Lambda Rising Bookstores, which saved New York City's Oscar Wilde
Bookshop from closing in January 2003, has sold the store to long-time
manager Kim Brinster. The sale was effective yesterday.
Deacon Maccubbin of Lambda Rising, which has stores in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Md., Rehoboth Beach, Del., and Norfolk, Va., said that the company, Brinster and staff have brought Oscar Wilde "back from the brink and restored financially sound operations. This is an exciting time for New York's favorite and oldest gay bookstore."
Maccubbin was encouraged to open Lambda Rising after a visit to the Oscar Wilde Bookshop in 1972. (The store was founded in 1967.) "Oscar Wilde was an important inspiration to me," he said in a statement, "and it has been very gratifying to return the favor by keeping the store open. It is fitting that we now return it to local ownership."
Deacon Maccubbin of Lambda Rising, which has stores in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Md., Rehoboth Beach, Del., and Norfolk, Va., said that the company, Brinster and staff have brought Oscar Wilde "back from the brink and restored financially sound operations. This is an exciting time for New York's favorite and oldest gay bookstore."
Maccubbin was encouraged to open Lambda Rising after a visit to the Oscar Wilde Bookshop in 1972. (The store was founded in 1967.) "Oscar Wilde was an important inspiration to me," he said in a statement, "and it has been very gratifying to return the favor by keeping the store open. It is fitting that we now return it to local ownership."