A collaboration between MaryKate, Rebekah, Cory, and Shawn. Your in-flight entertainment was staring over the pages of your unread novel as parents tried to wrangle their children. You’re pretty sure your knees are bruised from the overzealous reclining of the...
Laurence Roth | Apr 16, 2015
Five years ago, Michael Powell remarked to Poets & Writers Magazine that he wasn't a fan of the way that the big chain bookstores like Borders had designed their interiors; he said these stores were "too bright," with "shelves [. . .] so low [that] everybody's...
Laurence Roth | Mar 13, 2015
Though there are countless signs hanging from the ceilings, posters on the pillars, and notes from previous readers hanging on the shelves, perhaps the most important piece of advice a Powell’s City of Books customer may need doesn’t seem to be advertised: breathe....
Laurence Roth | Mar 13, 2015