Jeff Deutsch with Panelists

Join us April 5th for an in person event with Seminary Co-Op's Jeff Deutsch! He will discuss his book In Praise of Good Bookstores with panelists from other bookstores. Come join us at 7pm! 

"Books, even obscure ones, are readily available online in the age of digital retail. As bookstores attempt to find their identity in a new era, some have survived by selling everything from toys to socks, coffee to stationery. In this short book, Jeff Deutsch, the director of the Seminary Co-op Bookstores in Chicago, aims to make the case for the value of spaces devoted to books and the value of the time spent browsing their stacks. It is a defense of serious bookstores, but more importantly it is a paean to the spaces that support them; the experience of readers as they engage with the books, the stacks, and each other; and the particular community created by the presence of such an institution. Drawing on his lifelong experience as a bookseller and his particular experience at Sem Co-op, Deutsch aims, in a series of brief essays, to consider how concepts like space, time, abundance, measure, community, and reverence find expression in a good bookstore, and to show some ways in which the importance of the bookstore is both urgent and enduring"--

 

Event date: 
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - 7:00pm
Event address: 
3546 Michigan Ave.
Detroit, MI 48216-1007
In Praise of Good Bookstores By Jeff Deutsch Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9780691207766
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Princeton University Press - April 5th, 2022