John Evans of Diesel, a bookstore in Brentwood, talks about the state of his business and shares his insights on how bookselling will look in a post-pandemic world.
Susan Jaques in conversation about her new book, The Caesar of Paris. Topics discussed include: tackling the subject matter of Napoleon Bonaparte, the history of art appropriation, the history of The Louvre, Napoleon's looting of Egypt, his rel
Madhuri and Vik discuss the inspiration behind her first novel, writing in the first person, the Kashmir region of India, favorite bookstores, and much more.
Karen Bender discusses intent and process on several short stories in her new collection and caps the conversation with a run down of favorite works, bookstores and what she's currently reading.
Thomas Kohnstamm, author of Lake City, discusses why he wrote about the two sides of Seattle, Lake City the place, the business of producing a book, the writing process, favorite places to write, and much more.
Christie talks about the store she owns and operates in beautiful Mendocino, CA. Topics discussed include: taking over a legacy store, event planning for stores outside big cities, Joan Didion, the origin story behind their great coffee mugs, t
A conversation with New York Times Bestselling author Bill Knoedelseder about his new book called Fins about the rise of General Motors and the glory days of Detroit.
A conversation with Rafe Bartholomew about his new book, Basketball: A Love Story. Topics discussed include: Bill Simmons (3:15), Super Teams (6:52), The ABA's legacy (11:33), The ABA's origin story (13:37), Becky Hammon (21:52), Michael Jordan
A conversation with Ryan Raffaelli about his research on the independent bookstore industry. We discuss why he made bookstores a primary focus of his work, his research methodology, why bookstores are an anomaly in retail, what he thinks of Ama