DYK Almost all of our new stock is from small, independent & university presses? There are so many publishers beyond the Big 5.

This what I mean when I talk about art collectives as the future

You cannot understand US politics without understanding racism. It's impossible.

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Chico Hamilton was born in Los Angeles on this day in 1921

Catch up on the news with this Venn diagram trio!

this exists it is called thinking

Are you doing a neat Ursula-related project? Talking about her work on a podcast, or reviewing the prize shortlist, or anything else? We'd love to hear about it, if so! You can always tag us here, and every email that comes through the contact form is read by an actual person.

A bunch of folks have asked about my "Long Arc of Fascism" course - this is my opening lecture at our public teach-in last Spring.

My weekly must-reads list and some thoughts about who's being punished for speech this week.

What are you reading this weekend?

I think that some Rogers Park folks follow me on here... Care for Real urgently needs volunteers in Rogers Park for their new extended food distribution on Thursdays from 3-6pm. Apply to volunteer at www.careforreal.org/volunteer

Something I want to do more in 2026 is to actively encourage more people to organize grassroots public history projects where they live. Instead of wringing our hands re the Fed attacks on Black studies, women's studies, LGBTQ studies etc we can just teach at the community level intergenerationally.

Too many to name, including tons who are so good at crafting sentences, you don't notice how good they are. Fitzgerald leaps to mind first, though. Gatsby is a hot mess, structurally, but the sentences are so gorgeous, it hardly matters.

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We were told digital media would replace books and we were told video games would replace books and we were told streaming video would replace books and people are still buying and reading books.

Reminder of some good books to check out. Right now I definitely recommend Orientalism by Edward Said

I rearranged my books. What do y’all think? I think Anakin approves. #booksky📚 #fuckice #catsofbluesky🐈

If I worked for Penguin I would try to figure out a way to make custom meme covers of Penguin Classics.

I can't tell you how invigorating and inspiring and hopeful it is to be in a crowd of people who also care. Took a group of teens to the last big protest and they were most struck by no longer feeling alone. If you're able to go, I encourage you to try. Get a group of friends & go together.

We hated to cancel our event today, but we love every one of you going to protest.

Hey there, what with everything going on, the book event I was going to do for Break the Frame w @weegee.bsky.social tomorrow/Saturday is canceled. Huge thanks to @jarvissquarebooks.bsky.social for their support of authors & hope we’ll get to celebrate Kevin’s terrific book in person down the road 💚

Periodic reminder that you can also support the store by purchasing audiobooks!

I needed to write about something that’s giving me hope, so I wrote about Independent Bookstore Day which is this Saturday. lithub.com/something-go...

We have... none of these in stock right now, but 1) bookshop.org/shop/JarvisSquareBooks is always open, and 2) Michael is ready to talk about Sinners, if you come in.

I have a chapter in my book that basically boils down to this

Had me in the first half

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Thousands of people in the streets in Chicago.

Wish we could have been there today! Thank you to everyone who showed up.

Listen to the new episode of Between the Covers! @davidnaimon.bsky.social & @torreypeters.bsky.social discuss Stag Dance, which not only interrogates genre, but also gender through genre. 🦌⚡ 🦌⚡Listen now! tinhouse.com/podcast/torr... cc: @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @serpentstail.bsky.social

Shout out to Jeffrey Goldberg for reporting on this now instead of waiting two years to put it in a book.

Thank you, @govpritzker.illinois.gov

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PS This book, like all of our new books from indie presses, is 20% off until the end of the month. And Michael will be so happy if you buy Will Alexander.

I am becoming the protagonist of a short story about a middle-aged shopkeeper slowly being driven mad by pigeons. Maybe not that slowly.

I feel like Catch 22 is one of the most obviously leftist books just bc the protagonist is a smart guy who understands the insanity around him in perfect clarity, but nobody takes him seriously because it's also turned him into a miserable, high-strung neurotic And what's more leftist than that

We could just be reading great books, watching good movies, and eating fruit. Instead we have to survive/fight miserable power hoarders. What a waste of limited time.

I have beef with index-less non-fiction books

Our love and gratitude to everyone out there protesting today!

I once saw a similar sign in a suburban bookstore. For the record, talking shit about Nazis is always encouraged here.

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We just happen to have a copy for anyone who wants to stop by.

@joshthelibromancer.bsky.social on preserving the independence of our bookstores and libraries: “A just world starves fascism of the nutrients it needs to thrive.”

#They can’t take away what they didn’t give. asalh.org/about-us/abo...

Thanks to all the great independent bookstores that now carry Flood Editions! These include Point Reyes Books in Point Reyes Station and Wayfinder Books in Fairfax, Bridge Street Books in Washington, Jarvis Square Books in Chicago... @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social, @jarvissquarebooks.bsky.social