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Politics and Prose for sale

By Matt Jakubowski ⋅ June 23, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

In continuing independent bookstore coverage… D.C.’s famous Politics and Prose bookstore is on the block and the the lead-up to the sale has become something of an event, as described in this Times article. Apropos of comments about this earlier post, “Like any independent bookstore, Politics and Prose is a reflection of its owners’ personalities. ‘It’s like going [...]

You don’t have a copy of what?

By Matt Jakubowski ⋅ April 11, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

I’ll always remember the afternoon I went into Shaman Drum book store in Ann Arbor (RIP) as an undergraduate to ask for Robert Musil’s “Young Törless.” Boy, did I get an earful.

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