A Bestiary of Booksellers
A Writing, Nonfiction, Books About Books book. Great! Typical, atypical Cometbus: the more he flees his Berkeley upbringing, the more he keeps them safe,...
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Classic Cometbus. Cheesy, but irresistible. Comfort reading for aging punk intellectuals.Before reading this, I had no idea that Aaron had sold books on the streets of NYC, nor had he opened a brick-and-mortar bookstore there. Though I did enjoy his writing about bookstores in previous issues. A masterpiece. Cometbus' vivid prose captures the eternally fading dynamics of New York, bookselling, and romantic pursuit with a keenly observant eye and a great deal of sweetness. A wonderful counter to The Loneliness of the Electric Menorah, which explored Telegraph Avenue bookselling against the author processing his parents' deaths,... Great! Typical, atypical Cometbus: the more he flees his Berkeley upbringing, the more he keeps them safe, not unreal, and within his grasp. A great lesson to all of us about how to "keep it real" not by stasis, but by active questioning, and growth. Oh, and by the way: this zine's an important document of NYC booksellers, going back...
