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Open Stacks

Open Stacks brings you conversations with scholars, poets, novelists and activists on subjects as eclectic as the books on our shelves, from under-the-radar debates in the academy to pressing contempo... Read more

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Havens for the Heterodox: Seminary Co-op Director Jeff Deutsch on Good Bookstores

Havens for the Heterodox: Seminary Co-op Director Jeff Deutsch on Good Bookstores

On this special episode of Open Stacks, we hear from Jeff Deutsch, the Director of the Seminary Co-op Bookstores. Jeff's... Read more

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Meeting Again: Mikki Kendall, Jack Cella, & Colin McDonald

Meeting Again: Mikki Kendall, Jack Cella, & Colin McDonald

On this episode of Open Stacks, the last of the fourth season, Mikki Kendall remembers a childhood at 57th Street Books ... Read more

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