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I’m not sure how I managed to go this long without visiting Climax Books<\/a> (likely because their curation for the Marc Jacobs Heaven<\/a> store on Fairfax, before it closed, tied me over), but for me\u2014a reader and self-proclaimed book collector\u2014this felt like a pilgrimage of sorts. Step past an unassuming (but very pink) door and you’re in a world of chrome and Crayola Ultra pink. On the left, past the benches: a wall of mostly second-hand books. To the right, drawers of (mainly) vintage Japanese ephemera and pop paraphernalia, then an assortment of merch you actually want to wear.<\/p>\n

Everything is considered. It’s loud without excess, worthy of undivided attention.<\/p>\n

I visited in the hopes of finding works to add to my reference library, but left instead with two small books I’m just as pleased with: a first-edition paperback of Hilton Als’\u00a0The Women<\/em><\/a> (which I promptly started on the train ride back into Jersey) and\u00a0Edgewise: A Picture of Cookie Mueller<\/em><\/a> by Chlo\u00e9 Griffin. I’m also powerless against branded wares\u2014a byproduct of being a 90s kid and now an adult in marketing\u2014so of course, this cropped hoodie<\/a> had to come home with me, too.<\/p>\n

.\u00a0 \u00a0.\u00a0 \u00a0.<\/p>\n

xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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