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Saying Goodbye to a Secret Bookstore
For seven years, Brazenhead Books operated out of an apartment at 235 East Eighty-fourth Street. It was, strictly speaking, illegal, and because it was illegal it had to be secret. When the notice of eviction came, the whole dynamic changed. All at once, Brazenhead was on borrowed time, and minor celebrities began showing up. By Brian Patrick Eha. (Aug. 6)
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Brazenhead: New York's speakeasy bookstore turns a new page
For years, Michael Seidenberg had sold books from his Upper East Side apartment, but received an eviction notice in July. Literary New York mourned – but recently the shop has shown new signs of life. By AN Devers. (Oct. 12)
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