In answer to Carrie's followup on Charlottesville, VA
bookstores, my short trip included trips to Read It Again
Sam, which, as you know, has a very large mystery section. On
one trip, I chatted with the owner who said he was a
collector before opening the store. Heartwood Books was the
other store. It's on a small street across from the
restaurant The Biltmore. It's a classic general used book
store, the type I've always dreamed of running.
As for Joy's comment on giving up on poets as mystery
writers, I imagine others will come up with examples of those
who could do both. Benjamin Appel, a good HB writer from the
Hell's Kitchen section of New York City, was originally a
poet. His first book MIXED VINTAGE (1929) was a poetry
collection that came out five years before his first crime
novel BRAIN GUY.
I will comment on poet Stephen Dobyns' THE CHURCH OF DEAD
GIRLS when I finish it.
Richard Moore
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