The Archive Bookstore STL

05/19/2021

Israel has bombed the largest and most beloved bookstore in Gaza, totally destroying it.

“This is so heartbreaking The owner of Gaza’s largest bookstore, Shaban Aslim, stands in front of the rubble of his bookstore which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike “I stopped eating so that I could afford to open the shop” Follow https://t.co/pzxMIJnSPF”

02/18/2020

RIP

David Clewell, Missouri's second poet laureate and longtime Webster University professor of literature, passed away on Saturday, February 15. The university released a statement Sunday...

11/05/2019

RIP Nita Turnage, a great friend to the Archive Bookstore, and the entire community of artists and dreamers in St. Louis and beyond.

07/13/2019

06/29/2018

RESIST

More than 500 women including a member of Congress were arrested Thursday in the US Capitol complex protesting President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policy that has triggered thousands of family separations at the border with Mexico. US Capitol Police said 575 people conducting a sit-down

03/28/2018

Did you know that books and manuscripts do not generally require "white gloves" when handling them? It's a fact. What are required are clean, dry, bare hands. Museums, libraries, and galleries do not use gloves, because they are considered a danger to paper, not a protection.

The following article, which was originally published in International Preservation News, explains the controversy.

There is a consensus that only the following require gloves: Metals, Painted furniture, Lacquered or gilded surfaces, Anything made from plaster, Taxidermy, Geological specimens, Plastics, Photographic items, Unglazed ceramics, Human and animal remains.

01/23/2018

Another independent bookstore is ready to turn the page. On Saturday, March 3, Patten Books (10202 Manchester Road, Kirkwood; 314-822-3200) will say goodbye to bibliophiles...

03/19/2017

Just put this on repeat for the rest of the weekend. RIP Chuck Berry.

Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll Listen to these songs from the man who could play a guitar like he was ringing a bell and see if school days are same. Find out why...

12/31/2016

An inspiring hero to end out 2016. Resolve to be like him, and do your part to save what is valuable around you.

A middle-aged book collector in Mali helped keep the fabled city’s libraries, books and manuscripts safe from occupying jihadists.

12/09/2016

From Mexico City to Hangzhou, bookstores that are destinations in and of themselves.