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Chicago’s HIP Cognoscenti Bookstore

Chicago’s HIP Cognoscenti Bookstore

by Margaret Philbrick | Apr 23, 2025 | Books, Community, Growing Life, Margaret's Musings

Back in my early Chicago days, I spent hours browsing the shelves of Aspidistra Bookshop on Clark Street. Within those creaky, wooden floors and miles of shelves I found my first collection of Ezra Pound and a gorgeous collection by the Russian poet, Yevtushenko. It...

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