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We are a nonprofit bookstore, cafe, and event space in downtown NYC. All proceeds from every show you attend and everything you buy, down to a record and a PBR, go directly to our mission of fighting AIDS and homelessness. 126 Crosby Street, NYC
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Apr
Mystery writer Agatha Christie with her surf board “Fred” in 1922. She was one of the earliest Britons to master stand-up surfing while visiting Hawaii. (via Retronaut)
OH MY
BAMF.
Well HELLO new author in shorts!
(via pantheonbooks)
Apr
Paula Fox, Spain, 1947. (via)
Photo Credit Marjorie Kellogg. Courtesy of the author and Henry Holt and Company.
The onset of spring/summer means the onset of new Authors in Shorts.
Feb
Do y’all already follow Housing Works on Pinterest? Adding this one to the Nerd Style at Home board but I’m a huge fan of the Authors in Shorts one. Look at all the pretty book things!
May
I made this Pinterest board just for y’all, dear Bookternet. Got any more to add?
Oct
In which we learn Nabokov’s been rockin’ the shorts & socks look his whole life. (via Flavorwire » Destined for Greatness: Baby Pictures of Famous Authors)
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