Name: Megan Sullivan Bookstore: Harvard Book Store Title: Head Buyer Brief Bio: I started working at HBS part time in 1999 while going to graduate school. The bookstore life appealed to me more than the academic one, so I dropped out and started full time. Palace intrigues brought me to the buying office, and I’veContinue reading

Name: Kelly Justice Bookstore: Fountain Bookstore Title: Boss Lady Brief Bio: Kelly bought The Fountain in January 2008 after managing it since 2000 and she has been a professional independent bookseller since 1989. What books recently rocked my world: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami: trippy. Oh, and The Casserole Queens Cookbook. I wore a little apronContinue reading

I’ll be honest here—one of my secret vices is foodie literature. I’ve devoured them all: Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential, Ruth Reichel’s Tender at The Bone, Bill Buford’s Heat, Amanda Hesser’s Cooking for Mr. Latte. There’s something about reading other people’s adventures with food—the cleaving, the cooking, the cleaning—that mystifies and entrances me. Perhaps that’s whyContinue reading