http://www.historichighlandpark.org/modules/mxdirectory/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:37:15 -0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss/ MX-Directory Business Directory - Date bfgsales@bluefiregroup.com bfgsales@bluefiregroup.com en http://www.historichighlandpark.org/images/logo.gif http://www.historichighlandpark.org/modules/mxdirectory/ 144 80 http://www.historichighlandpark.org/modules/mxdirectory/singlelink.php?lid=395 The bookstore at Occidental College is one of L.A.'s best-known—the perfect place to buy books for gifts and your holiday reading. By Kristi Kellogg At first glance, the Occidental College bookstore looks like any other college bookstore—trade paperbacks line the shelves on the walls, various supplies fill the aisles, stuffed tigers (the school's mascot) and other Oxy souvenirs are scattered here and there. An entire room in the back is reserved for the thousands of textbooks that come in at the start of every semester, not to mention snacks, jewelry, and clothing marked with the college's name. Everything seems just as it should be for any college bookstore. If you look a little closer, though, and actually peruse the titles on the shelves, what you'll find might surprise you—hundreds of esoteric theoretical texts, the kind potential buyers don't typically get a chance to leaf through becasue they're usually available for purchase online (if they are available at all). But right here in Eagle Rock, at Occidental College, anyone can wander in and sort through a comparatively vast collection of such famous thinkers and authors as Jacques Lacan, Carl Jung and Edward Said. Most college bookstores shy away from collections such as these, deterred by low sales. After all, not every bookstore patron is looking for, say, Ferdinand de Saussure, the Swiss linguist and father of structuralism. Nonetheless, Oxy is committed to offering a collection that is "scholarly and academic," says Anne Wolfe, bookstore director and president of the Women's Twentieth Century Club of Eagle Rock. Dennis Johnson, the store's senior book buyer, who has a Master's degree in English, explains that the store's literary offerings "reflect the academic mission of this college, which is serious, not frivolous," and that the bookstore has "gained a reputation of being pretty darn good and unique." This reputation for housing theoretical texts that explore media, art and gender, as well as unique selections in fiction, history, philosophy, poetry, politics, and science, is the primary reason why artists, writers and independent thinkers, in addition to faculty and students, frequent the Oxy bookstore. It's no wonder that the bookstore has a lot of repeat buyers. "People who live in the Eagle Rock area, who are part of the arts community, make it a point to come," says Wolfe. Other patrons come from across the world—book lovers and professors who make a special effort to drop by when they're in Los Angeles, adds Wolfe. There's much more to the bookstore than just obscure texts. Johnson points out that not every section is "deep and intense." The bookstore also offers regular fiction, graphic fiction, humor, and more than 100 magazine titles. Katherine Yang, an Oxy sophomore majoring in biochemistry, was in the bookstore this past Tuesday to pick up a magazine. She and her friend, Amy Ishioka, a junior majoring in kinesiology, shop in the store year-round—not just during textbook-buying season. Another regular at the bookstore is Susan Gratch, chair of Oxy's theater department. She comes here for a variety of reasons, including to "purchase presents for family books for my classes," she says, adding: "I use some of the art supplies and I look at the trade books quite frequently." The theater department also buys gifts for seniors from the bookstore every year, she says. Academics like Gratch are also attracted to those hard-to-find theoretical books that Oxy has a lot more of than, say, your neighborhood Borders or Barnes and Noble, not to mention other college bookstores. Clearly, the Occidental College bookstore isn't just Eagle Rock's best-kept secret but one of Los Angeles' lesser-known treasures. It is only through word of mouth that the reputation of this store spreads—as a non-profit entity, the bookstore is forbidden from advertising its goods. The store is open to the public, though, and is a must-visit for any serious thinker or bibliophile. As the bookstore's website states: "We are interested in engaging, assisting, and rewarding the serious reader." The Oxy Bookstore is located in Johnson Student Center, 1600 Campus Rd. 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