End of Story

"Throughout the day, Ed Conklin, a partner in the business, was fielding a stream of condolence e-mails sent by publishers and authors from across the country. In an interview, author John Rechy, who recently appeared at Dutton's for his memoir, 'About My Life and the Kept Woman,' spoke of the store's importance.
"'Every non-million-selling writer has had his coming out there,' he said. 'They had every single book that you would want.'
"Author Carolyn See described the store's decline and looming closing as 'just sickening.'"

In the Los Angeles Times, Martha Groves and Scott Timberg report the imminent closing of Dutton's Brentwood Books, L.A.'s premier independent bookstore.

T.C. Boyle in the Los Angeles Times pens an appreciation.

As does Jessica Teich in The Nation.