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having drunk from the gash of sunset
Be Near Me by Faiz Ahmed Faiz translated by Naomi Lazard Be near me now, My tormenter, my love, be near me— At this hour when night comes down, When, having drunk from the gash of sunset, darkness...
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none of these will bring disaster
by Elizabeth Bishop from The Complete Poems 1927-1979 One Art The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. Lose...
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Portrait of a Bookstore bids a fond farewell
Dear Treasured Friends and Customers, After 26 glorious years, 14 of them spent happily inside Aroma Café, Portrait of a Bookstore is gracefully retiring. How could we say goodbye after 26 years of...
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you wake up beside your old love
Some of you are so sad it makes us want to take it all back! Some of you are also pretty confused and furious. The rest of you are loving this maniac of a sale. The bookstore is retiring for the same...
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New Things
Some of you thought it was over last week, when you came in, beheld the emptiness, and heard your own voice echoing back. Well, guess what! We have all new things. MORE BOOKS. MORE GIFTS. And...
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Christmas in May
Yes, maybe our stock room is a glorious bottomless pit, as some of you have suggested. No matter how many people come through and whisk away mementos for themselves, we keep adding new things and it’s...
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ready
“I have nothing now but praise for my life. I’m not unhappy. I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can’t stop them. They leave me and I love them more. … What I dread is the isolation. …...
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75%
Everything at Portrait of a Bookstore is now 75% off. Including bookshelves and pens and tape…. and paper clips. And did I mention we still have shelves and shelves of books and antiques and vintage...
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A Last Birthday
This is what I wrote on our 24th birthday: The other day at Portrait I was asked about how it is that we seem to know every single book on our shelves. Some people have offered that we don’t actually...
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