How long have you worked at Lemuria? I recently joined the Lemuria team, it’s been about a month and a half.
What do you do at Lemuria? I work the main front desk, the desk with the hovering ham, which occupies the central space of the non-fiction room. I am still technically in a period of training and learning the ropes, or books in this case.
Talk to us what you’re reading right now. I am currently reading Jonathan Franzen’s new novel Purity, just started today, and already I can say that this will be the most rewarding read of the month, no doubt.
What’s currently on your bedside table (book purgatory)? Purity by Jonathan Franzen, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson, On Becoming a Novelist by John Gardner, The Writing Life by Annie Dillard, Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury, and a ESV Study Bible.
How many books do you usually read at a time? I used to read multiple books at a time but as of late I’ve been focusing on getting through the books that I have before me, one at a time, for this month. However, I usually move through a novel, collection of short stories and essays that change hands through the course of the week.
Favorite authors? William S. Burroughs, Annie Dillard, Evelyn Waugh, Carson McCullers, Italo Calvino, Cheryl Strayed, Thomas Mann, Zadie Smith, William Gass, Toni Morrison, D.H. Lawrence, Clarice Lispector, Knut Hamsun, George Eliot, and Sherwood Anderson.
What did you do before you worked at Lemuria? I was working at Broadstreet Bakery and Sal and Mookie’s, I am still at Broadstreet, and I work in the kitchen. Just go down the stairs and to the left after buying your next favorite novel from us and enjoy a wonderful breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
If you could share lasagna with any author, dead or alive, who would it be? It would be a most amusing experience to have lasagna with G.K. Chesterton. He would most likely eat off of my plate while in conversation riddled with paradoxical reversals and covering all the bases of humanity from Thomistic philosophy, the aesthetics of cubism, gothic architecture, and fall somewhere amongs “The Small is Beautiful” movement.
Why do you like working at Lemuria? All those books that line the shelves are as diverse and characteristic as the as my fellow workers and the readers themselves who frequent this very special place.
If Lemuria could have ANY pet (mythical or real), what do you think it should be? There happens to be this adorable stray kitten behind Broadstreet that could desperately use a home like Lemuria. Plus, I’m under the impression that it may possess otherworldly powers. [UPDATE: Kelly has adopted Dumpster Kitten, and she is now getting fat and spoiled]
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