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Bookstore Owners Among Most Powerful People in D.C.

Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine, the owners of Washington D.C.’s Politics and Prose, made GQ’s list of the city’s 50 most powerful people. The article read: “Since taking over the bookstore, the couple has upped its profile, hosting readings and events featuring wonky celebs like Jeffrey Sachs, Thomas Friedman, and Michael Moore.”

A New Location for Newtonville

In April, Newtonville Books is moving from its Walnut Street storefront in Newton, Massachusetts, to the more accessible Newton Centre. Customers will now be able to get to the store by using “the T,” the Greater Boston area’s subway system. Owners Jamie Clark and Mary Cotton think the move will be advantageous for both the store and the customer base. “We run a lot of events here,” Clarke told the Boston Globe. “The role of an independent bookstore should be to provide quality literary programming for the community.”

Idlewild Books Expands to Brooklyn

Last week, Idlewild Books, Manhattan’s travel bookstore, opened a Brooklyn offshoot of its original Flatiron location. The new location focuses exclusively on France, Spain, and Italy, reported New York Magazine. The bookstore carries more than 5,000 foreign-language novels, comics, and children’s books, and the adjacent storefront offers 10-week language classes taught by native speakers with teaching experience.