politics prose politics prose stylized abbreviated independent located chase washington connecticut avenue store founded owners expanded store current size failed sale attempt owners eventually sold store current owners politics prose known staff seen culture author events attract number famous speakers bill_clinton reputation audiences history founding growth losing job carter administration decided create independent washington despite having previous experience running business partnered found previous experience managing owner early decided store politics prose washington sounding owners founded store worried store struggled attract authors speak events relied local journalists location store original location neighborhood street current spot politics prose moved present larger location finding success politics prose years expanded sections collections store merged nearby children cat incorporated staff failed sale attempt business continued successful late 1990s independent fell companies like expanded decided sell store selling shirt business able afford cost store owners agreement gain control store able function rest staff set time position interact employees sold equity stake business informing staff members number incidents pressured leave staff kissed employee birthday owners agreed resign received initial investment plus premium said wall_street_journal started good motives lots sides year sale attempt decided hold store sole owners years met outside consultant eventual exit strategy new ownership june announced intention sell store seriously ill time contributed timing decision sell wrote impending sale putting politics prose sale like putting sale considerable speculation media possible buyers store reportedly inquiries october possible purchase store husband david inherited stake store death cancer announced march employees washington_post wife purchased store store reportedly sold million price main factor selection new owners fully retired work store december graham added literary classes trips purchasing store owners considering expansion store georgetown location services reputation politics prose reputation staff able recommend books customers square foot space contains book machine demand printing self published print books cafe floor building called number different book genres washington_post review cafe reacted favorably changes menu store famous author events writers usually read excerpt book questions audience washington_post notes talks gained prominence store grew popular original owners known literary broadcasts talks month store gained reputation having smart audiences present readings famous readers author events included politicians presidents bill_clinton barack_obama senator authors photographer investigative reporter past refused allow prominent writers appear store ostensibly conservative politics prose seen important stop authors work regarded significant culture new owners ranked powerful people washington purchase politics prose describing store liberal washington sacred space new_yorker commented unusually intelligent questions audience readings slate editor said city want read obviously place
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