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Ian MacAllen
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
Stocking backlist titles helps some bookstores differentiate themselves. Harvard Book Store has set up a section commemorating the Bowling Green Massacre. A Florida bookstore has become a source of food for those in need, serving as a Little Free Pantry.
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Notable NYC: 2/11–2/17
Saturday 2/11: Immigrant Rally: Here to Stay. Washington Square Park, 2 p.m., free. Maryam Monalisa Gharavi and Jennifer Scappettone join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 2/12: Nicole Fix, Joanna C. Valente, Fraylie Nord, and Yardenne Greenspan…
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
Emma Straub has been named Independent Bookstore Day ambassador. Author of The Vacationers and Modern Lovers, Straub worked at the recently closed BookCourt in Brooklyn, and plans to open her own store nearby. Omnivore Books, a San Francisco cookbook store, is…
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Notable NYC: 2/4–2/10
Saturday 2/4: John Domini and Carole Firstman celebrate releases from Dzanc Books. KGB Bar, 7 p.m., free. Cecilia Corrigan and Wendy Trevino join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 2/5: Chelsea Hodson, Gregory Zorko, Sarah Jean Grimm, Liz…
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
An eight-time Jeopardy! winner is turning the cash into his dream: a bookstore. City Lights in San Francisco is offering up a special section featuring resistance literature. Bookstores in Washington, DC supported the Women’s March and hosted events through inauguration weekend.
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Notable NYC: 1/28–2/3
Sunday 1/29: Write to elected officials. Community Bookstore, 7 p.m., free. Robert Marshall, Clifford Chase, Alexander Chee, Lisa Cohen, and Matt Sharpe join the Sunday Night Fiction series. KGB Bar, 7 p.m., free. Daniel José Older, Morgan Parker, Ashley C. Ford,…
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
Revolution Books in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan is literally advocating for real revolution. Broadway Books in Portland, Oregon spent Inauguration Day handing out Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s We Should All Be Feminists. Dallas, Texas is getting an independent bookstore.
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Notable NYC: 1/21–1/27
Saturday 1/21: Women’s March on New York City. Resist. On Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 47th St and 2nd Ave, 11 am, free. Eléna River, Ryan Collerd, and Carol Snow discuss works of poetry. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free. Mahogany L…
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
Seattle readers apparently like to drink while browsing for books. 13 million Italians live in municipalities without a bookstore. The LA Times attempts to figure out what Amazon’s first store in New York City will mean for the Strand. Seoul, South…
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Notable NYC: 1/14–1/20
Saturday 1/14: Carol Becker, Luisa Greenfield, Akil Kirlew, Caroline Koebel, Mark Roth, Morgan O’Hara, and Rachel Stevens celebrate the release of the latest issue of ELSE Journal. Powerhouse, 6 p.m., free. Carrie Bennett, Aimee Harrison, Marco Maisto, Kevin Mclellan, and…
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
Instead of yelling at a cloud, one curmudgeonly old man runs a bookstore. Another curmudgeonly bookseller has taken to charging browsers a fifty-pence fee for looking at merchandise in his used store. Amazon plans to open a New York City…
