Open Letter from a Distressed Bookseller

Stephen Elliott bio ↓  ·  February 25th, 2009  ·  filed under books

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From Shaman Drum in Ann Arbor: “In 1942 the economist Joseph A. Schumpeter said, “Creative Destruction is the essential fact about capitalism. It is what capitalism consists in and what every capitalist concern has got to live in….” This is our system and Schumpeter is undoubtedly correct, but there is a countervailing fact that is equally true: Stability is essential for a civilized society. The second truth is what I’ve learned selling books in this community for forty years, being married for thirty-seven years and raising two children.” Read the whole letter. (via HTMLGIANT)

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Stephen Elliott is the author of seven books, including the memoir The Adderall Diaries, the novel Happy Baby, and the erotica collection My Girlfriend Comes To The City and Beats Me Up. He is the editor of The Rumpus. Sometimes he twitters. More from this author →

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