It was a dark and stormy Saturday – but the foul elements did not dampen the resolve of booklovers who celebrated Independent Bookstore Day in New York City.
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“We wanted to support independent booksellers, especially ones in our neighborhood,” Seyoum said. Visiting bookstores for Seyoum was “like a form of self care,” she said. “I like to tell myself it's for my mental health.” Rachel King from Park Slope said the book crawl has given her the chance to visit a number of new places outside of her own neighborhood. “I love it,” she said, looking at the shelves. “It's a very great space.”
“When you have German in your roots – we moved here from Berlin – the idea of banning books or worse, burning them, is something that you're brought up on as like a clear sign that you’re heading in the wrong direction,” Carr said.
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