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Equilla Sparger’s unique sculptures are featured at Poetic Justice. These
masks are hung over an IndieBound.org poster. Poetic Justice is a member
of the organization representing independent bookstores and encouraging
the power of “local first” shopping.
churches sell books and a few “big-box” stores include
limited book sections, the serious local reader who wishes to
peruse and purchase new books has had to order online or
face heavy traffic. No more.
Poetic Justice opened in July 2018 with limited inventory
and display tables, waiting on its grand opening until March
5, the anniversary of getting that all-important tax number.
Owner Kris Haggblom’s journey to reach that point would
make an interesting book plot itself. “I’ve always said I’d try
anything twice, because I might’ve done it wrong the first
time, but I wouldn’t recommend that with a stroke.”
In 2000, Haggblom was a media technology teacher at the
College of Westchester in White Plains, New York. One day
in the school’s parking lot, he thought he’d been shot, the
sudden pain in his head was so severe. Diagnosed with an
aneurysm, he suffered a stroke during the eight-hour surgery
and woke completely blind. Although doctors assured him
it was temporary, the blindness — coupled with diminished
function from the stroke — made for some low days. Eventually
he could detect vague form and movement; one day,
his wife handed him a bottle of Arizona iced tea. “I read the
label. ‘Oh my God, I can see!’” he says with a smile. “I still
have that bottle.”
Haggblom’s right side was affected by the stroke; he could
no longer spend long hours at a computer without suffering
from debilitating headaches. Teaching was no longer an
option. “Stuck in the house, I was going bonkers. I applied
for jobs at two stores within walking distance, and Barnes &
Noble responded first.”
Stocking shelves initially, he moved up to head cashier,
then became the digital lead. After his marriage ended and he
reconnected with an old college chum, he moved to Daytona. >>
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