in the store daily.

The original space was small, Williams said. Store owners Dick and Flanzy Chodkowski moved to the new location in 2004 because their inventory exceeded the old store’s capacity.

In 2018, Dick Chodkowski told the Addison County Independent that the couple opened the original location behind their home after moving to Vermont from Los Angeles. Coming from a career in advertising, Chodkowski had amassed a collection of books on graphic art and photography.

At the time of Addy Indy article, mail order made up nearly half of the store’s annual sales, according to Chodkowski. On a recent call, he said those numbers haven’t changed much. During the summer tourist season, he noted, when his store is a prime destination for out-of-state visitors, in-store sales tend to increase.

As the store acquires new titles through estate sales, donations and other methods, sections grow and shrink, Williams said. If he discovers an increase in titles on the same theme in a genre or subgenre, he can create a new section to contain the overflow.

More is always better, he continued, joking that empty shelf space is something “you just can’t have”.

Despite its massive inventory and daunting space, Monroe Street Books “is actually meticulously curated,” Chris Bohjalian wrote via email to Seven days. The best-selling author, who lives in Addison County, is a regular at the store.

He said his recent purchases at Monroe Street Books have included vintage novels, non-fiction books and safari magazines, such as 1960s titles by Robert Ruark. Uhuru and Use enough weapons: big game hunting. The books helped Bohjalian research his next novel The lionessout May 10.

Some categories of the library are ultra-specific. Rows of books covering virtually every country and region take up considerable space. In “mystery” you will find “historical mystery”. A section devoted to American presidents presents dozens of books on George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. Vintage science fiction paperbacks are prominently displayed on a wheeled rack and pinned in plastic sleeves at the ends of the aisles.

There is a sly spirit in the way some books are organized. A section on maritime disasters is adjacent to that on pirates. In “games”, a small section dedicated to “mind games” is on the top shelf. It’s awfully out of reach without the help of one of the many ladders scattered around the store.

The shop also sells posters and vinyls. On my way out I spotted and grabbed a copy of Bronski Beat Truth action Double actiona chance find given that the British synth-pop band’s co-founder Steve Bronski died on December 7, 2021.

Keeping track of what’s on the shelves is a delicate and dynamic process, Williams said. While online stock is electronically cataloged, in-store merchandise is not. If a customer asks for a specific title, one of the store’s four employees must scour the shelves to find it.

“If you have any questions, ask everyone who works there. They know the place,” Bohjalian wrote. “I have no idea how, but they do.”

Williams said the store does not currently acquire new titles except through donations. (During my visit, a man stopped by with a large box practically overflowing with children’s picture books.) However, in late spring or summer, staff will have to start buying again to restock the shelves. .

There’s no magic formula for how they choose what to buy, Williams said. But the price is quite easy to determine. Chodkowski said he uses the aggregated AddAll website to quickly compare prices from all major online booksellers. Although the pandemic has reduced in-store shopping somewhat, “it’s kind of balanced out by people reading more during this time,” he said.

The store can never have too many copies of timeless classics such as Moby-Dick and Slaughterhouse-Five. But obscure titles can be just as appealing. Off the cuff, Williams noted odd finds such as the collected works of underage Polish poets and period pamphlets on the creation of threads.

“We welcome people here who have very specific tastes,” he said.

Some customers come for works from individual publishers such as Germany’s Taschen, known for producing large art books. Bohjalian said his wife, artist and photographer Victoria Blewer, dabbled in the experimental art of collage. Monroe Street Books is her go-to for retro and vintage imagery.

“Where can you find the Seventeen A magazine’s guide to girls’ etiquette from 1971 or a scouting manual from 1950? wrote Bohjalian.

Monroe Street Books is a digger’s paradise. In a world that is becoming increasingly digital, the store is keeping things grounded in the physical.

“We still have a totemic connection to paper books,” Bohjalian wrote. “Just surrender. Fall down the rabbit hole and be happy.

BEIJING, January 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — As the 2022 Spring Festival approaches, the 12^and The Spring Festival Book Exhibition undertaken by CNPIEC was successively held in Chinese bookstores in nearly 20 countries and regions, including the United States, Canada, Britain, France, Singapore, Malaysia and Tunisia. The book exhibition offers a large assortment of the latest Chinese language books to overseas Chinese and foreigners who read Chinese language books.

The opening ceremony of the 12^and The Spring Festival Book Exhibition was held at beijing to January 20, 2022. Under the theme “Reading China”, the ceremony invited the participation of 111 overseas Chinese bookstores around the world, as well as domestic publishers, foreign sinologists, domestic and foreign writers, experts, scholars and the “Gen-Z” of France. Through cloud communication activities, participants celebrated the Chinese New Year and welcomed the Beijing Winter Olympics.

A total of 65 well-known national publishers participated in the 12^and Spring Festival Book Exhibition, including People’s Publishing House, People’s Literature Publishing House, Commercial Press, Beijing Language and Culture University Press, Press for teaching and research in foreign languages ​​and the intercontinental press of China.

The participation of these publishers greatly expands the scope and enriches the variety of books on offer. In particular, Winter Olympics-themed books are warmly welcomed by overseas Chinese bookstores, such as Cool! Winter sports and From Chamonix at beijing: Centennial Winter Olympics.

As the Chinese language is increasingly learned and used around the world, the textbooks on learning Chinese are unanimously favored by all Chinese bookstores participating in the book exhibition. These books are very useful for children of overseas Chinese and other overseas Chinese learners.

As the book exhibition coincides with the 2022 Spring Festival, CNPIEC introduces overseas Chinese bookstores to creative cultural products with distinctive Chinese characteristics, such as calendars, brush pens, the paper bearing the character Chinese “happiness” and decorative Chinese knots.

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These products enrich the selection of exhibitions, create the atmosphere of the Spring Festival, attract more foreign readers, and are unanimously welcomed by overseas Chinese bookstores.

Chinese bookstores participating in the 12^and United States Spring Festival Book Exhibition, Canada and Tunisia, among others, include:

XINHUA BOOKSTORE
101-10190 152A Street Surrey, BC
V3R 1J SURREY
Canada

XIN HUA LIBRARY INC
7373A Convoy CT. San Diego
CA92111 United States

NIMING BOOKS INC.
12417.Elliott Avenue, Mount.
Los Angeles, CA91732.
United States (US948)
Tel: (213)-249-2671

Enlighten the business
1015 S. Nogales Street, Office No. 133
Rowland Heights, California 91748
Tel: 626-913-2481

Publication of oriental knowledge
Tunisia, Ben arousmourouj 6, place
human rights, Res. Yaakoub, N 7,
oriental knowledge library (maarifcharkiya).

For all Chinese bookstores wishing to participate in the 12^and Spring Festival Book Exposition or any readers wishing to purchase Chinese books, please contact: [email protected]

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