Bookstore Explorer

Episode 46: Black Ribbon Books, Hot Springs, Arkansas

November 14, 2023 Matt Browning
Bookstore Explorer
Episode 46: Black Ribbon Books, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Show Notes

This week, we visit with Nannette Crane-Post, owner of Black Ribbon Books in Hot Springs, Arkansas. This unique bookshop is located inside the historic Arlington Hotel. Nannette shares the town's and the hotel's rich history and discusses the balancing act of running  a bookshop while juggling another full-time job.

Books We Talk About: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Upstream by Mary Oliver, The Vapors by David Hill, and the books of Marilynne Robinson, Katherine May and T.C. Boyle.