A published poet. Principals. Mystery authors. Doctors. Social media influencers. A “ big-time troublemaker. ” University professors. And me.
It’s an unlikely group of people that have come together. But we all have one thing in common: a love of literature.
“We’re about literacy,” longtime volunteer and Mary Jane McCord Planned Parenthood Book Sale co-chair Fran Antenore explains. My second day on the job, Antenore pulls me away from my “rough sort” duty — a role I’m both eager to start but also terrified of, since I’m still learning the more than 50 categories of books (because, 50!) to talk with me about some of the people she’s encountered in the dozen years she’s volunteered. Set to begin serving as the chair for her fifth sale, Antenore isn’t just a volunteer — this is her life.