Thursday, April 15, 2010

Hello to DAVE DUTTON, bookseller and long time friend

Dave Dutton, the bookseller, who had a very dusty, literary, independent bookstore called Dutton's books in Los Angeles' on Laurel Canyon, is out of the local book business. For a man who loves the arts, it's not easy to be retired at all and I know Dave is indulging his interests in art, literature, and so much else. Dave has been a friend of mine for years, his shop a frequent stop, and when he found out we were writing a memoir he was so supportive. Dave always said that when we get our memoir published he'd throw us a book signing. It's been a couple years since his shop closed and I think of him often. Hello Dave!

http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=17 This is the link for NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO and in their archives for March 22, 2006 is an archived interview (audio) about DAVE DUTTON!

Day to Day, "March 22, 2006 · Small, independent Dutton's book store is closing its doors after 46 years in North Hollywood, Calif. Gloria Hillard profiles the shop and its owner, a man who has devoted his life to books. Dave Dutton took over from his father as a young man, but will soon shutter Dutton's Books -- a refuge for older, sometimes forgotten tomes."

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