There are a whole bunch of Chatty Cathy’s at Politics & Prose—and I’m not just referring to the full-time employees who love talking your ear off about their new favorite reads. (Offering personal recommendations is, after all, part of the job description.)...
Laurence Roth | Mar 21, 2016
Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade had chutzpah. As a precocious child, Cohen insisted upon attending her father’s Americans for Democratic Action meetings that were held in her living room; as a vocal individual, she eventually got herself kicked out of those meetings;...
Laurence Roth | Feb 24, 2016
The Strand Bookstore, with its unmistakable red awning, has its main location at 828 Broadway (& 12th Street) in New York City. Nestled in between the borders of Manhattan's Greenwich Village and East Village (the territory which the store's location favors)...
Laurence Roth | Jan 29, 2015