Magic City Books: Goal Is 'Amazing One-on-One Service'

Tulsa Literary Coalition and BookSmart Tulsa founder Jeff Martin was interviewed by TulsaPeople about Magic City Books, his current effort to create an indie bookshop "that aims to bring more authors to the area as well as pop-up shops and events." Among our favorite exchanges:

What is Magic City Books?
Magic City Books is a project of the nonprofit Tulsa Literary Coalition for which I serve as president of the board of directors. We plan to open late 2016 or early 2017 on the corner of Archer and Detroit in the Brady Arts District in a building operated by the George Kaiser Family Foundation.

What's the goal of Magic City Books?
Our goal is simple: to foster a love of books, reading and literary culture through events, partnerships, outreach and, yes, a physical bookstore with a curated selection and amazing one-on-one service.

What do you hope the bookstore will bring to Tulsa?
We will continue to bring in a variety of today's best authors on all topics, beginning with our first pop-up event with the one-and-only Stephen King on June 15 at Cain's Ballroom.

If you could pick someone to write the story of your life, who would it be?
Robert Caro. He has spent the past four decades writing a multi-volume biography of President Lyndon B. Johnson. He spends so much time exploring a life, I believe that he has the skill to make even the most average life utterly fascinating.

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