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The Oscar Wilde Bookshop was the first bookstore devoted to gay and lesbian authors.〔(Craig Rodwell Papers, 1940–1993 ), New York Public Library (1999). Retrieved on September 23, 2008.〕〔Marotta, pg. 65〕 It was founded by Craig Rodwell in 1967 as the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop. Initially located at 291 Mercer Street,〔Howard Smith's (''Scenes'' column, ''Village Voice'', March 21, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 23 (March 21, 1968 – republished April 19, 2010) ) Retrieved June 16, 2010.〕 it moved in 1973 to Christopher Street and Gay Street in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood.〔("Last Minute Oscar Wilde Reprieve" ''Gay City News.'' January 31 – February 6, 2003. Vol. 2 – Issue 5. ) Retrieved January 3, 2011.〕 It is named after author Oscar Wilde. The bookstore closed on March 29, 2009 citing the Great Recession and challenges from online bookstores.〔("Venerable Gay Bookstore Will Close" ''The New York Times.'' February 3, 2009. ) Retrieved August 8, 2015.〕 == History == Despite a limited selection of materials when the bookstore was first established, Rodwell refused to stock pornography and instead favored literature by gay and lesbian authors.〔Duberman, pg. 164–166〕〔Pobo, Kenneth. (Journalism and Publishing ), (GLBTQ Encyclopedia ) (October 13, 2007). Retrieved on September 23, 2008.〕 In March 1968 Rodwell began publishing a monthly newsletter from the bookshop, calling it HYMNAL.〔Howard Smith's (''Scenes'' column, ''Village Voice'', March 21, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 23 (March 21, 1968 – republished April 19, 2010) ) Retrieved June 16, 2010.〕 Early organizing meetings for the first Pride Parade in New York City were held at the bookshop in 1970.〔Sargeant, Fred. ("1970: A First-Person Account of the First Gay Pride March." ''The Village Voice.'' June 22, 2010. ) Retrieved January 3, 2011.〕 The store was managed by Calivin M. Lowery in the 1980s, who moved to San Francisco in 1987 to open his own bookstore there, The Love That Dares. Rodwell sold the bookshop in March 1993 to Bill Offenbaker, three months before Rodwell's death of stomach cancer.〔(''Craig L. Rodwell, 52, Pioneer for Gay Rights'' ) New York Times obituaries (June 20, 1993). Retrieved July 25, 2011.〕 In June 1996 Offenbaker sold the store to Larry Lingle. In January 2003 Lingle announced that the bookshop would close due to financial difficulties.〔Santor, Marc ("Hard Words for a Bookshop: The End." ''New York Times.'' January 7, 2003. ) Retrieved January 3, 2011.〕 Deacon Maccubbin, owner of Lambda Rising bookstores, purchased the bookstore to prevent the historically significant bookstore from closing.〔Santora, Marc ("Plot Twist for a Gay Bookstore: The Last Chapter Actually Isn't" ''New York Times'' February 4, 2003 ) Retrieved January 3, 2011.〕〔Neff, Lisa. (The importance of being open: Oscar Wilde Bookshop purchased by Deacon Maccubbin of Lambda Rising ), The Advocate (March 18, 2003). Retrieved on May 6, 2010.〕 ''The Advocate'' story on the scheduled closing failed to note that the founder of the Oscar Wilde Bookshop was Craig Rodwell, prompting a letter of correction from his former partner and first manager of the bookshop, Fred Sargeant.〔Fred Sargeant. ("He Wrote The Book." ''Liberation Publications/The Advocate.'' April 1, 2003. ) Retrieved on May 6, 2010.〕 In 2006, the bookstore was purchased by longtime manager, Kim Brinster. The bookstore closed on March 29, 2009, due to double-digit declines in sales caused by the economic crisis amid extreme competition with online book sellers, according to Brinster.〔Chan, Sewell. ("Venerable Gay Bookstore Will Close." ''New York Times.'' February 3, 2009. )〕 It was part of a spate of LGBT brick and mortar bookstores closures in the early 21st century, including Lambda Rising's Washington store and A Different Light in Los Angeles and San Francisco. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oscar Wilde Bookshop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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