n a block of North Vermont Avenue, between the Dresden Room lounge and the Los Feliz Theater, you will find Skylight Books, a shop with some of the country’s most intriguing window displays. They aren’t especially flashy or artfully composed, but they’re reliable evidence of Skylight’s wide-ranging, inclusive, curatorial spirit. On a recent; Akwaeke Emezi’s cerebral, surreal novel ; and , the Spanish-language version of , Daniel Cañas’s children’s book about persisting in the face of adversity. To encounter the inviting, collective effect and not be beckoned inside is to perhaps lack curiosity about humanity. Mary Williams, Skylight’s general manager, says, “We really do try to have the book that you’re looking for and also something that you didn’t know that you wanted.”
