Season's greetings from the Leviathan to you and yours!

Go directly to hell; do not pass Go, do not collect one damn cent.

We shared this on Instagram yesterday, but if On the Calculation of Volume teaches us anything, it's that every day is November 18th. www.instagram.com/p/DRNZhb2Efnw/

It's 78 degrees in the middle of November

Which of the half-dozen book recommendations in our most recent newsletter is the most interesting to you? mailchi.mp/58c096dfd8f9...

The newest addition to our bookwear collection is up on Instagram and comes from @bookmoon.bsky.social, which has too much integrity to be on IG itself. @gavingrant.bsky.social @kellylink.bsky.social www.instagram.com/stories/high...

An evening in honor of the 50th anniversary of the last voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald! Books, stories, song, and custom cocktails! Button up your pea coat, pull on your watch cap, and join us! @johnubacon.bsky.social leviathanbookstore.com/events/edmun...

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For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings

Between Pynchon and Krasznahorkai absolutely HUGE week for brodernism. I see you, and I salute you my dudes.

Free shipping for online orders today, courtesy of @bookshop.org! bookshop.org/shop/leviath...

Blockbuster author James Patterson is once again opening his wallet to offer holiday bonuses to booksellers. If there's one you think is great, at our store or any other indie shop in the US, nominate them! All of them--there's no limit to how many you can champion! www.bookweb.org/james-patter...

We're one of only 5 stores in the US hosting a midnight release party for Pynchon's SHADOW TICKET, publishing on Tuesday. Join us for festivities starting at 11pm on Monday, Oct. 6! Details at leviathanbookstore.com/events

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Join us at @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social tomorrow night for the 7:30pm screening of One Battle After Another, based on Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland. Your popcorn is on us if we see you wearing our bookstore merch!

We judged a pie contest this morning and didn't get blueberry stains on any books, so today was a win

Another day of wild internal yo-yoing about what to say in this space. The clown show of politics has us more coulrophobic than ever, yet there’s plenty of good news in the world we’d rather discuss. Would a rant from us help the situation? If so, consider this a red-faced, finger-pointing jeremiad.

Who’s hungry?

“how do you read so many books?”

Good morning ☀️ to everyone whose favorite form of exercise is going on a long run-on sentence.

"In spite of ourselves We'll end up a'sittin' on a rainbow Against all odds Honey, we're the big door prize" John Prine's good for what ails you. So are bookstores. John Prine playing in a bookstore? Couldn't be better.

Congrats to a small local publisher of international scope, @dorothyproject.bsky.social, for having one of their forthcoming titles added to the @nationalbook.bsky.social longlist for Nonfiction! bookshop.org/a/98349/9781...

Stanza strong! It’s been a big week for poetry sales—this stack had to be replenished, and that’s not all of them.

World's longest shelf talker? It won't fit even in the alt text!

Quote of the Day, from THE HIGH HEAVEN by Joshua Wheeler, forthcoming from @graywolfpress.bsky.social.

Julio Cortázar's birthday fell this past week and we celebrated by recommending the book he wrote with his wife, Carol Dunlop, AUTONAUTS OF THE COSMOROUTE, in our newsletter. Partner projects like this one are close to our Leviathan's heart! @archipelagobooks.bsky.social mailchi.mp/dfa85b0f852e...

The internet is awash with orange glitter because we’re all abuzz about long-awaited new work from the leading artist of our age. It’s a new Era and we’re not just on the bandwagon, we’re leading the parade! Man, the first week of October is going to be lit! @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social

At the National Building Arts Center last night selling copies of Carl Elefante’s GOING FOR ZERO from @islandpress.bsky.social. We’ll be downtown with him tonight for an @aiaofficial.bsky.social meeting: leviathanbookstore.com/events/carl-...

A great favorite of ours!

Finally got to visit @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social in St. Louis. Such an amazing selection. Bought a book I’d never heard of before but am excited to read, which is exactly what I hope for from an independent bookstore.

Seminary Co-op (Chicago): July 22 Leviathan Bookstore (St Louis): July 31 Busboys and Poets (DC): Aug 5 Red Emma’s (Baltimore): Aug 6

From each according to their ability . . . you can all mark a calendar, right?

John Dos Passos said it well in the overture to his U.S.A. trilogy almost a hundred years ago. Happy Independence Day, if you can keep it.

Join us next Thursday as we welcome @naffziger.bsky.social to celebrate the publication of his new Adam Lemp biography. Reserve a seat in advance by purchasing the book through our event page. leviathanbookstore.com/events/chris...

Have you visited Missouri's newest tourist attraction? We've installed the World's Smallest Prairie outside our front door. Sedge, pink, and phlox (we can't get enough phlox).

Remind us, what's the title of that one Thomas McGuane novel? It's too hot outside to think . . .

Several Leviathan favorites on this list!

YOU’VE GOTTA FIGHT… FOR YOUR RIGHT… TO PAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR… …ticipate in the American experiment.

For our enemies shall fall before us, inspired with the spirit of putting down kings and princes. --Shakespeare's Henry VI Part 2 All you fascists bound to lose. --Woody Guthrie

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Our colleagues at 27th Letter Books in Detroit won the internet today. www.instagram.com/p/DKxKw67xypM/

We've got a power trio playlist pouring through the speakers here in the store today.

What do '70s TV paramedics, a Hall of Fame baseball player, and Zenobia of Armenia have in common? They're all mentioned in this week's Leviathan Bookstore newsletter! mailchi.mp/b26e3ab7198d...

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STL folks, I would love to see you there!! Books will be available from @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social, the city’s newest independent bookstore 📚

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Balm for what ails

With the arrival of (autographed!) copies of the newest book by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, we thought we’d display the full rainbow. While we were deciding where to put ‘em, someone saw the stack and bought ‘em all.