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Category Archives: USA
The house was quiet and the world was calm
The House Was Quiet and The World Was Calm By Wallace Stevens The house was quiet and the world was calm. The reader became the book; and summer night Was like the conscious being of the book. The house was quiet … Continue reading
Bookshop.org’s 100 Bestselling Books of 2025 (So Far)
The online bookseller bookshop.org recently released a list of their bestselling books of the year (so far). The list is quite a bit different than what you might see from larger booksellers and looks more like what your local bookstore … Continue reading
Posted in Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Bookselling, Hunger Games, Octavia Butler, Timothy Snyder
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Reading machine
Many, many years ago, I lived in the university town of Gainesville, Florida. One of the many limitations of the small city was its not so great transportation services, including a sorry little airport. But now the Alachua County Regional … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Public Transport, USA
Tagged airports, Florida, Gainesville, vending machines
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Il caffè fa girare il mondo
You can visit coffee shops in different places around the world in this video. A coffee drink is ordered in nine countries, and we get to watch it through the customer’s POV. Each coffee drink is captioned, indicating its name … Continue reading
More than a bookstore
In the heart of the Grandmont Rosedale neighborhood in Detroit, a failed bookstore is experiencing a welcome rebirth. Pages Bookshop, a valued independent bookstore, has found new life with the help of the Steen Foundation and a team of dedicated … Continue reading
Bookmobiles are the best
Open Books, a nonprofit bookstore and literacy organization in Chicago, Ill., has launched a bookmobile to bring free books to under-served communities. The Open Books Mobile made its debut on June 8 during the nonprofit’s annual Slide into Summer event, which … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, USA
Tagged Bookmobiles, Bookstore Tourism, Chicago, literacy
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Library Spy
You don’t have to be a certified library geek to grok the fun little website called Library Spy. “This is a live, unfiltered look at what books are being checked out of the Seward Park library, a branch of the New … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Uncategorized, USA
Tagged American Libraries, New York City, NYPL
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My First Bookstore
My First Bookstore by Edward Hirsch 1. Another Family My grandfather liked to hang around Moishe Cheshinsky’s bookstore on Lawrence Avenue. We were usually the only ones in the stacks. The back room was dusty. Most of the books were written … Continue reading
I can’t believe that NYC is #17
To paraphrase Tolstoy’s famous opening line: All happy cities are alike; each unhappy city is unhappy in its own way. Maybe that’s too clunky a way to introduce the 2025 Happy City Index, but I’m seriously jetlagged so it will … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Asia, Europe, Museums, Public Transport, Tourism, USA
Tagged Aarhus, Cities, Copenhagen, Singapore, Zurich
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It’s going as planned
Passenger train networks: United States vs Europe.
Posted in Europe, Maps, Public Transport, USA
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Travel Between The Pages 