@mlclark.bsky.socialBut easily one of the sweetest places is the secondhand section. You find more conversation, more deep quiet love, more historians of lit.
I even had a great chat about Svetlana Alexievich with some teens here. *They* were excited to read her! 😮
@mlclark.bsky.socialFiesta del Libro y la Cultura de Medellín is always held in the Botanical Gardens, open to the public for those weeks.
It's a beautiful thing to see nature & literature/art blended together so well.
Definitely needed this return to pure creative joy.
@mlclark.bsky.social🧐 Who let the majors in?
It's funny. SF rarely shows up here. When it does, it's classics.
There is also a wonderful display from the centre for memory, museums, libraries...
Of course, my happy place was always among books about the heaviest themes.
@mlclark.bsky.socialThere are a wealth of specialty and university presses here, and they all do such a phenomenal job of curating "book as art" and building excitement around the ideas each volume may contain.
