Tsh chats with Shawn Smucker, novelist and co-owner (with his wife) of the indie bookstore Nooks. They talk about his first foray into running a bookshop, what it’s like to connect with local regulars, how to decide which books to stock, how to juggle bookshop-keeping with writing (or not), and other sundry regarding the delights and challenges of keeping the lights on in the neighborhood book nook.
* Shawn & Maile Smucker’s bookshop: Nooks
* Shawn’s newsletter: The Courage to Live It
* Tsh’s newsletter: The Commonplace
* Tsh’s books, trips, & Rule of Life
* I Cheerfully Refuse, by Leif Enger
* The Secret History, by Donna Tartt
* The Witch Elm, by Tana French
* Slow Productivity, by Cal Newport
* The Bee Sting, by Paul Murray
* This is Happiness, by Niall Williams
* The Overstory, by Richard Powers
* I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down, by William Gay
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