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Reading Culture: Books, Reading, & Indie Bookstores Today w/ Arvin Ram, Owner of Townie Books

Reading Culture: Books, Reading, & Indie Bookstores Today w/ Arvin Ram, Owner of Townie Books

Update: 2025-05-21
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Today Jonathan talks about books, book recommendations, the state of independent bookstores, the art of reading, and the craft of writing — and our guest is the perfect person to talk about it all. Arvin Ram is a writer, an avid reader, and the co-owner (along with his wife Danica) of the independent bookstore, Townie Books. Arvin is also the director of the Mountain Words Festival here in Crested Butte, and we also discuss the mix of mountain culture and book culture.

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News: Mountain Words Festival (00:47 )

We Finally Get Arvin to Blister HQ (2:10 )

Arvin's Background (3:50 )

Running an Independent Bookstore Today (7:06 )

Arvin’s Path to Opening a Bookstore (18:40 )

Coffee, Tea, & Bookstores (26:55 )

The War for Our Minds (32:55 )

Fiction vs Nonfiction Sales Today? (40:11 )

Favorite Authors? (41:44 )

Arvin’s Own Writing (50:52 )

Mountain Words Festival (58:42 )

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Reading Culture: Books, Reading, & Indie Bookstores Today w/ Arvin Ram, Owner of Townie Books

Reading Culture: Books, Reading, & Indie Bookstores Today w/ Arvin Ram, Owner of Townie Books