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Bookstore Clerks & Significant Others: Tsunami Press 1
Fiction, poetry, prose, and illustration by fourteen Tsunami Books clerks and fourteen significant others.
A retrospective, a showcase, and a thank you to the people who, for twenty-seven years, have helped build an independent bookstore and community events center in Eugene, Oregon — and now, also, a new press in a new era.
After a quarter century of bookselling and hard-won stewardship, our shelves bear fruit.
A retrospective, a showcase, and a thank you to the people who, for twenty-seven years, have helped build an independent bookstore and community events center in Eugene, Oregon — and now, also, a new press in a new era.
After a quarter century of bookselling and hard-won stewardship, our shelves bear fruit.
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250 pages, ebook
Published November 14, 2023
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March 31, 2024
This book is composed of numerous very creatively written short stories and poems from a variety of authors, many of whom have published their writing elsewhere, and all of whom are employees or friends of beloved Tsunami Books, a soulful used bookstore and performance venue in Eugene, Oregon.
Books are a common element in several of the stories. You'll sample a broad inventory of familiar human themes while reading this book, from babies to the elderly, from wisdom to foolery, urban to rural, sadness, gladness, fear, contempt, and joy, it's all there in easy bite size pieces. Read it over time or all at once.
Poetry scattered throughout the book is captivating and well written. One longer story is reminiscent of Wind in the Willows and involves a fox and a hedgehog traveling together and stopping for a beverage at a local drinking establishment for animals.
Another creative tale features a society where most books are banned, and a secret bookshop serves as an oasis for people who find reading to be essential to life itself. Another piece is a highly innovative story about a character named Death. Somehow, the author wrote a whimsical story about death. You just gotta read it to understand.
The book includes lively brief biographical sketches describing the authors. The forever owner of the bookshop ingeniously edited the compilation with an eye for the flow between chapters based on subject matter and writing style. The book is full of delightful surprises.
Books are a common element in several of the stories. You'll sample a broad inventory of familiar human themes while reading this book, from babies to the elderly, from wisdom to foolery, urban to rural, sadness, gladness, fear, contempt, and joy, it's all there in easy bite size pieces. Read it over time or all at once.
Poetry scattered throughout the book is captivating and well written. One longer story is reminiscent of Wind in the Willows and involves a fox and a hedgehog traveling together and stopping for a beverage at a local drinking establishment for animals.
Another creative tale features a society where most books are banned, and a secret bookshop serves as an oasis for people who find reading to be essential to life itself. Another piece is a highly innovative story about a character named Death. Somehow, the author wrote a whimsical story about death. You just gotta read it to understand.
The book includes lively brief biographical sketches describing the authors. The forever owner of the bookshop ingeniously edited the compilation with an eye for the flow between chapters based on subject matter and writing style. The book is full of delightful surprises.
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