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Articles by Jessica Stockton Bagnulo

Chapter 2. The Epiphany (dreaming of a bookstore series)
Tuesday, 15 Apr, 2008 – 12:33 | 2 Comments

“It doesn’t seem like you really wanted to be an academic, any more than you want to work in publishing,” he said. “The only job you ever really liked and were good at was working in the bookstore.”
My lightbulb came on like a dimmer – slowly, but steadily.

Following the dream of Opening a Bookstore
Wednesday, 13 Feb, 2008 – 20:02 | 7 Comments
Following the dream of Opening a Bookstore

This is the beginning of a story that (I hope) will have in it the part about me opening my own bookstore. I hope the story doesn’t end there – as you booksellers know, it’s the ongoing narrative that’s the stuff dreams are made of, not the single moment of opening the doors.