On Proust, Judd Nelson, and Some Other Things

On the afternoon of 18 March 2018 my family and I visited Book Soup in West Hollywood, CA. We had arrived in town earlier that day, having driven down from the Bay Area, and walked to the bookshop from our hotel. My wife and daughter, who was almost three at the time, went to the … The post On Proust, Judd Nelson, and Some Other Things appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at 'The Millions'

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Launching a Book? Do It At a Bar.

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