The Worst Thing About Owning a Bookstore

The worst thing about owning your own bookstore? According to Garrison Keillor, it’s that “you do not get a 10 percent discount when you buy books. I don’t know why. It was explained to me once, and I didn’t understand. I mean, I’m the owner, right? But no, that’s not how it’s done.”

is a staff writer for The Millions. She lives in New York and every so often writes things at kaulielewis.wordpress.com.