City Lights Chief Book Buyer Paul Yamazaki on a Half Century Spent “Reading the Room”

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City Lights Bookstore’s chief book buyer Paul Yamazaki won the National Book Foundation’s Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community in 2023.

Guests:

Paul Yamazaki, chief book buyer, City Lights Bookstore – In 2023, Paul won the National Book Foundation’s Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community

Melinda Powers, head book buyer, Book Shop Santa Cruz; president, California Independent Booksellers Alliance

Stephen Sparks, owner, Point Reyes Books and Wayfinder Bookshop

Hannah Oliver Depp, owner, Loyalty bookstore