If you want to hear my early thoughts on Gate of the Sun or what I thought of Shadow Ticket, check out the newest video on my channel! @archipelagobooks.bsky.social youtu.be/5DaSRE72IHE?...

Join us @peoplesbooktakoma.com on December 1 to discuss Gate of the Sun and @archipelagobooks.bsky.social. It’s free to join! DM me for information or just come by. #ReadIndie

A Republic of Consciousness Prize spotlight on bold fiction and independent publishing – Rodrigo Fresán and Mark Haber talk to Lori Feathers at Hay Festival Forum Dallas. 📸: Kyle Montgomery

See you tomorrow! This one is sure to stimulate a lot of conversation. @charcopress.com @people sbooktakoma.com

Join us @peoplesbooktakoma.com to discuss Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro on October 6 at 6 PM. It’s free. This novel is one of the most important independent press releases of recent years, so don’t miss it! #readindie @charcopress.com

Join us tonight!

This book is amazing and should make for wonderful discussion. Come join us @peoplesbooktakoma.com on Monday at 6 PM to talk Melvill, Melville, @openletterbooks.bsky.social and The Republic of Consciousness Prize! DM me for more info. #readindie

A chilly morning means fall is just around the corner, which means September book clubs! Pick up any of these titles in store or on our @bookshop.org or @libro.fm stores.

Come join us for the next meeting of the Indie Press Book Club at @peoplesbooktakoma.com! We’re reading Melvill by Rodrigo Frésan (trans. Will Vanderhayden) out from @openletterbooks.bsky.social. No Moby Dick experience required! #ReadIndie #booksky #RepublicOfConsciousnessPrize

This book is disgusting and weird and I love it. #ReadIndie #BookSky

Very interesting to read after Miller’s Tropic of Cancer. Two very different pictures of interwar Paris. #readindie #booksky @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social #nyrbsummer

#tbr looking hot for July. What are you reading? #readindie #nyrbsummer #booksky

Looking for a relaxed, low-stakes read that’s perfect for summer. Mountain View by Otis West is the #book for you. #readindie #booksky

Hot Take: That Virginia Woolf sure wrote some good books! #hottake #readindie #booksky

Exciting #bookmail from local author George Koors. Looking forward to checking this one out! #booksky

My #currentlyreading. What are you reading this weekend? #readindie #infinitesummer #booksky

#Lion is in @peoplesbooktakoma.com for the August #bookclub meeting. Looking forward to it. I think this one will be a crowd-pleaser! #readindie #booksky @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social

Oh, this is going to be good… @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social @peoplesbooktakoma.com #readindie #booksky

My #InfiniteSummer journey begins today! #readindie #booksky

A #currentlyreading update: a mind-bending paranoid look into mid-20th century politics…and #vineland 😆 #booksky #readindie

#summerstack is already blowing my mind! So excited to join my first #InfiniteSummer and get my book club on indie press lit started @peoplesbooktakoma.com #readindie #booksky

🧛‍♂️ May was a book-thirsty month 📚🧠 From existential ghosts to dreamy metafiction and even Nazi-era history — this shelf’s seen it all. And yes, Nosferatu insists on reading old political mags. 📰💔 What did you read this month? #readindie #booksky

I’m starting up a book club @peoplesbooktakoma.com in early August to highlight the work and value of independent presses. Many of these presses lost funding as part of the NEA grant termination. (Cont.) #readindie

Happy Thursday! In our new episode, @bibliopaul.bsky.social and I check in on 2025 reading goals—where we’ve succeeded, faltered, and most importantly how our goals are impacting our reading experience. mookse.substack.com/p/107-goals-...

Our 2nd Annual Local Author Bazaar is coming up on June 8th from 10-2pm! We have an AMAZING line-up of authors this year, you don't want to miss it! Thanks to our collaborators @thewriterscenter.bsky.social and @theinnerlooplit.bsky.social! Learn more: peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/local-...

Finished The Dreamed Part. At times frustrating, but ultimately rewarding. Looking forward to completing the trilogy. #readindie #booksky @openletterbooks.bsky.social

Some of my favorite books until 200 pages. What are yours? #readindie #booksky #shortbooks

Another good hang from Rodrigo Fresan!

A fun, breezy read. Who says imported, independently published literature can’t be fun? #readindie #booksky @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social

Beautiful day to read a good book outdoors! #booksky @openletterbooks.bsky.social

This is a tough one! Big props to Katie Whittemore for tackling this beast. I can’t imagine where you would start with something like this.

When your car gets stolen, but a new Thomas Pynchon novel gets announced. You win some, you lose some. #karmabalance

A few of my favorite reads from the first quarter of 2025. What are the best books you’ve read so far this year? #booksky #readindie

Blinding is incredible so far. There are hallucinations in this book that make the most grimdark fantasy seem like a jaunt through the park on a sunny day. @archipelagobooks.bsky.social #booksky #currentlyreading #cartarescu

My @openletterbooks.bsky.social subscription has been a consistent source of joy all year. This may be my favorite package so far! #booksky #bookhaul

Blinding by Mircea Cartarescu is one of the few books that I came into with sky high expectations only to have them exceeded almost immediately. Love at first page. #booksky #reading #cartarescu

March was a very good reading month. What was the best thing you read in March? #booksky #marchreads #readindie

Elfride Jelinek is the high priestess of putrescence, the goddess of grime, and the sorceress of slime. This book was wild. #booksky #readindie #nobel

The Piano Teacher by Elfride #Jelinek is an odd, odd book in the best way possible. #booksky #booksintranslation #classics

Loved this one. Heller deftly uses comedy and satire to amplify the horrors once that jovial tone is stripped away. A timeless critique of war and all its absurdity. #booksky #catch22 #classic

#Catch-22 really goes up a level in the last 50 pages or so. Leverages its early comedic tone to pack a wallop. #booksky #books

Excited to continue my reading of Arno Schmidt with this @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social classic. Loved the first collection. #booksky

An ideal lunchtime companion #Catch22

Diving into this one from @openletterbooks.bsky.social. Reminds me of Calvino so far. Very fun and thought provoking.

Finished a re-read of this recently. An important reminder of historical contingency and personal agency. #history #nonfiction #blackhistorymonth #classics

History buff? You're not alone! Join the History Book Club, dedicated to learning about & discussing the history of the world at large. Selections span politics, society, and culture over the last 250 years or more. Meets the second Saturdays of each month at 7pm. Feb-Apr choices below.

Lunch with my Pynchonian pals Mason & Dixon.