Black Friday at Jumel Terrace Books
Along with backing into some barrister bookcases we’d lent a friend long enough ago to have forgotten we own them, I inherited a library table this week. With some fresh stock this was sufficient reason to freshen up for the holidays and reconfigure the bookshop, doing unto myself as I do unto others. All the […]
Tar Beach Reads from Jumel Terrace Books
Tar Beach Reading from Kurt Thometz on Vimeo.
ATTENTION SMART SHOPPERS!!! Dis ole world getting you down? Feelin’ like The Invisible Man, with Mr. Charlie giving you the Summertime Blues? All your sick days used up and, lacking in paid vacation, island hopping between Staten, Roosevelt, Rikers and several prestige-less addresses on Western Long Island? Like all savvy New Yorkers you know, when it’s […]
My turn on the BBC
My interview aired on the BBC’s Outlook program today, Feb. 26th. You can listen here: Kurt Thometz’s Bookshop. My part starts around 26:55, and they also use a clip from me in the beginning. There are also pictures interviewer Matthew Nelson took on their Facebook page.
