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Hi,I start this episode by chatting with Kris Kleindienst, co-owner of Left Bank Books in St. Louis, Missouri, and then head over to California to speak with Joy Lanzendorfer, author of Right Back Where We Started From. Left Bank Books is the oldest and largest independently-owned full-line bookstore in St. Louis, Missouri. They offer a full line of new and used books, gifts, cards, magazines, toys, and services.The staff at Left Bank Books are a fiercely committed group. Many are writers, performers, and artists who personally appreciate the importance of a store like Left Bank, not only to the cultural health of a community but to the health of its creative people, too! Many Left Bankers are involved in other community organizations as volunteers and activists and support issues such as peace, racial justice, civil rights, urban sustainability, education, animal rights, and support for the arts. Joy Lanzendorfer is the author of Right Back Where We Started From, a multigenerational work of fiction that explores the lust for ambition that entered into the American consciousness during the Gold Rush and how it affected our nation’s ideas of success, failure, and the pursuit of happiness. Joy’s non-fiction work has been in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Poetry Foundation, Ploughshares, NPR, Smithsonian, and Raritan. And Her fiction has appeared in Tin House, The Guardian, Hotel Amerika, Alaska Quarterly Review, and many others. Left Bank BooksThis is What Lesbian Looks Like: Dyke Activists Take on the 21st Century, Kris Kleindienst (Editor)Ruby Fruit Jungle, Rita Mae BrownBraiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall KimmererJoy LanzendorferRight Back Where We Started From, Joy LanzendorferGeorge Sterling Article, Joy LanzendorferJack London Article, Joy LanzendorferWhat’s The Story Podcast With Joy LanzendorferJoy Lanzendorfer Keynote Speech at the Southern California Writer’s ConferenceBeloved, Toni MorrisonSupport the showThe Bookshop PodcastMandy Jackson-BeverlySocial Media Links

Hi, I start this episode by chatting with Kris Kleindienst, co-owner of Left Bank Books in St. Louis, Missouri, and then head over to California to speak with Joy Lanzendorfer, author of Right Back Where We Started From.  Left Bank Books is the oldest and largest independently-owned full-line bookstore in St. Louis, Missouri. They offer a full line of new and used books, gifts, cards, magazines, toys, and services. The staff at Left Bank Books are a fiercely committed group. Many are writers, performers, and artists who personally appreciate the importance of a store like Left Bank, not only to the cultural health of a community but to the health of its creative people, too! Many Left Bankers are involved in other community organizations as volunteers and activists and support issues such as peace, racial justice, civil rights, urban sustainability, education, animal rights, and support for the arts. Joy Lanzendorfer is the author of Right Back Where We Started From, a multigenerational work of fiction that explores the lust for ambition that entered into the American consciousness during the Gold Rush and how it affected our nation’s ideas of success, failure, and the pursuit of happiness. Joy’s non-fiction work has been in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Poetry Foundation, Ploughshares, NPR, Smithsonian, and Raritan. And Her fiction has appeared in Tin House, The Guardian, Hotel Amerika, Alaska Quarterly Review, and many others. <a href="https://www.left-bank.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Left Bank Books</a><a href="https://www.left-bank.com/search/site/This%20is%20what%20lesbian%20looks%20like" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This is What Lesbian Looks Like: Dyke Activists Take on the 21st Century, Kris Kleindienst (Editor)</a><a href="https://www.left-bank.com/book/9781375387286" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ruby Fruit Jungle, Rita Mae Brown</a><a href="https://www.left-bank.com/search/site/braiding%20sweetgrass" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer</a> <a href="http://www.ohjoy.org/biography/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Joy Lanzendorfer</a> <a href="https://www.blackstonepublishing.com/right-back-where-we-started-from-joy-lanzendorfer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Right Back Where We Started From, Joy Lanzendorfer</a> <a href="http://:%20https:/www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/146051/bohemian-tragedy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">George Sterling Article, Joy Lanzendorfer</a><a href="https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a4932/the-first-and-last-lives-of-jack-london/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jack London Article, Joy Lanzendorfer</a><a href="http://www.ohjoy.org/whats-the-story-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What’s The Story Podcast With Joy Lanzendorfer</a><a href="https://youtu.be/K3_eDqYZcA4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joy Lanzendorfer Keynote Speech at the Southern California Writer’s Conference</a><a href="https://www.left-bank.com/book/9781400033416" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beloved, Toni Morrison</a><a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mandyjacks9 " rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a><a href="https://thebookshoppodcast.buzzsprout.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Bookshop Podcast</a> <a href="https://mandyjacksonbeverly.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mandy Jackson-Beverly</a> <a href="https://beacons.ai/thebookshoppodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Social Media Links</a>

Kris Kleindienst, Co-Owner Left Bank Books, And Author Joy Lanzendorfer

Left Bank Books is turning 50 this year. Co-owner Kris Kleindienst talks about the shop’s storied history with St. Louis Public Radio’s Rachel Lippmann. Located in St. Louis’ bustling Central West End neighborhood, the independent bookseller got its start in 1969 when a group of Washington University graduate students set out to create a place where one could find all kinds of literature. Left Bank will formally celebrate its 50-year milestone in October.

Kris Kleindienst Reflects On 50 Years Of Left Bank Books