Poets & Writers

Kelly Link Returns to Bookselling

n October 2019 author Kelly Link and editor-publisher Gavin J. Grant opened their own bookstore in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Book Moon, formerly White Square Books, carries both new and used books and features titles by local authors and a variety of indie publishers, including Small Beer Press, which Link and Grant, who are married, have run together since 2000. The two are no (Random House, 2015), shared her thoughts on the store’s opening, the pleasure of connecting a customer to just the right book, and how her and Grant’s many ventures influence her writing life.

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