((PKG)) Politics and Prose
((Banner: Timeless Amusement))
((Reporter/Camera: Ani Chkhikvadze))
((Adapted by: Zdenko Novacki))
((Map: Washington, D.C.))
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((Damir Marusic, Executive Editor, The American Interest))
Politics and Prose is just one of these cultural institutions here in Washington D.C. It's really important and it's thriving. It's very good because it gets interested people who care about literature and generally intellectual books to get together, and it creates a community.
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((Liz Artlip, Employee, Politics & Prose))
I like just the atmosphere of being here. It’s a big store, but it’s also very intimate at the same time, and it’s really easy to grab someone and get personalized help with, you know, you can just come in and say, ‘I’m looking for a new book to read. What should I do?’ and someone can take you through a whole bunch of books.
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((Liz Artlip, Employee, Politics & Prose))
Coming into a bookstore is fun because you don’t go to Amazon to browse. You can come into a store like this and not know exactly what you’re looking for, or not even have any intentions on getting anything. And just looking through the bookshelves, you may find something that ends up being your new favorite book.
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((Anna, Customer))
I love bookstores. I’m like a total nerd, so I always go through Amazon and look at their books, but there's nothing like actually feeling a book in your hand, being able to touch it, feel it, read it, start to scan it.
((Liz Artlip, Employee, Politics & Prose))
It’s nice being kind of a bookstore that’s really centered on D.C., and we make sure to provide for the D.C. area, and our big draw is all the book events we do. We do them every night of the week and then multiple times on weekends.
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((Jamie Susskind, Author))
This is a legendary bookshop in Washington, D.C. When I was an intern in Capitol Hill here ten years ago, I used to come here and wander around and spend all of my very limited income. And so, to come back as an author is really exciting.
((Damir Marusic, Executive Editor, The American Interest))
I was just here moderating a panel with my friend and colleague Jamie Susskind. His book about the future of politics, and the turnout was amazing and the level of questions that are asked are very high. That is one of the rare things in this age of Amazon and everything online, and this place is amazing for that.
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((Liz Artlip, Employee, Politics & Prose))
I think they should come here just because it’s a really rare experience to be able to come to an independent bookstore. These days, they’re kind of having a renaissance, but there are not as many as there used to be. And it’s just such a different experience walking into a place like this, or like Kramer’s, as opposed to walking into a Barnes and Noble.
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