The Book Collector

Richard’s back

Richard Hansen — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:50:33 +0000

I returned in December 2011 from a five month stay in Scotland to find the bookstore running like a fine oiled machine thanks to the amazing energy and efforts of Debbie Reeves, Joan Kruger, Geoffery Neill, and Kevin Mims. Thanks to you all!

It’s now 2012 and I am still trying to find a way to [...]

Scotland bound

Richard Hansen — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:56:26 +0000

I’m leaving on July 12th for an extended stay in Edinburgh. Last year mom received four cycles of chemotherapy and 31 days of radiotherapy to treat the cancer in her lungs. Last Tuesday she had a biopsy on her liver where they suspect the cancer has spread. Also planned, the removal of [...]

Support the small press and get a free anthology

Richard Hansen — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 06:17:27 +0000

Drop by The Book Collector on Second Saturday between 6pm and 9pm and buy any small press publication and I’ll give you a copy of We Beg To Differ: An Anthology for Peace for free.

And I mean any. Buy a copy of Joyce Odam’s Brevities for a buck, you get [...]

Consumnes River Journal

Richard Hansen — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 05:48:55 +0000

The Spring 2011 edition of the Consumnes River Journal is now available at The Book Collector. Free. It’s well designed, elegant, and chock full of poetry and prose from poets and writers both new and established.

There’s rich visual elements too, including some impressive black and white photography.

Consumnes River Journal justs [...]

Brevities celebrates 100

Richard Hansen — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:09:16 +0000

I am so fond of Joyce Odam’s Brevities. In June, she presented the 100th issue of this diminutive journal, what she calls “a mini-mag of minimalist poems.” We have them on sale at the bookstore for $1. And if you drop buy this Second Saturday you can buy back issues of the [...]

Second Saturday – community generated poem

Richard Hansen — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:23:17 +0000

The bookstore, as always, will be open for Second Saturday. Poet Andrew Sullivan will be on hand tapping into the flux and flow of the evening to generate a community poem. Special sales and giveaways of poetry, small press and otherwise.

Below is Andrew’s note describing his plans for the community [...]

Books, you bastard!

Richard Hansen — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:40:30 +0000

Behind the counter at Doug Webber’s bookstore on N Street (sadly, gone now) there used to be a little sign. Simple. Direct. Buy a book you bastards! For the past few years we’ve borrowed this offensive marketing strategy for a series of ads run in the Midtown Monthly. It’s better than [...]

Straight, No Chaser

Richard Hansen — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:13:28 +0000

Kathy Kieth wants to make it perfectly clear, “the Snake is not dead.” She’s not moving. She’s not dying. Nor is Rattlesnake Press going away. But things change. Traditions end.

For seven years, readings hosted by Rattlesnake Press every second Wednesday were a fixture at my little used bookstore in midtown, Sacramento. [...]

Chris Olander, Todd Cirillo Read on Wed. 5/11

Richard Hansen — Mon, 09 May 2011 22:01:55 +0000

Another fine Second Wednesday reading from the Rattlesnake Press featuring the release of two chapbooks, Iris by Chris Olander and Still A Party by Todd Cirillo. 7:30pm at The Book Collector (Home of the Snake). 1008 24th Street, Sacramento.

J. Chris Olander is a poet and bio/educator who has been writing since [...]

The coronation of Richard Hansen the First

Richard Hansen — Wed, 04 May 2011 19:57:03 +0000

There is room for everybody in the Sacramento Poetry Community. But two Richard Hansens? I’m sure many will agree, one is more than enough. How to differentiate the two? One is a poet. The other boosts poetry, hosts it occasionally, cradles it between tiny covers. The current edition of Primal [...]