At the Indie Publisher Party during Winter Institute, booksellers gave Paul Yamazaki the first of many rounds of love--and drinks!--celebrating his 50th anniversary at City Lights in San Francisco. Pictured: (l.-r.) Slade Lewis, Square Books, Oxford, Miss.; Stacey Lewis, City Lights; Tom Roberge, Riffraff Bookstore, Providence, R.I.; Melinda Powers, Bookshop Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Calif.; and the man of the hour/year, Paul Yamazaki.
