It’s hard to miss the four-story high, industrial building as you walk down West Lafayette Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan. Located just off the M-10 Lodge Expressway, the bookstore is nestled between Downtown Detroit, an area with museums, historical sites, and...
Laurence Roth | Apr 18, 2016
John K. King's Used and Rare Books had a very mobile history, but the greatest shifts took place in its literary stocks. Everything in this world has a history behind it, and it's through this recollection of the past that we gain an insight into the subject at...
Laurence Roth | Feb 24, 2016
When John King was a child, he enjoyed visiting used bookstores in Detroit and meeting the eclectic mix of people you’re guaranteed to find in a bookstore. In Sunwise Turn, Madge Jenison discusses this diversity of customers in bookstores, writing that “in a...
Laurence Roth | Feb 23, 2016