Alfred Lion was born on this day April 21, 1908 in Berlin. A jazz concert he attended as a teenager sparked a lifelong passion for the music that would eventually lead him to NYC where he founded Blue Note in 1939. Stream our playlist "Blue Note: The Finest In Jazz" bluenote.lnk.to/BlueNote-The...

In 1953, cartoonist and animator Paul Campani invented the iconic “Omino coi baffi” (little guy with a mustache) for the equally iconic Bialetti Moka pot. The character is a caricature of Renato Bialetti, son of founder Alfredo Bialetti

Very excited to say that starting in August I’ll be teaching 8th and 11th grade English at the John Burroughs School here in St Louis!

Every day is exciting at @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social , but yesterday brought a special thrill: the latest edition of bookseller trading cards from @biblioasis.bsky.social! Among the fine purveyors featured is our own @jamescrossley.bsky.social. Beauty way to be!

I would like there to be less JD Vance, like, in general

True

Can’t wait!

A fascinating yet also terrible movie, of great historical interest.

Paging @nonsuchbook.bsky.social !

On display at @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social , just sayin…

📸 Fan Ho 🌐📍Hong Kong, 1954 #photooftheday #photography #blueskyphotography #photokind

Sirat

FRANCE: we're fancy WORLD: ok FRANCE: a fried ham sandwich is our national lunch WORLD: FRANCE: a fried ham sandwich with an egg is its wife

"Discerning, tender and pellucid in its beauty, this is the kind of small, perfect novel it is hard to imagine anybody not loving." 🌻 Thank you for this GORGEOUS review, Sam! Read the whole thing below:

For the last few months I’ve started most mornings with the characters in these wonderful books, and now that there are no more pages to turn I’m a bit bereft.

Paging @tillraether.bsky.social

Well this was fucking great

Lauded on the latest @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social newsletter just fyi

Auto buy on my next trip home

My marble? So blue.

The hardest room to escape.

Join us! Gonna be great!

This photo of Sarah Orne Jewett and dog was posted by @sandtclassics.bsky.social over on IG. Instantly delighted. Then I realized they also posted part of the @onebrightbook.bsky.social conversation from the new edition of A Marsh Island. More delight. Have you picked up a copy yet?

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

I regret to say that even though I love Len Deighton I had no idea he was still alive! May his memory be for blessing.

Me, except with books

Check it, friends!

Hey, that new bookstore art we mentioned is now available on merch. Order early and often! www.bonfire.com/store/leviat...

Ivy decided to have a chill 7th birthday

Saw this last night and now my nerves are too shredded to ever see another movie again oh well static01.nyt.com/images/2026/...

Look at this beauty!!

At the next meeting of @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social ‘s book club we’ll discuss the inimitable Penelope Fitzgerald’s Human Voices. If you’re in or around STL please join!

Weird one ngl

Sarah Orne's Jewett's A MARSH ISLAND with a conversational afterward from the One Bright Book crew is OUT!

Hell no

OK, so bear with me, I have been waiting to use the phrase "School's Out for Summers" for a long time

Incredible

The Republic of Consciousness Prize, US & Canada, has announced its 2025 shortlist! Congratulations to the authors and publishers of these five remarkable books! The winner will be announced on Tuesday, March 10.

Honestly, if book curation were a Winter Olympic sport, we’d be Norway.

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

undeserved!

The nerves, they are not good

Cover reveal! @gollancz.bsky.social

Nate Dogggg!!!!!

Less than a week until I lead a discussion of Barbara Pym at @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social : I’d love to see you there! leviathanbookstore.com/events/books...

Aw shit

Yes yes yes!!!!!

Excellent. Devastating ending. Even if, like me, you are allergic to books about the theatre, you will be drawn in. Forthcoming reissue from @mcnallyeditions.com with great intro by Yiyun Li.

Have y’all checked this out yet?