Rememberist
@rememberist.bsky.social
Owner/bookseller at Berkeley Books of Paris (2005-2019). Veteran of St. Mark's Bookshop and Posman's in NYC, and Serendipity Books in Berkeley.
I'm wild about it too, and only recently read Hughes's book. So profoundly dark, it stunned me.
November 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I'm wild about it too, and only recently read Hughes's book. So profoundly dark, it stunned me.
There are bookshelves, but they're only big enough for normal people's collections.
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
There are bookshelves, but they're only big enough for normal people's collections.
Thank you for reminding me of this. Here is another of her poems which reads like a companion piece.
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Thank you for reminding me of this. Here is another of her poems which reads like a companion piece.
All is well over here. I talked with most of my family in California from the comfort of my reading chair. Feeling more thankful than usual that France exists.
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
All is well over here. I talked with most of my family in California from the comfort of my reading chair. Feeling more thankful than usual that France exists.
That sucks all around. I wish I could do something to help so you could get on with the writing. I'm in the SW now in a big house full of books. You're welcome to retreat here whenever you like.
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
That sucks all around. I wish I could do something to help so you could get on with the writing. I'm in the SW now in a big house full of books. You're welcome to retreat here whenever you like.
I'm an old school New Yorker, which is to say that nobody got the star treatment just because of their name. In fact, I preferred not to know. Book people are my people. But this lady definitely was a star in my book, and I'm happy to know she's well cared for.
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'm an old school New Yorker, which is to say that nobody got the star treatment just because of their name. In fact, I preferred not to know. Book people are my people. But this lady definitely was a star in my book, and I'm happy to know she's well cared for.
I've since moved to the south of France, but every so often I wonder how she's doing. It made me a bit sad to think of her arriving in Paris, flinging open her window, only to find that her bookseller had left town. Now, with this picture, I realize that annual joy was this Joy, Carol Kane's mom.
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I've since moved to the south of France, but every so often I wonder how she's doing. It made me a bit sad to think of her arriving in Paris, flinging open her window, only to find that her bookseller had left town. Now, with this picture, I realize that annual joy was this Joy, Carol Kane's mom.
It was always such a pleasure to see her again. She'd sweep in to the bookshop wearing a fabulous kaftan and oversized glasses and tell me about her year. One summer, she didn't arrive, and I worried. But the following year she was back, excited as ever, and all was well again.
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It was always such a pleasure to see her again. She'd sweep in to the bookshop wearing a fabulous kaftan and oversized glasses and tell me about her year. One summer, she didn't arrive, and I worried. But the following year she was back, excited as ever, and all was well again.
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Another one for the collection. In my travels, I've somehow acquired 3 copies of the Panorama issue. It's just so beautiful.
Another one for the collection. In my travels, I've somehow acquired 3 copies of the Panorama issue. It's just so beautiful.
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Another one for the collection. In my travels, I've somehow acquired 3 copies of the Panorama issue. It's just so beautiful.
Another one for the collection. In my travels, I've somehow acquired 3 copies of the Panorama issue. It's just so beautiful.
Majestic is the word that came to mind.
November 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Majestic is the word that came to mind.
Befuddled but wonderfully aerodynamic.
November 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Befuddled but wonderfully aerodynamic.
Too late! I'm tempted to use all the eyewash.
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Too late! I'm tempted to use all the eyewash.
Merci mais non, merci. J'adore.
November 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Merci mais non, merci. J'adore.
I asked her if she wanted to keep the book and take it home with her. She looked at me, smiled, and said yes. She graciously offered me money back. Of course I couldn't take it. Just watching her face while she saw her mother's writing was a gift to me and I told her so.
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I asked her if she wanted to keep the book and take it home with her. She looked at me, smiled, and said yes. She graciously offered me money back. Of course I couldn't take it. Just watching her face while she saw her mother's writing was a gift to me and I told her so.
One of the books I bought had an 40-year-old inscription from a mother to her daughter. I opened the book to the signed page and asked the English lady if it had been inscribed to her. She looked at it for a long while, with such subtle emotion crossing her face, and said yes in a small voice.
November 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
One of the books I bought had an 40-year-old inscription from a mother to her daughter. I opened the book to the signed page and asked the English lady if it had been inscribed to her. She looked at it for a long while, with such subtle emotion crossing her face, and said yes in a small voice.
I complimented her on her library, and told her I'd been a bookseller for years. All attention suddenly turned to me. I'm still astonished at how revered my old profession is here. Someone asked me how many books do I own, where my bookshop in Paris had been, and how I came to live in the southwest.
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I complimented her on her library, and told her I'd been a bookseller for years. All attention suddenly turned to me. I'm still astonished at how revered my old profession is here. Someone asked me how many books do I own, where my bookshop in Paris had been, and how I came to live in the southwest.
I found some Penguin pocketbooks that I wanted, and handed them to the English lady so she could price them. Her face lit up while she handled the books. She complimented me on my choices, as I'd done hundreds of times to other people in my old bookshop.
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I found some Penguin pocketbooks that I wanted, and handed them to the English lady so she could price them. Her face lit up while she handled the books. She complimented me on my choices, as I'd done hundreds of times to other people in my old bookshop.
With George Platt Lynes no less. Holy smoke.
November 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
With George Platt Lynes no less. Holy smoke.
I'd head downtown to the Public Theater for this publictheater.org/performances...
Mike Birbiglia & J. Hope Stein: Jokes and Poems
Comedian Mike Birbiglia and poet J. Hope Stein team up for an evening of jokes and poems with guests. They are married...to words.
publictheater.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I'd head downtown to the Public Theater for this publictheater.org/performances...
My affection for them stems from the physical form. I have a bum left hand, and the LoA series are bound in a way that I don't need to use a book weight to read them.
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
My affection for them stems from the physical form. I have a bum left hand, and the LoA series are bound in a way that I don't need to use a book weight to read them.
M. F. K. Fisher. I heard there was a volume in the works, so there's hope.
November 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
M. F. K. Fisher. I heard there was a volume in the works, so there's hope.