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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Roger Carlson, right, is presented a plaque outside of Bookends & Beginnings, located in an alley off of Sherman Avenue. The building once housed Carlson’s bookstore Bookman’s Alley, which closed last year after more than 30 years in Evanston.

Ceremony commemorates Bookman’s Alley and owner

October 3, 2014

Bookman’s Alley was like a fantasy, Northwestern Prof. Reginald Gibbons said. The independent bookstore, which closed last year, and its owner Roger Carlson were honored in a ceremony Thursday. During...

Former Northwestern employee denies copyright infringement

September 24, 2014

Former Northwestern employee Nina Barrett on Monday denied allegations that she infringed upon the University’s copyright by refusing to return her unfinished manuscript for a book about the 1924 Leopold...

Northwestern sues ex-employee for copyright infringement on Leopold-Loeb book

July 25, 2014

Northwestern has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against a former employee whom the University commissioned to write a book about the 1924 Leopold and Loeb murder trial. According to a lawsuit...

Bookstore replacing Bookmans Alley holds grand opening

Bookstore replacing Bookman’s Alley holds grand opening

June 16, 2014

Bookends & Beginnings, a bookstore that seeks to provide a space for visitors to share ideas, held its grand opening Saturday. “We have a sense that...it’s a kind of a space that isn’t being...

Bookends & Beginnings will replace Bookman’s Alley at the legendary Evanston store’s former Sherman Avenue location. Nina Barrett, the store’s owner, said the new shop will offer an assortment of modern and vintage books.

New Evanston bookstore plans to be local ‘forum’

April 16, 2014

The owner of the new bookstore set to move into the space left by Bookman's Alley plans to build upon the previous shop's "irreplaceable" legacy. Bookends & Beginnings, which will open in June,...

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