In the middle of last month, Entrepreneur magazine posted an article listing the ten businesses it expects will be extinct in ten years. Used bookstores were on that list, along with crop dusters and the manufacturers of film for cameras. They say the internet will kill used bookstores. We say, Who do you think is … Continue reading We’re Staying, Thanks
Funny Stuff
Joe Keenan has one this year's Thurber Prize for American Humor. I'll admit I hadn't heard of the Thurber Prize until now, but even so I'm going to take the opportunity to tell you the Joe Keenan's books are smart and light and funny and really worth a read.We don't have his prize-winning book My … Continue reading Funny Stuff
Hot on the Shelves–Part 2
There's a little gem from Minnesota's recent past tucked away in our cookbooks section. We recently got a copy of Serving Time: America's Most Wanted Recipes by Sara Jane Olson.If that name doesn't ring a bell, you can brush up on your local history here.--David E