“For me, its the set of pleasures I most look forward to - for instance, the satisfaction of beholding well-stocked shelves after the deliveries have come. Or the anticipatory buzz of a busy weekend starting as soon as I wake up Friday morning. Best of all is when the store gets so overloaded with customers that extra people are needed behind the counter and everyone is communicating telepathically, a human assembly line with seamlessly interacting parts, and the customers are happy and the whole store hums with energy. During times like these it feels like you're thinking not with your head and not even with your hands, but with someone else's hands - (his coworkers) - and you almost get the sensation of being one big organism behind the counter. It's glorious and mindless and probably weird, but most of all it's collective and communal. He is a Chicago University grad and an editor of the Paris Review”
