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The Mysteries And Secrets Of Antiquarian Books

Cover Image for the novel First Impressions by Charlie Lovett

    

Writer Charlie Lovett has been attracted to the mystique of old books since he was a young kid. 

He spent six years running his own antiquarian bookshop in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has his own large collection of rare books and artifacts about Lewis Carroll. 

But he recently switched his attention to writing novels about the world he has been immersed in for years. First Impressions(Viking/2014) tells the story of a book lover who is trying to uncover the truth about Jane Austen and the story behind Pride and Prejudice. Lovett will be reading from his book at the Belk Library at Appalachian State on Friday, Nov. 14, and at the Chapel Hill Public Library on December 11. 

Host Frank Stasio talks with Lovett about rare books, Jane Austen, and the life of a bibliophile. 

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Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.