To reach Nuria, you must traverse the crowded streets of central Nairobi, dodging motorcycles and weaving in and out of traffic. From the street, you’ll enter Bazaar Plaza—a large, stone-gray, nond…
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Photo by Parker BuskeOnce an icon in the literary district of Cornhill, Boston, Brattle Book Shop now fits snugly near downtown, a few paces from the Common. Hidden off Tremont, and down West Street,…
A conversation between Wassyla Tamzali and visual artists Rima Djahnine and Rafik Ouidi about the Déclic exhibition in 2023 (photo by Wassyla Tamzali).There are quite a few interesting artistic spaces…
Photo by Marcie McCauleyBeneath a warren of streetcar wires on Dundas Street between Little Italy and Little Portugal, nestled among other local businesses—sports bars and laundromats, convenience sto…
Photo courtesy of Second Story Books, Washington, DC / secondstorybooks.com In a world where literature and politics collide, Second Story Books fits perfectly in the middle of it all. With locations…
Photo courtesy of Søren Solkær, Black Sun #149, Rome, ItalyWe could not resist sharing this remarkable photograph. Søren Solkær (b. 1969) is a Danish photographer. After completing his degree…
Photos by Laura HernandezNestled on a quiet street in the Cordón neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay, is Escaramuza, a combination bookstore, café, and cultural events center. With ornate tile floors,…
Photo courtesy of the Cheikh BookstoreThere are very few historical bookstores to be found in Algeria, and one of them is the Cheikh Bookstore (Librairie Cheikh) located in Tizi Ouzou…
Photo courtesy of Green Feather BooksSpring in Oklahoma can be unpredictable, with sweltering heat, severe storms, and even cold snaps. With continual changes in the weather, you must…
Photos courtesy of the authorDuring a recent trip to the Netherlands, my family and I visited Amsterdam—an obvious stop—and found it stunning, the elaborate architecture contrasting w…
Since the invention of the printing press, it’s not been uncommon for publishers—whether large international operations like Italy’s Rizzoli or small, scrappy independents like Deep Vellum in Dallas,…
Photo by Wasaaf Jeelani IN A BUSY MARKET lane in the Mahraj Gung area of downtown Srinagar city in Indian-administered Kashmir, there is a small bookstore named Ghulam Mohd Noor Mohd…
IN 1972 the Irish poet Seamus Heaney drew a line under Northern Ireland, moved south to the Republic, and settled in a cottage in County Wicklow. From his experience…
Photo courtesy of Librería Gato Caulle BENEATH THE WARMTH of the February summer sun, I walked slowly along the streets, basking in the joy of a long-awaited homecoming of sorts to t…
Lucy Yu, owner of Yu & Me Books. Photo credit: Olivia McCourry WALKING THROUGH THE streets during winter in New York City can be beautiful but also a challenge. You’re either tru…
Burggarten, Allee bei Schneelage, Österreich, Wien, 1. Bezirk. AS I ENTERED the Burggarten on a snowy evening, I noticed a life-size statue of a monk when a large midnight-blue butte…
Photo Courtesy of Stanfords, 7 Mercer Walk, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9FA AS A GENERAL RULE rule, I’m happiest in the countryside. The noise, the crush, the speed of cities, even t…
THERE ARE SOME moments in life when, upon entering a room, you realize you have stumbled upon that disturbing border where passion rubs up against obsession. In Baku, Azerbaijan, tha…
Evelyne Axell: Body Double, exhibition views, Muzeum Susch. Photo: Courtesy Muzeum Susch / Art Stations Foundation CH IT IS MY BIRTHDAY; I am seventy-one. I am celebrating with two f…
IT WAS IN THE BATHROOMS of the Sanborns restaurant, near what is today the Somos Voces (We are voices) bookstore, where Adonis García, the hustler-protagonist of Luis Zapata’s now-cl…
BOOKSTORES ARE OFTEN pegged as refuges, sanctuaries, havens, and the like, but they behave more accurately like consulates. With their filing systems, scuttling attendants, and all t…
Ropa vieja photo / Courtesy of Doña Eutimia YOU HAVE TO WALK TOWARD THE Callejón del Chorro, alongside the Cathedral of San Cristóbal in Old Havana, to get to Doña Eutimia. The priva…
Photo by Hussein Alazaat IN THE BONE-CRACKING ARIDITY of Jordan, civilizations are still born from, and borne upon, water. On the poppling wellsprings found on the hills and wadis, t…
Photo: Joey Wilson / Courtesy of AWAACC LOCATED IN THE HEART of downtown Pittsburgh, on Liberty Avenue close to Union Station and the David Lawrence Convention Center, the sleek and elegant but unpre…
Crowds gather almost every evening at The Book Lounge for regular book launches. Picture here: the launch of Henry Trotter's book Cape Town: A Place Between by Catalyst Press. NOD A…
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