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The Strand

  1. in the stacks
    How the Strand Lost Its WorkersThe bookstore’s owner says it’s hanging by a thread — and staff say they’re the ones paying the price.
  2. coronavirus
    As N.Y.’s Indie Bookstores Close Their Doors, They Search for Community Online“People are just trying to maintain a connection to the world until it opens up again.”
  3. ruphall
    RupHall Went on a Date to the Strand Like a Couple of NYU FreshmenAfterward, maybe they went to Washington Square Park for a little PDA.
  4. sinatra’s centennial
    50 Years Later, Gay Talese Revisits ‘Frank Sinatra Has a Cold’Every J school has embraced Gay Talese’s 1966 Esquire write-around on Sinatra as a gold standard in New Journalism profile-writing. Fifty years later, Talese himself seems slightly puzzled by its acclaim.
  5. lost works
    Long-Lost F. Scott Fitzgerald Story Found“Temperature” will appear in the next issue of The Strand quarterly.
  6. books
    The Strand’s Stand: How It Keeps Going in the Age of AmazonThere is only one true long-term threat to the legendary bookstore, and it comes from within.
  7. The Strand Bookstore Uses Sprinklers to Disperse Homeless PeopleAt least it’s not freezing out at night or anything. 
  8. neighborhood news
    Strand Employees Are Playing Hardball on Union Contract NegotiationsMove over, longshoremen.
  9. union disputes
    The Strand Bookstore’s Unionized Workers Feeling the Pinch Set for pay freeze and fewer benefits in new contract.
  10. news reel
    Getting Inside the Brain of Richard Serra