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Famous Bookstore Run By Jerk

The Strand, the humongous New York bookstore by Union Square that is like one of the biggest used book stores ever of all time, has always attracted lots of young workers who take the low pay in exchange for the cool factor of working at the place, and the chance to be around books all day. One negative: the store is run by a despised woman named Nancy Bass Wyden (trivia: she's married to Oregon Senator Ron Wyden). I've known several people who worked at The Strand, and they universally agree on her tyranny. Now, the New York Press has actually done some investigative work on the claims, and it's found evidence for allegations of racial discrimination, callous disregard for pregnant women, and—most terrifyingly—"fungus from rats." More »

1:25 PM on Fri May 2 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
6,549 views, 42 comments

Latest by n/a: If I may speak up for the East Bay: I've never had any trouble with Black Oak beside feeling like I was going to faint because of their frightening prices. What can you do? You go because of the history of more »

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Tina Brown Last Night Among The People

Tina Brown's book The Diana Chronicles is perched prettily atop the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list. (Take that, Chris Hitchens!) All Tina's careful plans have gone exactly right. So if one takes as a given that Tina Brown is the queen of intentionality, her decision to have a discussion with Times reporter Warren Hoge (who was London bureau chief for eight years) in the overheated, scruffy surroundings of The Strand (one of her favorites, and her husband Harry Evans's as well) last evening was to be another indication, perhaps, that Tina is Of The People. More »

11:37 AM on Wed Jul 11 2007
By Doree Shafrir
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Latest by Colonel Mustard: It's just like in Twin Peaks, when Donna put on Laura's sunglasses and suddenly took up smoking. Except that here it's kind of sad. more »

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