“I may disappear leaving behind me no worldly possessions – just a few old socks and love letters, and my windows overlooking Notre-Dame for all of you to enjoy, and… read more →
From an outside quick glance Shakespeare and Company looks like a typical small old bookshop. Don’t let the small space of the front of the shop fool you. Upon entering… read more →
From the outside, Shakespeare and Company in Paris looks like any other bookstore. There are big windows that display books and you can kind of peer in and see shelves… read more →
The motto of George Whitman’s Shakespeare and Company, taken from the words of Yeats, is etched onto an empty wall of the store: “Be not inhospitable to strangers lest they… read more →
It takes a certain kind of person to be a true book lover. The connection one feels to words, whether writing, reading or spreading them is dependent on their love… read more →
I feel that bookstores have (and will continue to be) important places, beyond their role in just being able to be a place where one can go to buy… read more →