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Tessa Wegert, communications director and aspiring novelist, buys a book from City Lit's Pawl Schwartz. |
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Last December, Publishing Cocktails, a regular gathering of Chicago literary professionals, organized a cash mob at the Book Cellar in Lincoln Square. Last Thursday, they struck another bookstore: the mob of 30 went to City Lit Books, a store in the Logan Square area of Chicago that opened in August, where they browsed and bought books for an hour and then adjourned around the corner to the Owl for drinks.
"What a dream come true for a bookstore," City Lit owner Teresa Kirschbraun said. "All of a sudden, the store is overflowing with writers, publishers and fellow booksellers--book lovers sharing book recommendations and buying books. I am overwhelmed by the support for independent bookstores and the generosity of this community. Every store should hope that their store will be attacked by such a mob."
Publishing Cocktails has met every other month for the last year and is organized by Javier Ramirez, who works at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, Winnetka, and Keir Graff, editor of Booklist Online and the author of the middle-grade novel The Other Felix, as well as several books for adults.