Goodbye to the World’s Greatest Bookstore
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English - August 29, 2019 16:30 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsBooks Arts Society & Culture writer author literature novel book story bestseller Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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My all-time favorite bookstore, Port Richmond Books—with an inventory of several hundred thousand used and rare books in an old movie house in Philadelphia—is closing this fall. I celebrate the store’s glorious 16 years in business with Greg Gillespie, founder and owner, and writer William Hastings. We also discuss the future of bookselling, the devastation of a digital culture in which rolling robots deliver books, and much else.