How Alison Bechdel’s latest novel tackles ‘what it means to be a human being’
Tod Gross of Phoenix Books talks author Alison Bechdel, the transcendence of reading, and coming of age in the disco era. Phoenix Books Tod Gross will host a live virtual event with special guest author Alison Bechdel to discuss her latest novel, The Secret to Superhuman Strength on Wednesday, May 26 at 6 p.m. Courtesy of Tod Gross
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Tod Gross got into the book business when he was fresh out of college in 1982. A buddy of his got a job at the Philadelphia-area outpost of the late Encore Books and hired Gross part time. “It was back before any Internet, so the little town I was in had probably eight bookstores,” he said. “I just really fell in love with putting the right book in someone’s hand.”