I'm so happy that this article is now online. I wrote about Javier and Kristin of Chicago's Exile in Bookville -- with help from @gillianflynn.bsky.social, Nathan Hill, and TJ Newman. Amazing people, amazing store.
@chicagomagazine.bsky.social"There was no grand opening this time, no publicity, no GoFundMe, no employees, just heaps of accrued trust and friendship from nearly every author in Chicago and a lot of book buyers."
@rebeccamakkai.bsky.social on the literati's favorite bookselling couple.
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Love and the Literati
How a couple’s passion for books spurred not only a romance but a business embraced by local authors.
