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My book Against Fascism is available only from Lulu: lulu.com/shop/david-novak/against-fascism/paperback/product-zmy9n9q.html?q=against+fascism+novak&page=1&pageSize=4
Since I removed the "X" from my name, Lulu sometimes thinks I'm two people. For all my Lulu books, go to this URL: lulu.com/spotlight/davidxnovak
![A Look Through My Covers at Lulu [dot] Com](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NjlsYbkWoVQ/mqdefault.jpg "A Look Through My Covers at Lulu [dot] Com
Somewhere I state long form poem when what I meant was long form play.
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![The “If I Owned a Bookstore” Tag [Preceded by a Long Ramble Down Memory Lane]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PCwlNpvvUeY/mqdefault.jpg "The “If I Owned a Bookstore” Tag [Preceded by a Long Ramble Down Memory Lane]
The “If I Owned a Bookstore” Tag
After a lengthy preamble, the tag response proper begins at 50:40
When I showed the Milton I meant to talk about the Wicker Park bookstore whose name I have forgotten. It was not the famous Myopic Books.
I was tagged by Gareth whose version of the tag is here: https://youtu.be/GOJ1GolPmdU?si=do7urpSyEgNYKF9m
Robert created this tag, his original video being found here: https://youtu.be/573zqAWgkwk?si=xtseIDo9YKPCh-KW
The prompts:
1. What are the hours of operation?
2. Is there ambient music? What kind?
3. Is there a coffee bar? Do you serve alcohol?
4. Are patrons encouraged to linger? Are there comfortable chairs? What kind of lighting? Are there tables? Are there areas for group gatherings?
5. Is there live entertainment (poetry readings, authors reading from their current works, lectures in literature)?
6. Where is your bookstore located? In the busy heart of large city? In a neighborhood of a large city? In a suburban strip mall? In a small town? In a rural area?
7. How does your bookstore look from the outside? Sleek and modern? Dark and brooding?
8. Whats your specialty? Used books? New? New and used? Only fiction? Only non-fiction? Fiction and non-fiction? Does your bookstore specialize in a particular genre?
9. Whats the name of your bookstore?
10. Tag some friends.
On the thumbnail: Voltaire & Rousseau Bookshop, Glasgow, Scotland")
