Bookselling is a conversation with its community | Kris Kleindienst

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] I almost didn't get hired when I applied for a job at my neighborhood bookstore because I was a lesbian. It was 1974 and I was 21 years old. The anti-war activist collective that started the store didn't yet understand where LGBTQ liberation fit into their revolution. But they took a chance on me anyway. And right away I created a gay section and started filling it with all the books I could find. I was hungry for queer stories and I knew other people would be too. The ...