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Lucy Kogler

Lucy Kogler
Lucy Kogler looked like her picture ten years ago and is willing to let all believe she still does. She has worked as manager for Talking Leaves... Books in Buffalo for decades. She is a contributing columnist for Lit Hub who wishes she could self-isolate on the Bruce Peninsula in Canada.


The Publishing Industry Has a Serious Waste Problem, and It Needs to Stop Now

Bookseller Lucy Kogler Has Some Ideas to Make the Book World a Lot More Sustainable
April 9, 2025  By Lucy Kogler
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Of Progressive Bookselling,
Past and Future

Lucy Kogler on the American Bookstore as a Radical Resource
January 26, 2021  By Lucy Kogler
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Bookstores Serve Ideas and People: In That Way They Are Essential

Lucy Kogler Contemplate the Future of Public Space From
the Privacy of Isolation
March 30, 2020  By Lucy Kogler
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The Radical Bookseller: Toward a Green New Deal in Publishing

Lucy Kogler Has a Modest Proposal
May 31, 2019  By Lucy Kogler
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The Radical Bookseller: We’re Talking About the Wrong Pussy

Why Donald Trump Really Needs to Meet Pussy Riot
October 19, 2016  By Lucy Kogler
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The Radical Bookseller: Saying Yes (and No) to Books I Disagree With

Lucy Kogler on the Creeping Acceptance of Animal Domination
September 16, 2016  By Lucy Kogler
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Why Writers Shouldn’t Boycott North Carolina

Protest Should Be in the Trenches, Not From Afar
May 6, 2016  By Lucy Kogler
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Lucy Kogler Remembers Jim Harrison

I will always think of him as a poet first
March 31, 2016  By Lucy Kogler
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Notes From a Bookseller Under Pressure

On the Holiday Season and Whatever the Hell We Mean By "Sidelines"
December 11, 2015  By Lucy Kogler
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Women Writers and the Struggle for Shelf Space

Or What We Talk About When We Talk About Backlist
August 4, 2015  By Lucy Kogler
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The Classic Letter Writers: A Reading List

Five Great Collections of Correspondence
June 11, 2015  By Lucy Kogler
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