Street Books Wins A Prize!
We recently learned that Street Books has been awarded an Innovations in Reading Prize by the National Book Foundation. We are thrilled to be chosen. Read more about the award, and the four other winners, and stay tuned to Street Books as we get ready to launch our summer shifts, beginning June 2nd. Thanks again to everyone for your support.
Read All About It: Street Books In the News
Read new interviews with Street Librarian Laura Moulton this month: Framed Magazine is an Australian magazine which does interviews with "people who are providing alternative perspectives on places, people, and news headlines."
Bicycle Paper comes out of Seattle and covers all things bicycle.
Hinchas de Poesia is a stellar literary journal out of Los Angeles.
We're gearing up for a great summer of Street Books, and we have exciting news that we can't announce yet....
But will soon.
Thanks to everyone for your support.
Mark Chose The Man Who Quit Money
It's author Mark Sundeen's latest book about the story of Daniel Suelo, a man who gave up money years ago, and lives in a cave in southern Utah. Sundeen and Suelo are traveling the States with the book, and will be at Powell's on Hawthorne May 17th, at 7:30. For more information about the book, visit: http://marksundeen.com/the-man-who-quit-money .
It Takes a Village to Run a Street Library...
Even though Street Books is not affiliated with Portland's own Multnomah County Library, there are plenty of opportunities to cross paths. Geoff Brunk from Outreach Services donated great books to us over the summer, and Jane from the Central Library came by for a visit. I've occasionally returned Multnomah county library books when they come my way through Street Books, and just this past week, I discovered that the library had done a "Courtesy Return" of one of my books by sending it to our PO. Here's to libraries big & small working together.
Nine Simple Patterns
For Complicated Women. That's the name of Mary Rechner's stellar debut collection of short stories, and we are grateful for her recent donation of a copy to the Street Books library. Mary joins other authors who have contributed to the project, including Anthony Doerr, poet Matthew Dickman, Ben Parzybok, Peter Rock and Alisa Christensen. If you are an author who would like to contribute a book to the library, please contact us at: librarian@streetbooks.org .
Doug Checked Out Cold Tracks
He also chose another called Taking Charge of Anger. Said he wasn't an angry person, but it didn't hurt to read up on it.
Mark Chose Vonnegut & Best American Science Writing
But he grabbed Orwell for the photo. He also shared some of his own science fiction writing, which was good stuff.
Chelsea Made a B-Line to Right2Dream
B-line is a sustainable delivery system that serves the urban core, (on bicycle). When they're not making deliveries for local businesses, B-line gleans from grocery stores like Whole Foods and donates it to places like the Right2Dream rest area. Think Dave's Killer Bread & cold green grapes, among other things. Gotta love the treasures that can be found in boxes moved by bicycles.
Bryan Donated, Eric Checked it Out
Bryan lives nearby in Old Town, and brought us a box of books to donate. Right away Eric found a western he liked, and so it was a fortuitous crossing of paths. Thanks to Bryan for the donation, and Eric for the continued patronage.
Christmas in February
Linda was very pleased to find a holiday book at the Street Books library.
