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July 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 267: Sam Duckor-Jones
Hi and welcome to episode 267 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it […]Archive
March 31, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: For The Next In Line
It was a weekday but back then they all blurred and I went downtown because that was easier than going up the hill, and I went into the bookstore that I’d just discovered, because it was one of the greatest things on earth. (And it still is). That’s where I found it. Run With The […]Archive
February 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Lawrence Ferlinghetti has died. He was 101, a month off turning 102 in fact. What a life. The poet and publisher would have been important had he never written a word himself – he was a founder and co-owner of the legendary San Francisco bookstore and imprint City Lights and as a publisher he was […]Archive
November 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 237: Jackson Nieuwland
Welcome to episode 237 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]Archive
September 23, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: My First Bookstore Job
Every so often, when I want a laugh, I think back to when I worked in a book store and the flood-damage from someone leaving a fire hose running overnight wasn’t enough for the store-owner to claim all of his insurance, so he started pushing over the stands of greeting cards from by the front […]Archive
July 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman