you won the penn faulkner award for val conto this is the scandalous part. you are the co-owner of parnassus books in nashville, tennessee. you opened this up wide. why would a writer open a book store. that is like a rodeo rider opening a butcher shop. why would you, why would you do that. >> because then i get the royalties plus what i make at the book store. >> stephen: so it's all about the scratch for you. >> no, because both of our book stores in nashville closed. we had two huge book stores, both over 30,000 square feet, one an independent, one a borders. they both closed. suddenly i'm living in a town with no book store. my book comes out, everybody's calling me, where i:i would i your book, they had to go to the altaration shop to buy my book. >> stephen: the alteration shop. >> they offered to sell it for me. >> stephen: really? >> truly. >> stephen: you put a hem in your dress and also get a copy. >> you could go to stitch it, have your pants alternd and get a signed copy of state of wonder. >> stephen: stitch it does good work. >> i love them. >>