Tabled

Who were the geniuses who invented placing books not on shelves but in stacks on tables like so many sweaters at J. Crew? I don't know, but they were smart. And I am on two tables! (Presumably more, but who knows where.) Thank you, B&N and/or marketing geniuses. Pics, this first from my agent:

Powell's in Portland

The West Village, where I made some poor Danish tourist take a picture of me on the way to therapy. She was clearly terrified that it all had something to do with drug-running or human t