On April 28, The Lynx will become Gainesville’s latest independent bookstore. It’s the creation of New York Times bestselling author Lauren Groff and her husband Clay Kallman.
Generations of book enthusiasts lined up down the block outside Barnes & Noble on Wednesday morning, some jumping for joy in anticipation. As the clock struck 9 a.m. and the ribbon was cut, more than 100 people rushed into the brand-new store and got lost in the rows of crisp, colorful books for sale.
"These wooden fingers dance an elaborate plan while the sound keeps time."
"To the solar winds your love you need not throw"
"I am chained just as my ancestral history has always foretold. It has been my past, and present, it will forever be my future."
"'Don’t say [redacted],' they say. But if someone does say it, then go ahead and out them to the office, and the office will out them to their parents and whatever reaction the parents have is their right to have."
"And they will ask you: and how does he kiss? And that only God knows."
Solutions by The State News
