I was banned from all Powell's locations due to an essay I wanted to write about one of their ass hole employees. The city attorney wrote me an email. I shared it on FB, this was a couple years ago. LOL...
I'd never order from those bastards. But I do use Thrift books, which I've had great results from. I'm probably going to shy away from buying books through Amazon. I'm really disgusted with them...
Sounds intriguing, Theresa. How did the city attorney get involved?
I’m sorry about your problems with “Winesburg, Ohio.” I can loan you my copy. It’s the one I read in school so many years ago. It cost $1.45 and was published by Viking. I would also guess the library has it.
There’s something haunting about Sherwood Anderson’s book. Relations between men and women have changed a lot in some respects — and not at all.
With the distance of time (the book was first published in 1919) you can see how people created their own unhappiness then. We still do, only it’s a different kind of unhappiness.
There’s a story involving an older farmer, married with a half-dozen children, and a young farm hand with a reputation for wildness. He confesses to the older man, “I’ve got Nell Gunther in trouble.” He wants to know what to do.
“I know what everyone would say is the right thing to do, but what do you say?”
Today that doesn’t look like such a serious problem. Get an abortion. We have other troubles, though. What would folks in Winesburg, Ohio make of our crime? The way we let drug addicts and the mentally ill wander the streets.
Hi, I just saw this. Don and I slept in today. LOL...
I posted about it on my Facebook, the email from the city Attorney. His name is Robert Taylor. Ted Wheeler appointed him, I think. I was going to post an article about one of their ass hole employees (Powell's City of Books) and posted on Substack about the future article, and all Hell broke loose. LOL...
I also got an email from Taylor regarding JoAnn Hardesty and how Don and I were harassing her with emails. Both situations were hilarious and so to be transparent, I posted about both situations on my Facebook, with screen shots included. This happened two or three years ago. Totally funny.
I found a copy of the first edition of Winesburg, Ohio, and it was priced at $10,000, image above. Can you imagine having ten grand to spend on a book? LOL...I'll probably find another copy, maybe check it out in a library.
This situation confirmed for me that I really just need to stick with Thrift books. I have NEVER had a bad experience with Thrift books... Love that company.
I've read a few books about life in America 100 years ago, and it was so different and in so many ways better. Times were more innocent then, though there was a lot of racism and sexism and I acknowledge that but even still, the novels are really charming, when you can get past the "sins of the flesh" religious rhetoric that is present in many of the books...
I love antique books. There is just something about holding a book in your hands that is over 100 years old. I held a first edition copy of Save Me the Waltz, by Zelda Fitzgerald, about 15 years ago, and it was only $750. I wanted it so bad, but of course, I couldn't afford it.
It almost sounds like Hardesty was using Taylor as her personal attorney. People in elected office have to grow a thick skin. Their constituents have a right to let them know what they think. If you’re thin-skinned, don’t run for public office or take to any public stage.
My copy of “Winesburg, Ohio” is the 17th printing, but it has a lovely introduction by Malcolm Cowley that isn’t in the first. And, of course, it includes this dedication by Sherwood Anderson:
“To the memory of my mother, EMMA SMITH ANDERSON, whose keen observations on the life about her first awoke in me the hunger to see beneath the surface of lives, this book is dedicated.”
That's a great dedication. I would like to read it, but not with this awful reprint. LOL...
So, as I recall, what happened with Powell's was that I had posted this short announcement about this article I was working on, this before I began using the Podcast feature, and I named this pompous ass guy who works at Powell's and included two public photos of said pompous ass.
Well, he shit his britches and the Powell's powers that be contacted Taylor, who then sent me this threatening email. It was funny, so I posted it on my Facebook. I have been banned from ALL Powell's stores, for all eternity, because I'm soooo very dangerous and so very scary. Then sometime later, JoAnn began weeping into her warm milk about a couple of emails Don sent her asking for clarification on a few issues and she decided to sic Taylor on us again. It was also funny.
I look back on both instances and smile. Gave me something to post about on FB and lots of people mocked Taylor for getting involved in such stupid, paltry situations. LOL...
Never heard of this before. I guess that means going to a bookstore to buy a book. 😉. Have you considered ordering from Powell's or Barnes and Nobles?
