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Bestselling novelist and bookstore owner Emma Straub has a lot to say, and this is where to read it.
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24 Hours in Jacksonville. Florida (opens the original)
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My friend Alison Espach told me she went to the Jacksonville Public Library a year ago and slept like a baby. (She herself had a new baby, which makes it hard to sleep like a baby at home.) I said, sold! Because I like talking to people about my books and I like a night in a hotel room by myself. This month has been bananas, logistically and emotionally, and so it sort of snuck up on me, but yesterday morning I set my alarm for 5:45am and by 8 I was chilling like a villain in the Delta Lounge. <
The Only Three Things You Need (opens the original)
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I don’t claim to be a good cook, though I can and do make myself most of my meals and proclaim them to be delicious. Here is what I am an expert at: indulging myself by buying expensive things. Here are three things that I consume on a daily basis that are not only worth the money but will (and this is a promise) make you feel like a High Class Dame. Fancy Ass VinegarMy current romantic partner is the Laurel + Ash Farm Barrel Aged Maple Vinegar. Good lord this stuff is delicious. It costs twenty
Things to To Do When You’re in a Bad Mood (opens the original)
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Write a couple of blurbs. Listen, the blurb economy is real. Every writer has to ask for blurbs, and every writer has to write blurbs. There are some writers who come up with little rules for themselves (Curtis Sittenfeld only blurbs debuts, TJR doesn’t blurb at all any more but did let me use something nice she said about my book in an email to me, etc.) We all have limited time and I personally get asked to blurb books about three or four times a week and so the answer is usually no. Not even
Things To Do/See/Eat, Friend Edition (opens the original)
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First things first. There is only one album that to me, is the perfect bookstore album, which is to say, the perfect record to play, start to finish, inside your (my) bookstore, and it is this: Dolly, Emmylou, and Linda’s Trio. You should put it on right now. <di
It’s a Very Straub Year (opens the original)
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On Tuesday, my mother’s first solo picture book comes out. Solo as in written on her own! It’s called Ring Ring and it’s about a small child with a loose tooth face-timing their grandmother from their vacation. Anait Semirdzhyan drew the pictures, and I’m telling you with as much objectivity as possible, it’s hilarious. It’s extra hilarious if you have a small child and have ever made FaceTime phone calls to distant loved ones. Here is one spread. <div class
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