Ryan J. Pelton | Hints of Hope

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Books

A collection of 3 issues

Bookstores, Books, and the Crumbling of America

Writer Louise Erdrich said this about bookstores: “Marvelous people work at Birchbark Books. That’s why it’s still alive. Walking into a huge bookstore feels a bit like walking into Amazon.com. But walking into a small bookstore, you immediately feel the presence of the mind that has chosen

Books

Frederick Buechner said: BOOKS ARE TO READ, but that is by no means the end of it.The way they are bound, the paper they are printed on, the smell of them (especially if they are either very new or very old), the way the words are fitted to the

Show Your Work (Book Review)

Austin Kleon says, Show Your Work is for people who hate the very idea of self promotion. Kleon is a writer and artist from Austin Texas and has written extensively about promotion for creative people (or anybody sharing work publicly). I’ve appreciated his perspective on creativity, art, and many