Landmark gay bookstore closing: Oscar Wilde Bookshop of NYC
”People are hemorrhaging, and we’re no exception…. Even if we were rent-free, it wouldn’t be enough for us to cover the bills we have…. This is one instance in New York where it’s not a case of the landlord gouging the tenant. Our landlord has always been remarkable with us”
Kim Brinster, the current owner of the soon-closing Oscar Wilde Bookshop, one of the USA’s first gay & lesbian bookstores, located in Greenwich Village in NYC on Christopher Street. It’s reported here also that Deacon Maccubbin of DC’s Lambda Rising was one of the store’s owners up until 2006. (NY Times)
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