Reading the Room: A Bookseller’s Tale

Reading the Room is Paul Yamazaki’s love letter to the work of bookselling and an engaged life of the mind.

Over twenty-four hours, Paul Yamazaki leads us through the stacks of storied City Lights Booksellers in San Francisco; the care and prowess of his approach to book buying; his upbringing in a Japanese American family in Southern California and moving to San Francisco at the height of revolutionary foment; working with legendary figures in the book publishing industry like Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Sonny Mehta, and others; and his vision for the future of bookselling. Navigating building trust with readers and nurturing relationships across the literary industry, Yamazaki testifies to the value of generosity, sharing knowledge, and dialogue in a life devoted to books.

Author: Paul Yamazaki
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ode Books
Published: 05/08/2024
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.40w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781958846698
Language: English