How Pearl's Books answered Fayetteville's call for a local bookstore

By Randy Wilburn

Published December 12, 2023 at 1:23 PM CST

In this week’s excerpt of I Am Northwest Arkansas, host Randy Wilburn talks with Leah and Daniel Jordan, owners of Pearl's Books, about why they decided to open a bookstore with no personal small business ownership experience, what opening a business during the pandemic was like and how they support local authors.

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Randy Wilburn is the host of <i>I Am Northwest Arkansas.</i>

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