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July 28, 2008By Michael Cader

Energetic Store Thrives in Quiet West Marin

July 28, 2008By Michael Cader

A local story celebrates how bookstore Point Reyes Station has produced “a literary renaissance…over the past decade in this unlikely rural setting.” Editorial director of Sausalito-based PoliPoint Press Peter Richardson says “Point Reyes Station has a reputation for hosting literary events whose ambitions far outstrip its tiny population.” This spring they hosted a three-day Stegner conference attended by 400 people. Owner Steve Costa is working on “a second conference for March on farm writing, inviting Barbara Kingsolver, Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson, among other likely participants.” He says: “We’re hopeful that Point Reyes, over time, will be recognized as an […]

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