Do we need bookstores in the twenty-first century? If so, what makes a good one? In this beautifully written book, Jeff Deutsch鈥攖he director of Chicago鈥檚 Seminary Co-op Bookstores, one of the finest bookstores in the world鈥攑ays loving tribute to one of our most important and endangered civic institutions. He considers how qualities like space, time, abundance, and community find expression in a good bookstore. Along the way, he also predicts鈥攑erhaps audaciously鈥攁 future in which the bookstore not only endures, but realizes its highest aspirations.
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Jeff Deutsch is the director of Chicago鈥檚 Seminary Co-op Bookstores, which in 2019 he helped incorporate as the first not-for-profit bookstore whose mission is bookselling. He lives in Chicago.