Left Bank's Kris Kleindiest Weighs for NPR's "On Point"

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Kris Kleindienst and Spike, photographed by Mark Gilliland

Lots of big news for Left Bank Books this week: They opened their new downtown location on December 10 with a reading/booksigning from Stefan Kanfer, author of Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando. On December 9 - which I am sure was not an easy-peasy day for anyone on the Left Bank staff - co-owner Kris Kleindienst appeared on NPR's "On Point" radio program, flanked by a Times reviewer and a well-known literary blogger, to give her top 10 list of books for the year (listen to that here, and see Byron Kerman's piece on LBB's expansion here). The question of the hour, though: we still don't know if the new store will be a "cat" bookstore or not ...

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