Thanks to our friends, Tricia and Bob, my new book is in a great independent bookstore in Park Rapids, Minnesota. First, they introduced us to Beagle and Wolf Books and Bindery in Park Rapids a few years ago. Recently, on our fourth visit to this independent bookstore as customers, encouraged by these friends, I also asked the bookseller–who showcases poetry in the first display one sees upon entering the store!–if she would consider carrying Geranium Lake. Guess what? She said yes!
I have been rather diffident in the past about asking bookstores to care my own books, but with the encouragement of friends, this was actually rather fun for me. I have made a vow to myself to be a bit more outgoing when it comes to approaching booksellers and reading venues.
Question: Do you know of a great bookstore in your area that might be open to carrying a new collection of poetry, or a venue (library, bookstore, school, club, coffee house) that might like to have a poetry reading? If so, would you let me know? I will take it from there!
Thank you for your enthusiasm and your help!
LESLIE
The encouragement was SO helpful, Tricia! I will always be grateful!
I’m very proud that Bob and I had a small, but important part in moving you along as you reach out to get your poetry into the public domain. It was a little push, a few words of encouragement, but just what you needed at the moment. I loved reading Geranium Lake and hope many others do too.