Greenlight is thrilled to present In Praise of Good Bookstores, an eloquent and charming reflection on the singular importance of bookstores by devoted reader, lifelong bookseller, and director of Chicago’s Seminary Co-op Bookstores Jeff Deutsch—in a virtual conversation with our own store owner and co-founder, Jessica Stockton Bagnulo! Deutsch pays loving tribute to one of our most important and endangered civic institutions, considering how qualities like space, time, abundance, and community find expression in a good bookstore and exploring why they matter. Deutsch draws on his bookselling experience as well as his spiritual and cultural heritage to make a case for reading as an essential part of a meaningful life. In the age of one-click shopping, he reiterates the incalculable value of browsing—a timely reiteration, as we welcome expanded in-person shopping at our own stores—and offers an urgent account of why bookstores everywhere are essential places of discovery, refuge, and fulfillment that enrich the communities that are lucky enough to have them. Join us for a relevant, reverent conversation not to be missed!