Michael Seidenberg Explained

Michael Seidenberg
Birth Date:22 July 1954
Occupation:book seller

Michael Seidenberg (July 22, 1954 – July 8, 2019) was a New York City bookstore owner and writer.[1] [2] His shop, BrazenHead Books, was a secret bookstore, its last incarnation a by-appointment-only space, hidden behind a door in his Manhattan apartment.[3] [4] [5]

The store was described as one of the "world's most stunning bookstores" by Fodor's in 2014.[6] Seidenberg regularly ran literary salons in the space, described as "more like a salon than a for-profit business" by the New York Times.[7] [8] BrazenHead became known more for its get-togethers and the literary atmosphere than as a bookstore. "Literary culture has become far too corporate — Michael and Brazenhead are reminders of how and why to love books and authors," said novelist Porochista Khakpour.[9] Jonathan Lethem was an early bookstore employee as a teenager, and wrote Seidenberg as a character into two of his novels.

Seidenberg wrote a series of advice columns for The New Inquiry called Unsolicited Advice for Living in the End Times which were published in two collected volumes.[10] [11]

Personal life

Seidenberg was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and grew up in New York City.[12] He studied drama at Queensborough Community College. His first job was as a puppeteer, and he ran his troupe from a storefront in Brooklyn in the 1970s, a space which also became the first iteration of BrazenHead.[13] He was married to Nicky Roe who worked as a circulation manager for Rolling Stone.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nawotka . Ed . Michael Seidenberg, New York City Bookseller, Dies . PublishersWeekly.com . 2019-07-09 . 2019-07-10.
  2. Web site: There's No Place Like Here: Brazenhead Books . Etsy Blog . 2011-07-12 . 2019-07-09.
  3. Wanna Buy A Book? . Marx. Patricia. The New Yorker . 2008-06-02 . 2019-07-09.
  4. Web site: Devers . AN . Brazenhead: New York's speakeasy bookstore turns a new page . the Guardian . 2015-10-12 . 2019-07-09.
  5. Web site: To Meet: Michael Seidenberg . Warby Parker . 2013-12-04 . 2019-07-09.
  6. Web site: World's 20 Most Stunning Bookstores . https://web.archive.org/web/20140804140756/http://www.fodors.com/news/photos/worlds-20-most-stunning-bookstores#!19-brazenhead-books . dead . 4 August 2014 . Fodor's . 9 July 2019.
  7. Web site: Force . Thessaly La . The Secret Bookstore . The Paris Review . 2011-07-12 . 2019-07-09.
  8. Web site: The Good Host, but Bad Bookseller, of Brazenhead Books . The New York Times . 2015-03-22 . 2019-07-09.
  9. Web site: Price . J.T. . The Best Friend There Is: Keeping Time with Brazenhead Books . The Millions . 2015-07-02 . 2019-07-09.
  10. Web site: Seidenberg . Michael . The Collected Unsolicited Advice for Living in the End Times Vol. 2 . The New Inquiry . 2014-01-01 . 2019-07-09.
  11. Web site: Seidenberg . Michael . The Collected Unsolicited Advice for Living in the End Times Vol. 1 . The New Inquiry . 2012-12-21 . 2019-07-09.
  12. Web site: An Apartment Full of Books and the Man Who Started It . to be discussed . 2009-05-12 . 2019-07-09.
  13. Web site: Meissner . Ivy . Words Behind Closed Doors . The New School Free Press . 2013-09-23 . 2019-07-09.

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