In the west room, a long line stretched into the café; it was made up mostly of young women waiting to have their copies of The Postcard signed by the author, Anne Berest, whom they had just listened to. In the east room, a mixed crowd assembled to hear the poet Campbell McGrath read from his new collection, A Fever of Unknown Origin. The tables in the courtyard were filled with people talking over the strains of a trumpeter. It gave you hope for the future of books and bookstores, and made you realize – as if you didn’t already – what a treasure we have in Books & Books.
