The artist Red Grooms has been just outside my periphery since I was a child, and I never knew it. One day, not too long ago, my partner and I were at a thrift store in the Hudson Valley when a framed image caught our eye: The Bookstore, Hudson River Museum, Red Grooms ’07. As lifelong book nerd and someone who has worked in the industry for 20 years, I’m often drawn to images of books and reading. But this image was arresting, and really drew me in.