{"id":35587,"date":"2012-07-17T16:34:11","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T20:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=35587"},"modified":"2012-07-18T12:08:20","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T16:08:20","slug":"this-saturday-help-st-marks-books-relocate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/17\/this-saturday-help-st-marks-books-relocate\/","title":{"rendered":"This Saturday: Help St. Marks Books Relocate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stmarks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-35592\" title=\"stmarks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stmarks-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stmarks-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stmarks.jpg 574w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/05\/saving-st-marks\/\" target=\"_blank\">your best efforts<\/a>, it looks as if our faithful friends at  St. Mark\u2019s Books will have to move. That\u2019s the bad news.  The good news\u2014at least, if you care about keeping bookstores in lower  Manhattan\u2014is that they are trying to find a cheaper location in the  East Village. Help them raise money for the move: join the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com\/2012\/07\/st-marks-mob-for-move.html\" target=\"_blank\">cash mob<\/a>\u201d at  three o\u2019clock this Saturday afternoon.  The first five customers who spend $500 or more will receive a free  one-year subscription to <em>The Paris Review<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>[tweetbutton]<\/p>\n<p>[facebook_ilike]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite your best efforts, it looks as if our faithful friends at St. Mark\u2019s Books will have to move. That\u2019s the bad news. The good news\u2014at least, if you care about keeping bookstores in lower Manhattan\u2014is that they are trying to find a cheaper location in the East Village. 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