What I Lost in the FireIn the middle of a pandemic, in the Trump administration, in one of the poorest cities in America, my house burned down.Jan 11, 2021Jan 11, 2021
Things The Internet Forgot To SellThere are two distinct experiences in my thrifting world: the act of thrifting itself, and the researching of what I have found when I…Nov 6, 2016Nov 6, 2016
Books That Should Be Worth More Than They Are(this is the fourth installment of Goodwill Find of the Day).Nov 5, 2016Nov 5, 2016
The Anonymous Intimacy of BookshelvesFor years, I refused to go to estate sales. My rationale was simple: to go to estate sales would mean organizing my time around thrifting…Nov 4, 2016Nov 4, 2016
Amazon Seller Central Confirms All Your Stereotypes About America; Or, How I Got Kicked Off eBay.Pehraps the most uncomfortable admission I will make during this confessional series involves Amazon. As a publisher and an author, I know…Nov 3, 2016Nov 3, 2016
Goodwill Find of the DayThere are two seasons in Cleveland: sunny and cloudy. In the sunny season, I garden. In the cloudy season, I thrift.Nov 2, 2016Nov 2, 2016
The Wrong Way To Successful Book PublishingTomorrow morning, at some time I can predict with as much accuracy as I can when the cable guy will show up, a trucker with “2 pallets, 68…Nov 6, 20151Nov 6, 20151
