Ann Patchett with her dog Sparky, one of six shop dogs at Parnassus Books in Nashville, which she co-owns with Karen Hayes (Photo by Heidi Ross)
Did anyone else fall in love with the New York Times‘ Travel section this past Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016? It was a […]
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Meditation Gardens and hermitage at Self […]
“If you’re not in the obit, eat breakfast” advice from Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, Kirk Douglas, Norman Lear, Betty White, Tony Bennett & more
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20,000 attend The San Diego Union-Tribune’s 3rd Annual Festival of Books
Ann Patchett’s list of bookstores worth traveling to
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Purr through the pages of “Shop Cats of New York”