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    Unlikely Bookstores
    Unlikely Bookstores
    Unlikely Bookstores
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    Unlikely Bookstores

    By David Macpherson

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    Everyone has a favorite bookstore. It might be that it is wonderfully large, or small, or affordable. Whatever it is, it is your bookstore. The place you find what you want. It is the place you find what you need.

    In this collection of 40 prose poems, David Macpherson introduces you to other kinds of bookstores. They are places that might be different and unexpected. But perhaps, they will still be someplace to go to, to dream upon.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Macpherson
    Release dateAug 29, 2018
    ISBN9781386155362
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      Unlikely Bookstores - David Macpherson

      The Written

      It is listed in the city directory as a bookstore. Some visitors might report it an art gallery or a reading club, but the city directory is not to be trifled with. It states it a bookstore. Then it is a bookstore. The Written has no more than six books at a time. Visitors pay a small fee to be a member, allowing them to linger and read one of the books. No one is allowed to take the volumes home, not as books at any rate. The books are people with their clothes removed. They have entire novels tattooed on their skin. The custom at the Written is to start the book at the neck and have it spiral down to the tips of the toes. It goes without saying that the novels displayed are not long, but who needs epics? Who needs that amount of attention gazing upon another’s skin? It is unspoken ritual for no more than three people to be reading a book at a time. The start times must be staggered. It is not uncommon for people to spend all day reading the flesh before them. They circle around the book slowly, digesting the sight of the words. Once a week, one book is retired, and another is debuted. The tattoo artists are said to be the authors, but no one is allowed to meet them, or to confirm this. Some wonder if there are ghost writers. The texts are not perfect. There are crossed out sections and shaky tenses. Grammatical errors are everywhere on the skin.

      Attic Bookshop

      Effort is required to arrive at the store. Not to the location, to the address, but to the store. When people get to the address, they will be greeted with a bright green sign with Attic Books and a green door wearing another sign Open. At that point, things get more complicated. For the people who push the door open, they will find a long hallway they will need to traverse, leading to an old elevator. They pull  back the gate and there is only one button to push. It takes them down. The elevator descends for seventy seconds and then the car jolts to a stop. There they find two stairwells. Both sets of stairs take the customer to an Attic Books location, but they are quite different. The downstairs takes the book enthusiast to a sprawling used book shop with stacks of books on the floor and shelves bulging down with the weight. The customers will find worthwhile books but will wonder why it’s called Attic Books. For those who take the upstairs direction, they will walk into an open, airy store that sells new books. The shelves are full but not stuffed so the books are stuck to their neighbor. Each section has a sign that labels what one will find. There is enough space for ficus plants and antique stools. The customers will find worthwhile books but will wonder why it’s called Attic Books. No matter which direction the customer takes, they are in the only Attic Books. The clerks will not know what the customers are talking about when they mention a second floor.

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