I was banned from all Powell's locations due to an essay I wanted to write about one of their ass hole employees. The city attorney wrote me an email. I shared it on FB, this was a couple years ago. LOL...
I'd never order from those bastards. But I do use Thrift books, which I've had great results from. I'm probably going to shy away from buying books through Amazon. I'm really disgusted with them...
Sounds intriguing, Theresa. How did the city attorney get involved?
I’m sorry about your problems with “Winesburg, Ohio.” I can loan you my copy. It’s the one I read in school so many years ago. It cost $1.45 and was published by Viking. I would also guess the library has it.
There’s something haunting about Sherwood Anderson’s book. Relations between men and women have changed a lot in some respects — and not at all.
With the distance of time (the book was first published in 1919) you can see how people created their own unhappiness then. We still do, only it’s a different kind of unhappiness.
There’s a story involving an older farmer, married with a half-dozen children, and a young farm hand with a reputation for wildness. He confesses to the older man, “I’ve got Nell Gunther in trouble.” He wants to know what to do.
“I know what everyone would say is the right thing to do, but what do you say?”
Today that doesn’t look like such a serious problem. Get an abortion. We have other troubles, though. What would folks in Winesburg, Ohio make of our crime? The way we let drug addicts and the mentally ill wander the streets.
Hi, I just saw this. Don and I slept in today. LOL...
I posted about it on my Facebook, the email from the city Attorney. His name is Robert Taylor. Ted Wheeler appointed him, I think. I was going to post an article about one of their ass hole employees (Powell's City of Books) and posted on Substack about the future article, and all Hell broke loose. LOL...
I also got an email from Taylor regarding JoAnn Hardesty and how Don and I were harassing her with emails. Both situations were hilarious and so to be transparent, I posted about both situations on my Facebook, with screen shots included. This happened two or three years ago. Totally funny.
I found a copy of the first edition of Winesburg, Ohio, and it was priced at $10,000, image above. Can you imagine having ten grand to spend on a book? LOL...I'll probably find another copy, maybe check it out in a library.
This situation confirmed for me that I really just need to stick with Thrift books. I have NEVER had a bad experience with Thrift books... Love that company.
I've read a few books about life in America 100 years ago, and it was so different and in so many ways better. Times were more innocent then, though there was a lot of racism and sexism and I acknowledge that but even still, the novels are really charming, when you can get past the "sins of the flesh" religious rhetoric that is present in many of the books...
I love antique books. There is just something about holding a book in your hands that is over 100 years old. I held a first edition copy of Save Me the Waltz, by Zelda Fitzgerald, about 15 years ago, and it was only $750. I wanted it so bad, but of course, I couldn't afford it.
It almost sounds like Hardesty was using Taylor as her personal attorney. People in elected office have to grow a thick skin. Their constituents have a right to let them know what they think. If you’re thin-skinned, don’t run for public office or take to any public stage.
My copy of “Winesburg, Ohio” is the 17th printing, but it has a lovely introduction by Malcolm Cowley that isn’t in the first. And, of course, it includes this dedication by Sherwood Anderson:
“To the memory of my mother, EMMA SMITH ANDERSON, whose keen observations on the life about her first awoke in me the hunger to see beneath the surface of lives, this book is dedicated.”
That's a great dedication. I would like to read it, but not with this awful reprint. LOL...
So, as I recall, what happened with Powell's was that I had posted this short announcement about this article I was working on, this before I began using the Podcast feature, and I named this pompous ass guy who works at Powell's and included two public photos of said pompous ass.
Well, he shit his britches and the Powell's powers that be contacted Taylor, who then sent me this threatening email. It was funny, so I posted it on my Facebook. I have been banned from ALL Powell's stores, for all eternity, because I'm soooo very dangerous and so very scary. Then sometime later, JoAnn began weeping into her warm milk about a couple of emails Don sent her asking for clarification on a few issues and she decided to sic Taylor on us again. It was also funny.
I look back on both instances and smile. Gave me something to post about on FB and lots of people mocked Taylor for getting involved in such stupid, paltry situations. LOL...
Unbelievable. Powell's isn't owned by the city, so why is the City Attorney involved? Portland can be a very incestuous place.