by Quinn | Dec 4, 2019 | Dispatches from the Front
Our volunteer, Patrick, and I did a book pickup one day. The donation was so large that it took two trips from Lakewood to the warehouse. We loaded a layer of totes into the back of the truck, stacked another layer on top of them, tied it down, and Patrick took off...
by Quinn | Dec 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Our writing group, The Writing Room CLE, meets twice a month, at Common Grounds Coffee and at the Collinwood Branch of the Cleveland Public Library. Our group is slightly different from others, in that instead of being focused on creation or critique, we work to...
by Quinn | Dec 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
In February 2018, I started unofficially collecting donations of used books, with the dream of one day becoming a nonprofit bookstore that would fund literary and literacy programs. It was just me, driving around in my little Corolla, collecting books and parking them...
by Quinn | Nov 28, 2019 | Reader Advisory
Submitted by Quinn, of www.readingroomcle.org Quinn is a bookseller at The Reading Room CLE. She is a dedicated reader, and she almost never gives up on finishing a book. She has looked at every word on every page of Infinite Jest, in order; she has read, understood,...
by Quinn | Nov 21, 2019 | Reader Advisory
Amanda Maurer is a coffee drinker, book reader, writer, and creator, as well as a student at Loyola University Chicago, where she is majoring in English and Multimedia Journalism. Reader Advisory is a series in which community and business leaders and our staff...
by Quinn | Nov 14, 2019 | Reader Advisory
Submitted by Matt McCormick, of Jet City Device Repair. Matt is a small business owner, computer software developer, avid non-fiction reader, husband, and father to two awesome little boys. Reader Advisory is a series in which community and business leaders and our...
by Quinn | Nov 13, 2019 | A View From The Purse
AHEMTHIS IS CHA CHAI HAVE REVIEWED ANOTHER HUMAN ATTEMPT AT LITERATURETHE SWEET POTATO LOVER'S COOKBOOKTHIS BOOK WAS A GOOD TRY; I GIVE IT FOUR PAWS UPTHANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
by Quinn | Nov 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Internship candidates often ask what they will learn from working with us. 2019 Summer Intern Amanda's reflection paper gives an accurate view of our daily work and culture as a startup nonprofit. We teach hard skills (content creation, used and rare book industry...
by Quinn | Nov 7, 2019 | Reader Advisory
Submitted by Andreja Marsic, Marketing Intern for Reading Room CLE, Summer 2019 Andreja is a student at Hiram College, graduating with her Bachelor of Arts in Marketing in August 2019. Reader Advisory is a series in which community and business leaders and our staff...
by Quinn | Nov 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Working at The Reading Room CLE was not at all what I had anticipated, and I mean that in the best way possible. I knew it was a nonprofit organization and I knew it was a “start-up,” but I truly had no idea what that would entail. I expected a physical storefront, a...
