Word: petrovato
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Dates: during 2007-2007
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...probably have the best philosophy section in New England,” said John Petrovato, the owner of Raven Used Books on 52 JFK St. “We have sections that other stores wouldn’t have...
Mitchell isn’t the only quirky personality in the Square. “Most people who own used bookstores are unemployable in the [conventional] sense, either eccentrics or anarchists or just loose cannons of sorts,” Petrovato said. “I guess I would be an anarchist. I don’t like to work for anybody.” But Raven Books has no political affiliation: “I have a lot of books that I don’t agree with politically, but these books need to be read...
...know each other,” Petrovato said. “That’s the nice thing about the used book world. We’re more in solidarity with each other than in competition in a lot of ways...