Posts Tagged: Patti Smith

March 26, 2012

Booksellers Rock! Steven Salardino, Skylight Books

Booksellers Rock! Steven Salardino, Skylight Books

Name: Steven Salardino Bookstore: Skylight Books Title: Manager Brief Bio: Southern California boy, junior high school heavy metal kid turned long hair punk. Educated by Doonesbury comics, Steve Martin LPs, and Woody Allen movies. Skateboarding …

June 23, 2011

Summer Reading List

Summer Reading List

It’s no secret that we Algonkians are voracious readers. This summer, we’re excited to dive into a wide variety of books, from the eclectic (The Decameron, Emily Post’s Etiquette, Yakuza Moon) to …

January 20, 2011

What We’re Reading: <i>Just Kids</i> by Patti Smith

What We’re Reading: Just Kids by Patti Smith

“Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.”—Patti Smith Patti Smith’s Just …

December 10, 2010

Algonquin Picks: Our Favorite Reads of 2010

It’s no secret that we’re all big readers at Algonquin–and not just of our own titles. Although my mother told me never to play favorites, at the end of each year, while …

November 30, 2010

Why I Love Books November Roundup

I would like to make a motion to take “November” and rename it “Yesvember”. An entire month beginning with the word “no” acts as a subliminal discouragement. It’s bad for morale. If …