The Dial Bookshop takes its name from a prominent literary magazine that was once housed in the same building.

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Dial Bookshop

Chicago


As bookstores go, it’s hard to beat Dial's literary pedigree: it’s housed in the Fine Arts Building, once headquarters to groundbreaking modernist magazines The Little Review, Poetry and the eponymous Dial. Honey-colored hardwood floors and massive windows overlooking Grant Park set a handsome stage for browsing new and used fiction, art tomes and local literary mags.


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