Shelve This In Memoir: Confessions of a Teenage Bookseller

I’d begged my way into this job in the hopes that it might lead me closer to a literary life. And it would. Eventually. The post Shelve This In Memoir: Confessions of a Teenage Bookseller appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at 'The Millions'

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2014-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At SCIBA, Booksellers Confident and Upbeat

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2014-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ BBC News | 2014-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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