John Evans’ Glorious Things
How could we not ask Diesel’s John Evans for his gifts from the muses? As he puts it: “As a bookseller creating that curious work of art that is a bookstore, the inspirations come every day.” Working in a bookshop blesses you with …
…All of creative human history, brought together in book form, made available to those who need/want/desire what can be found there. To be in the midst of a cultural crossroads every day is to be fed by all of that richness. It must be like what a performer feels experiencing the energy of all those intense lives in the audience.
…Readers passionately coming in to discover the world, find themselves, learn how to love, enter onto a path of creativity, understand how it all works, or doesn't. They come in, discuss their interests, buy books, and then come back changed by what they read and enthusiastic for more.
…Booksellers who are some of the quirkiest, smartest, most passionate, creative, devoted, hard-working folks around. They are an inspiration in all those ways, and the generosity with which they do the work is astounding.
