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The Lit. Bar is an independent book store in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx in New York City, U.S. The store is owned by Bronx native Noëlle Santos, who opened it after being alarmed when she read in 2014 that a Barnes & Noble near Co-op City was going to close: while Manhattan had 90 book stores, the Barnes & Noble branch was the only book store in the Bronx. [1]
In the Darkroom won the 2016 Kirkus Prize in the nonfiction category [4] and was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. [5] The book was also selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review as one of the 10 Best Books of 2016. [14] Laura Miller of Slate named it one of her 10 Favorite Books of 2016. [15]
The New York Times Book Review (NYTBR) is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. [ 2 ]
NYRB Collections is a series of books that collect essays by frequent contributors to The New York Review of Books. With works by writers such as Larry McMurtry, Frank Rich, Mary McCarthy, Freeman Dyson and others, NYRB Collections present treatments of major intellectual, political, scientific, and artistic developments and debates. [3]
The New York Review was founded by Robert B. Silvers and Barbara Epstein, together with publisher A. Whitney Ellsworth [5] and writer Elizabeth Hardwick.They were backed and encouraged by Epstein's husband, Jason Epstein, a vice president at Random House and editor of Vintage Books, and Hardwick's husband, poet Robert Lowell.
Shelves on 1st floor. The Strand is a family-owned business with more than 230 employees. [5] Many notable New York City artists have worked at the store, including rock musicians of the 1970s: Patti Smith – who claimed not to have liked the experience because it "wasn't very friendly" [6] – and Tom Verlaine, [7] who was fond of the discount book carts sitting outside the store. [8]
Rizzoli Bookstore is a general interest bookstore, located in the St. James Building, 1133 Broadway in New York City, that primarily specializes in illustrated books and foreign language titles. Its previous location at 31 W. 57th Street was noted for its beautiful interior.
The Argosy Book Store is New York City's oldest independent bookstore. Located at 116 East 59th Street , between Park and Lexington Avenues in Midtown Manhattan , it occupies an entire six-story townhouse with various sales floors specializing in first editions , Americana , leather bindings, antique maps and prints, and autographs. [ 1 ]