Kate Layte

And there's a new book that he has coming out soon called American Rambler, Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed.

So Johnny Appleseed was from Lemonster, Massachusetts, and I was also born in Lemonster, Massachusetts.

So I've always known the story of Johnny Appleseed growing up.

And if you don't, it was the legend of a man who wear a pot on his head and he planted apple seeds all along the North and the Northeast.

And Isaac Fitzgerald takes a hike through the woods and he meets people along the ways.

He goes into the philosophy of Johnny Appleseed, which is fascinating.

There was also a graphic novel written a few years ago

called Johnny Appleseed that is more about the complex character that he was.

So Isaac Fitzgerald is a fantastic writer.

He's a lovely human.

I saw him do Britney Spears' Toxic at Karaoke once.

These are just, like, they're real people writing real books.

And I just, that's what excites me about being an independent bookseller and being willing to see a little bit behind the scenes.

Just a few books I'm really excited about that are coming out later this year.

One is called American Hogwan by Min Jin Lee.

She's the author of Pachinko and Free Food for Millionaires.

And I got to see her in Pittsburgh a couple of weeks ago.

And she is one of the most remarkable humans, writers.

She interviews everybody.

She knows how to write characters.