Stephen Sparks
@ssparks.bsky.social
“To disappear, but not completely, so that you can know it.” - Elias Canetti
Point Reyes Books (pointreyesbooks.bsky.social) & Wayfinder Bookshop in Marin County, CA
Point Reyes Books (pointreyesbooks.bsky.social) & Wayfinder Bookshop in Marin County, CA
Nice coincidence seeing you pop up here, John. Just this afternoon the poet Clark Coolidge came in and asked about your book, which I happily sold him a day before its official publication date.
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Nice coincidence seeing you pop up here, John. Just this afternoon the poet Clark Coolidge came in and asked about your book, which I happily sold him a day before its official publication date.
James Galvin's 'The Meadow' is one for me. I have no attachment to the landscape he writes about, but feel like I know it through his prose.
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
James Galvin's 'The Meadow' is one for me. I have no attachment to the landscape he writes about, but feel like I know it through his prose.
Was this in a box on your front porch, Caroline
September 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Was this in a box on your front porch, Caroline
I read it last year, felt the same. Beyond the eerie resonance, it's a very good novel.
September 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I read it last year, felt the same. Beyond the eerie resonance, it's a very good novel.
Legends means we're old, doesn't it.
September 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Legends means we're old, doesn't it.
Field Companion for Wandering; lots of Etel Adnan; Puddles; Like a Sky Inside; Notes on Nothing; Lynne Tillman; My Heart Has So Many Flaws; Short Talks; and lots of stuff from World Poetry and Winter Editions, among others.
August 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Field Companion for Wandering; lots of Etel Adnan; Puddles; Like a Sky Inside; Notes on Nothing; Lynne Tillman; My Heart Has So Many Flaws; Short Talks; and lots of stuff from World Poetry and Winter Editions, among others.
I found Adam Nicholson's How to Be a nice addition to this canon.
August 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I found Adam Nicholson's How to Be a nice addition to this canon.
Closing in on 2,000 copies sold of that edition of John Fowles' Tree. So happy to see it going and going at @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social.
July 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Closing in on 2,000 copies sold of that edition of John Fowles' Tree. So happy to see it going and going at @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social.
Was led to that and the Antimemetics book above it by the New Yorker article. www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
Why Good Ideas Die Quietly and Bad Ideas Go Viral
A new book, “Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading,” argues that notions get taken up not because of their virtue but because of their catchiness.
www.newyorker.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Was led to that and the Antimemetics book above it by the New Yorker article. www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
It's a great novel. I have read and liked the Wolf Hall trilogy, but possibly enjoyed Place of Greater Safety more.
July 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It's a great novel. I have read and liked the Wolf Hall trilogy, but possibly enjoyed Place of Greater Safety more.
If you're going to Connemara, read Tim Robinson's books on the region. They provide such depth and insight (and will give you a clue as to where to find Wittgenstein's cottage).
July 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
If you're going to Connemara, read Tim Robinson's books on the region. They provide such depth and insight (and will give you a clue as to where to find Wittgenstein's cottage).
I spent last August reading Hilary Mantel's Place of Greater Safety and it really scratched that big book itch.
July 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I spent last August reading Hilary Mantel's Place of Greater Safety and it really scratched that big book itch.
Excited to read it. Our sales rep is sending an ARC, so I should have it soon!
July 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Excited to read it. Our sales rep is sending an ARC, so I should have it soon!
Oh, this looks great. Adding to my fall order for @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social immediately.
July 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Oh, this looks great. Adding to my fall order for @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social immediately.