BookPeople in Austin: Beloved book store turns 50 years old
Austin 360 Me, I’ve got a few hundred roommates. An indie-rock goddess. An odd couple of British schoolboys who fancy each other. A Pulitzer Prize winner and his grandfather, who’s haunted by the woman he loved, herself no stranger to phantoms. I met ’em all in the same place here in town: BookPeople, where Austin has found characters like these for five decades. The state's largest indie bookstore marked its 50th year on Nov. 11. It’s more than a place for Austinites to buy page-turners like the ones on my shelf at home. (If you’re curious: “Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl” by ...
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