"In Praise of Good Bookstores" by Jeff Deutsch: Review by Brianna Lantz

Abstract

In In Praise of Good Bookstores, readers find themselves learning about the intricacies of bookstores, both as a customer and as a bookseller. Jeff Deutsch argues that good bookstores are important places of cultural infrastructure and community building and has long-time readers reevaluating how they see and experience bookstores, bringing up a variety of questions about their own personal book shopping habits.