All of this is to say that Kramerbooks, a Dupont Circle fixture for close to a half-century, is moving on and I am distraught. ADADAccording to Washington Business Journal’s Alex Koma, “Kramerbooks owner Steve Salis says he’s ready to move the hybrid bookshop-cafe out of its Dupont Circle home. If memory serves, Kramerbooks is where I first encountered Max Brooks’s “World War Z.” Seeing “The Ideas Industry” for sale there was a huge rush. I lived near Dupont for a summer during an era when Dupont was the trendy place for younglings to live, eat and drink. I only lived in Washington for a brief spell, but in the decades since Kramerbooks was always my focal point for meeting friends and colleagues.

Source: Washington Post May 20, 2020 10:03 UTC