tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422433941454188290.post1011104717212477397..comments2024-01-26T13:02:13.166-05:00Comments on Cleveland Centennial: Kay's Bookstorepengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422433941454188290.post-30760848203591544732023-11-20T21:33:07.515-05:002023-11-20T21:33:07.515-05:00Walking in the front door and seeing “Kay” herself...Walking in the front door and seeing “Kay” herself high up on what seemed to me a raised pulpit, surveying that huge space filled with books, is one of my fondest memories of Cleveland. Science fiction on the second floor. 😉Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422433941454188290.post-29053910860400392472023-08-15T20:18:02.334-04:002023-08-15T20:18:02.334-04:00That's incredible! I love books like those, re...That's incredible! I love books like those, real letters written by real people.pengohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422433941454188290.post-65599188283966925532023-08-14T18:34:43.309-04:002023-08-14T18:34:43.309-04:00I still have my copy of kids letters to president ...I still have my copy of kids letters to president Kennedy I got from Kay's when I was a kid😀Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422433941454188290.post-35777314697506026452023-06-16T10:44:57.564-04:002023-06-16T10:44:57.564-04:00As a high school student I discovered Kay's an...As a high school student I discovered Kay's and bought my first art books there. Those books started me off on a journey that took me through art college and beyond. I loved the quirkiness of the store - stacks and racks of books in seemingly no order or category logic, it was always wonderful to work through a shelf or pile and be surprised.Darabridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548468047703760229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422433941454188290.post-19618289852565665962022-11-01T21:03:55.459-04:002022-11-01T21:03:55.459-04:00I watched Maggie Thompson of Comic Book Guide bein...I watched Maggie Thompson of Comic Book Guide being interviewed on Zoom the other day; she mentioned Kay's and at long last I had the name to go with my memories of browsing in the store back in the 1960s. I found science fiction books and the Pogo comic strip book collections. I also remember telling a friend while in the shop that there was porn upstairs, and the woman working at the front desk correcting me. (I can't remember precisely what she said.)Jerry Kaufmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422433941454188290.post-55133848851452612122020-12-17T12:37:13.788-05:002020-12-17T12:37:13.788-05:00I was almost in tears upon hearing that Kay's ...I was almost in tears upon hearing that Kay's had sold it's inventory to an out-of-town dealer and was closing.<br />My only problem with Kay's was limited funds. I would go in looking for a specific book and find five or six more I wanted. I worked downtown and spent many lunch hours in there.Pat M. Coynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003047669163443701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422433941454188290.post-82315436440458678602020-12-07T15:54:02.684-05:002020-12-07T15:54:02.684-05:00My late brother, Joel Turner, worked at Kay's ...My late brother, Joel Turner, worked at Kay's around 1975 for about two years. In 1978, Joel, and I, with our sister Pamela, and our parents, opened Undercover Books in Shaker Hts. The original location was Van Aken Center at the end of the rapid line. I am now a book editor and literary agent in NYC. Personal book biz memories linked to here: http://philipsturner.com/about-philip-turner/Philip Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169677821853807824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422433941454188290.post-77885183294325821172016-10-12T14:01:12.459-04:002016-10-12T14:01:12.459-04:00I have such good memories of Kay's. First, I d...I have such good memories of Kay's. First, I discovered the Beat writers there, as Kay had a shelf of them located adjacent to the cash register. Second, the day I walked in to hear Kay telling a caller that the only way she could have seen pornography in the store was to go upstairs and deliberately seek it out, therefore, get off the phone and stop whining. A true lost jewel.Brother Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03028715051015319701noreply@blogger.com