Many thanks to the IOBA for the opportunity to spend the next week learning from fantastic booksellers and librarians! So excited to talk shop and absorb all the knowledge at CABS. But first, the Minnesota Antiquarian Book Fair! Come say hi to us Evening Landers in booth 9. Bibliophiles Unite!

Happy fry-yay all!!!

#handsoff protest today in Champaign, IL. So proud of my community!

Trying very hard to remember this is for sale, not for keepsies. Bookselling is a tough gig, esp when you have copies like this.

The cutest business partners a gal could ask for ❤️

TLDR: the goose won, obviously. 🍁 🇨🇦

Winner of tonight’s Grifter Mean Girl Award at #SOTU goes to Payton Mcnabb, who is such a bad sport she blamed another girl for the end of her HIGH SCHOOL “volleyball career” and got the fascists to help her blame it on trans participation in said sport. I hope she gets brainwashed by libs at uni.

The handsomest, bestest good boy.

“You say potato, I say vodka” #GirlsOwnCC

Evening Land Books is getting a face lift! We are totally loving our new logo from @bandish.bsky.social . They absolutely nailed it. Couldn’t have asked for a better representation of our business and personal tastes. I’m gonna print it on all the things ❤️

If you’ve also been thinking ab direct action, new books to read, and whether or not it’s cool to punch nazis, allow me to recommend the most recent episode of the Conspirituality pod.

“Confession” If for a day joy masters me, Think not my wounds are healed; Far deeper than the scars you see, I keep the roots concealed. They shall bear blossoms with the fall; I have their word for this, Who tend my roots with rains of gall, And suns of prejudice.”

15th century me:

A lovely copy of a prescient- errrr fictional- literary high spot 👏

Toni Morrison is hands down the best American author of the 20th century. This isn’t up for debate in the land where I make all the rules, but we’d love to hear your thoughts ❤️📚

My kind of physics 👊

Librarians fighting the good fight, one subject heading list at a time ❤️

In a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s mass pardon of Jan. 6 rioters, Gov. JB Pritzker has blocked anyone who participated in the 2021 U.S. Capitol insurrection from getting a job with the state of Illinois. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...

Thanks, God. Well said.

I’m so grateful to Kim A Snyder for allowing me to be a part of this film. “There’s never been a movie more vital this year than The Librarians. If you prize literature, intelligence, independent thought, safe spaces for children, it’s a necessary watch.” thefilmmaven.substack.com/p/the-librar...

It feels like day 4,578 of the second Trump term, so plz enjoy unsolicited pics of Sir Frances Bacon, the best good boy, practicing his podcast skillz.

I suspect the Nelnet people are getting trauma informed service training ahead of the incoming administration, because the call center dude I just talked to very patiently and politely answered all my anxious questions ab student loans right now. Thanks my guy you the real MVP of the cesspool.

I just posted a new resource to The Collector's Counsel–a list of rare book fairs from across the US. If you're a bibliophile, I highly recommend visiting a rare book fair near you. They're a ton of fun and they help support independent bookstores. eveninglandbooks.com/list-of-rare...

a man who gets an email like this from his own mother should be legally required to reveal it to every woman he ever meets ever ever

Did your partner drag you out of Target because you were too busy singing and dancing along with the Wicked soundtrack playing over the loudspeaker while holiday shopping, or are you a normal person? Asking for a friend.

A pair of goodies arrived with us today. They'll be listed at eveninglandbooks.com soon 📚❤️

It’s a day-jammies straight to night-jammies kinda day

The hallway gallery, aka “wauldubon”, is coming along nicely

Heard ya’all like bookshelves! The Evening Land back office ft. our furry son, Sir Francis Bacon:

“Drain the swamp” = send Florida’s most vile politicos directly to Washington.

Dylan said the answer is blowin in the wind, and I always thought that approach was a bit too manic-pixie-dream-girl to hold water for anything other than casual philosophizing and back porch whimsy, but as a campaign strategy America seems pretty into it.

@matthewkollmer.bsky.social explains how his Rare Books feed functions. Perfect light DH reading on a sunny Saturday.

Join us!

Women reshaping collecting and classification one prize at a time: “ Our goal, at the time, was to expand the popular perception of who book collectors are (and can be) by highlighting original collections built by young women, often without the knowledge or help of the rare book trade.”

Rare books/ bookseller folks, check it out:

Attn rare book folks!

I created a BlueSky feed for all things Rare Books: bsky.app/profile/did:... Some small Regex adjustments may yet be in order, but feel free to check it out.

Evening Land Books will be hosting a booth at the 2024 Midwestern Antiquarian Booksellers Association’s Book and Paper Fair in Chicago on June 15th! Here’s a sneak peek of a few signed modern first editions we’re bringing along. More details on the fair here: mwaba.com

This just in for the Digital Humanities folks. My handsome, genius partner’s @matthewkollmer.bsky.social latest publication: Corridos, music, folklore, and maps. Oh my!

Thank you @melissagiragrant.com for documenting the ways anti-library activism is anti-queer too. newrepublic.com/article/1755...

Welcome to Illinois, where at this time of year there’s always a black fly in your Chardonnay. #isntitironic?

Mad props to Dr. Emily Knox for her insanely composed and intelligent expert testimony in the Senate Judiciary hearing on banned books today. There’s a lot I could say about the far right sentiment here but in the interest of maintaining my dignity I’ll just link: www.c-span.org/video/?53037...

@matthewkollmer.bsky.social worked all summer to painstakingly care for this gardenia, and the trouble was well worth it. Also: grasshopper.

Sir Francis Bacon commandeering the office cozy spot, per usual.

It's the dawn of a new era, my first day on Bluesky.