by Quinn | Jan 1, 2020 | Dispatches from the Front
What books do we take? Everything. We are the Helga Hufflepuff of bookstores; we will take “the rest.” We are often asked what books we will accept, as donations. Since we work with children, people often assume we need children’s books, and yes, of course we do. But...
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 | Nov 1, 2019 | Dispatches from the Front
Every year, near Halloween, the spectres and skeptics arise. Crawling out of their hideyholes like a horde of brain-eating zombies, they intone: “Fifty thousand words….I could never write fifty thousand words in a month. I keep meaning to try, but I knooooow I...
