![]() The image is still, apart from the scrolling text notifying passengers of the next stop, and the rubber straps slowly swinging from the handrails. In the background, we hear the ambient noise of a train car, and then on a TV screen next to the podium an illustration of the car’s interior appears. In the audience, we sit in rows of folding chairs and listen to the opening lines: “I had a dream this morning, but I can’t remember what it was…” The voice, though, isn’t the writer’s, but an actor’s, coming through speakers. ![]() The story is one he’s had in his mind for five years or so. On August 12, 2019, a writer stands at the podium. A few times a week, above all but a few of the Strand’s famed 18 miles of books, an audience gathers, of people who care about stories. There are book launches and panel discussions, and there are events too that depart from the standard reading-interview-Q&A-signing format: live music, book clubs, in-person podcast episodes. In addition to housing the New York store’s signed first editions, the Rare Book Room also plays host to the Strand’s event programming. On the top floor of the Strand is the Rare Book Room. Sign up for our newsletter to get submission announcements and stay on top of our best work.
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