110 years of books
My favorite bookstore? Apologies to all the others, but that’s easy: University Bookstore in Seattle. I know of no other place with such a perfect balance of comfort and selection, plus they sell art supplies and computers, two sections I can’t keep myself out of. They also sold the hell out of Hungry Monkey.
University Bookstore turned 110 this year, and to commemorate the birthday, they asked 110 of their favorite local authors to each write a 110-word story for an anthology, 110|110. (I would have called it 12,100, but whatever.) I contributed a story, which is a huge honor, because you may have noticed we have a lot of authors in the Northwest. Some of the other writers in the book include Ivan Doig, Tom Robbins, Greg Bear, Garth Stein, and Robin Hobb. (You know, not 34-year-old hipsters with so-called memoirs, real authors.) My story is about pirates!
You can read the book free online, or get a free copy if you buy a book by any of the 110 authors.
The other day I was buying a book at UBS and the people in front of me in line were buying something that fit that criterion. The cashier gave them a copy of 110|110 and said, “It includes stories by some of our favorite local authors.”
“Including me!” I piped up. The customers reacted exactly as you’d expect. They ignored me.
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