Unpacking the Bookstore

Giovanni’s Room: Stepping in to Come Out

In a quiet neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia, there is a small bookstore tucked into the buildings on South 12th Street called Giovanni's Room. Walking past, you may quickly notice that this is a specialty bookshop that sells gay and lesbian literature. Not...

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Within the Borders of Forty Years

A Narrative in Four Perspectives History By Melani M. I grew up an hour and a half away from the original Borders bookstore, but it wasn’t until I heard the chain was being liquidated that I realized this; I hadn’t even known that the chain was founded in my home...

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