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Kris Kleindienst Reflects On 50 Years Of Left Bank Books

Kris Kleindienst is co-owner of Left Bank Books.
Evie Hemphill | © 2024

Left Bank Books is turning 50 this year, and on Tuesday’s St. Louis on the Air, co-owner Kris Kleindienst talked about the shop’s storied history with © 2024 ’s Rachel Lippmann.

Located in St. Louis’ bustling Central West End neighborhood, the independent bookseller when a group of Washington University graduate students set out to create a place where one could find all kinds of literature.

Left Bank .

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