How would you describe your job to someone you just met?
I'm a Used Book Buyer. I get to sort through books and pick out the best ones for our shelves. I also get to work in the Art, Literature, and Social Science sections.
Last book you loved:
Omar Cáceres’s
Defense of the Idol (translated by Mónica de la Torre) debuted in English this year from Ugly Duckling Press. Cáceres was a Chilean poet with an unbelievable biography who tried to destroy every copy of his only book because of errors in typography. Fortunately for us two copies survived, and we now have this weird and wonderful little book.
Where are you originally from:
Petersburg, Alaska.
What did you do before you came to Powell's:
I've been a commercial...