Open Books A Poem Emporium — Local services in Seattle

A new location for a beloved Seattle bookstore, artsy and cosmopolitan, defiantly intellectual while also retaining the quirkiness of the city. While I was here, some small booksellers were talking to the clerk about a book on the history of radicalism in Echo Park in Los Angeles and how it grew out of 19th century spiritualism: that is the kind of place this is, and I find it quite charming. It is the kind of place where black turtlenecks are welcome and you can ask questions about French philosophy and probably get a decent answer: urbane, hip, and a little pretentious, but never snooty or condescending. It is a small bookstore, but it is quite a memorable one. It is distinctly seattle, and yet it brought back some nostalgic memories of my undergrad years in NYC, scouring the streets for small, slightly dingy book stores like this just pulsating with artistic creative energy. If you are a specific kind of person, you will feel very at home here, and I...

The staff is really sweet! Really helpful with finding specific titles! All the books are organized and everything is neat. I visited for the first time because I live pretty far and I'm most definitely coming back! I'm kind of upset I didn't take a trip down there sooner hahaha. They also do a great job of informing you on upcoming events for...

How many bookstores can you walk into (without realizing it was specifically for poetry, since the sign was obscured by a tree), ask for Portuguese poetry translation (nonfiction as well as poetry) and be provided with multiple options? I then asked about Turkish poetry and they had several examples, classic and contemporary. That's...