Morning Bites: Closing Bookstores, Hilton Als, James Baldwin’s Paris, ‘Middlemarch,’ Brassaï, and More

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Luc Sante on Brassaï. 

“They’re all gone now, but when I moved to New York, in 1991, the city seemed to be nothing but bookstores.” – Jon Michaud on the closing of another New York City bookstore.

Finding James Baldwin’s Paris.

Hilton Als is on the latest Other People podcast.

Kathryn Schulz on Middlemarch.

Amy Klein on Inside Llewyn Davis at The Talkhouse.

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