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Commerce Street Books
Philip Lorish (University of Virginia)
At the seeming end of the world, as COVID-19 changed what we do and where we do it, Philip Lorish (University of Virginia) decided to open a bookstore. He says that despite the cultural moment that audiobooks are having and that impenetrable, digital mass distribution behemoth who shall not be named – bookstores matter. He’s the owner of Commerce Street Books
Library Kid to Prolific Author
Lamar Giles (William & Mary)
As a child, Lamar Giles was allowed to read anything he wanted. And he took full advantage of that on his weekly library visits. Everything from DC comics and Stephen King novels, he read it all. There was nothing called “young adult” literature when he was coming up. Now, he writes it. And he says it’s important to him that kids today have the same freedom to read.
Shade is a Place
MaKshya Tolbert (University of Virginia)
When you think of trees in downtown spaces what comes to mind? Probably not the trees in your city center. But MaKshya Tolbert (University of Virginia) became entangled with the downtown trees in Charlottesville, Va. Her book is Shade is a place.
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