Last fall, I took a trip to Brownville, Neb., and spent hours in the village’s many used bookstores. Brownville has just a few hundred residents, but it has four used bookstores, and I’d venture that it might have the highest used bookstore-square-footage-per-resident ratio of anywhere (certainly of anyplace I’ve visted). The village, situated on the Missouri River, is also home to quaint limestone buildings (and a few stately old mansions), museums, a floating hotel, a scenic bike trail, and a a winery (among other things). It's awesome.
Next weekend, (April 23-25) there will be even more books than usual in town, as the city will celebrate its Wine, Writers and Song festival of 2010.
The celebration includes author talks, writing workshops, poetry readings, an open mic session, music by artists from throughout Southeast Nebraska, wine tastings and much more. Several University of Nebraska Press authors – Paul Johnsgard, Beef Torrey, and Sean Carmichael and Maggie Pleskac – are participating in the festivities. A complete schedule is listed on the City of Brownville Web site. I can’t think of a better way to spend a beautiful spring weekend.
Enjoy this coming weekend, as well, blog readers. See you next week!
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