Coming soon ... Third Places

Ray Oldenburg and Karen Christensen

I am writing new material for an updated edition of The Great Good Place. It will have the original material by Ray Oldenburg together with some chapters on developments since it was first published, to great acclaim, in 1989. When I’ve written about third places in previous newsletters, readers have sent wonderful accounts from around the world. I’m hoping to get more ideas by writing about the book, and about my long relationship with Ray. This photo is from the first time I met him, after corresponding for 20 years.