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A Verbivore ad

Verbivore was Louisville's first infoshop. Modeled on revolutionary leftist/anarchist shops all over the world, Verbivore sought to bring radical political and cultural ideas to Louisville. The store carried zines, newsletters, pamphlets, a few audio selections, magazines (such as Anarchy or Z), and many books from AKPress and many other publishers/distros.

The store was a hobby directly out of the apartment of the owners that turned into a drain on their personal resources, time, and privacy. After eight months, they decided to close down because too many sales were just stickers, buttons, and t-shirts.

Volunteers that occasionally watched the store:

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-[[Image:Verbivore_ad.jpg|frame|right|A Verbivore ad]] Verbivore was Louisville's first infoshop. Modeled on revolutionary leftist shops all over the world, Verbivore sought to bring Louisville's revolutionary organizations and people a centralized place to meet up to find out about happenings around town and the rest of the word. Carrying newsletters, pamphlets, a few audio selections, magazines (such as [http://www.anarchymag.org/ Anarchy] or [http://www.zmag.org Z]), and many books from [http://ww.akpress.org/ AKPress] and many other publishers/distros.
+[[Image:Verbivore_ad.jpg|frame|right|A Verbivore ad]] Verbivore was Louisville's first infoshop. Modeled on revolutionary leftist/anarchist shops all over the world, Verbivore sought to bring radical political and cultural ideas to Louisville. The store carried zines, newsletters, pamphlets, a few audio selections, magazines (such as [http://www.anarchymag.org/ Anarchy] or [http://www.zmag.org Z]), and many books from [http://ww.akpress.org/ AKPress] and many other publishers/distros.
-Sadly, maybe word never got around, maybe people were prejudiced against those that ran the shop, maybe it had a bad location (in an alley off of Bonnycastle Ave. in the highlands), maybe none of those factors, or maybe all of them... But forwhatever reason, the store didn't last longer than a year, and closed in 1997.
+The store was a hobby directly out of the apartment of the owners that turned into a drain on their personal resources, time, and privacy. After eight months, they decided to close down because too many sales were just stickers, buttons, and t-shirts.
-Volunteers/workers/whatever you want to call them that occasionally watched the store:
+Volunteers that occasionally watched the store:
 *[[Jamie Miller]] - owner
 *[[Liz Palmer]] - owner