Ruminator Books

One of the nation’s top independent bookstores and a St. Paul landmark is closing. Ruminator Books, formally known as The Hungry Mind, will close its doors on July 25.

While I can make with all the sad talk, the real sad fact is I’ve only ever been inside Ruminator Books once. That was during an Oscar Hijuelos reading, which I attended for a college class and just so happened to turn me on to the Cuban-American writer.

Sadly, I’m much too cheap to enjoy a good independent bookstore. I prefer heavy discounts, even if it comes with dog-eared pages. The HarMar Barnes & Noble with its used section (one of only six in the country) is my favorite (where I scoff at paying more than $5 for a book). Maybe that’s a sad and stupid thing for a writer to favor, but that’s where I’m at. I just have such a hard time paying $16.99 for a new paperback.

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