welcomes a steady flow of authors to its store, from porno-film actors such as Ron Jeremy to prize-winning novelists such as Michael Chabon, but it imposed a different set of rules for Pittsburgh poet Jan Beatty.After the store initially rejected a reading because it found her poetry too "erotic" for its family-friendly store atmosphere, it then offered compromises to permit her to visit.
from Bob Hoover: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Bookstore and poet in war of words over reading
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