Two Sylvias' Weekly Muse: February 2, 2025

Issue 144: Recording of Carolyn Forché Zoom Talk!

Welcome to February, Muse Readers!

We love running across stories which celebrate the literary world in various ways. A few months ago, an article appeared in The Seattle Times about a quirky and beloved bookstore situated in a house in the middle of a residential neighborhood north of downtown Seattle. Founded in the late 1960’s in the San Francisco area by Louis Collins, Collins Books has been in Seattle since the early 1980s. Specializing in antiquarian and rare books, Collins Books is difficult to find—it’s nestled on a quiet street with no prominent sign announcing its location, just a small business card taped to the front door with a note instructing you to ring the doorbell if you would like to come in and peruse the shelves.

The article, written by Seattle writer Paul Constant, describes what you will see upon entering this neighborhood home filled with used treasures:

Here’s what you will find in Collins Books: books. Tens of thousands of books, on bookshelves throughout the ho…