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Congrats to

@Shakespeare_Co

on its 100 years in Paris. I wrote an article on this famous hangout for expat writers for NY Daily News when I was a student at

@Sorbonne_Univ_

Just was back there & saw my article is in the bookstore's official scrapbook. Viva Shakespeare & Co!

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@RobertEllsberg

@RobertEllsberg

George Whitman used to invite traveling "writers" to sleep in the bookstore and help out. In 1974, my purchase of the complete works of Thomas de Quincey was enough to qualify! 30 years later I returned with my 12-yr-old daughter. George renewed his invitation.

6:23 PM · Nov 19, 2019