In the formerly Jewish neighborhood of Boyle Heights, a man named David Kipen opens up his doors to the local community, now Latino, and lends it his personal stock of books ranging from mass-market noir paperbacks to Jorge Luis Borges. It’s a gesture which blends the neighborhood’s two pasts. Playfully named “Libros Schmibros,” the bookstore contains a wide range of Los Angeles literature that’s been carefully curated by the one-time writer, critic and translator Kipen. Hopefully, this shtick will catch on neighborhoods across Los Angeles, where independent bookstores are far and few.