“What fresh hell is this?” —Dorothy Parker

Wonderful seeing graphic novelist and educator Nick Sousanis back in his town —his book Unflattening is an absolute mind-bending gem!

Candy Darling, Hanuman books, VF, first printing 1992 . “You must always be yourself, no matter what the price. It is the highest form of morality.” ― Candy Darling Available in store , at Book Beat gallery online, or DM for more info. $150/📚💙#candydarling #hanumanbooks

A compilation on the foundation, dreamers and revolutionaries of the Surrealist movement in its 100 year anniversary. www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202... 💙📚 #booksky #surrealism

“Art exists to make sense of the chaos within us and around us.” Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker #tomrobbins

Alice Coltrane fan club alert! The facsimile reproduction of Monument Eternal and the lavish oversized devotional Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal have landed. Essential accoutrements for your shrine. Om, Shanti, Shanti Om. #alicecoltrane #booksky #spiritualjazz #freejazz @akashicbooks.bsky.social

German exhibition on the Surrealist response to Anti-fascism. hyperallergic.com/984916/surre...

Some favorite reading that survived the wreckage of 2024📚💙 #booksky “The ideal or the dream would be to arrive at a language that heals as much as it separates.” ― Susan Sontag #bookstores are magic

Happy Winter Solstice everyone. ❄️🌬️☃️ “In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.” —William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell ❄️ Illustration from Wintercake by Lynne Rae Perkins

Happy Holidays! ❄️❄️❄️ "Books may well be the only true magic." ~Alice Hoffman Illustration: a Christmas card by Edward Gorey 💙📚 “A Future Unremembered Poet of the Seventeenth Century Accepts a Christmas Cookie From the Great Veiled Bear” #booksky #edwardgorey #indiebookstore

Toni Morrison's words from 2015, as timely as ever: “This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.” #art #writing #courage #booksky

“Forgiveness is the only way to reverse the irreversible flow of history.” —Hannah Arendt, author of The Origins of Totalitarianism 💙📚#books 🌶️ #booksky #hannaharendt

Vanity Fair: “What is your idea of perfect Happiness?” . David Bowie: “Reading”. . Bowie was known to always travel with a trunk filled with books. A collection of his top 100 books is at the NYPL. Are any of these a favorite? #booksky, #bookchallenge #davidbowie #books www.nypl.org/blog/2016/01...

Today, Dec 1st from 12-5 PM is our 10th annual fundraiser for the Gesu school in Detroit. 20% of your purchase may be donated to buy new books for the library. 💙📚 #booksky www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202...

Just a Snowy Day (1962) by Ezra Jack Keats was a Caldecott Award winning picture book in 1963. ❄️ The beloved, innovative, award-winning children’s story—was the most checked out book in The New York Public Library’s 125-year history. ☃️ #booksky #bookchallenge #ezrajackkeats 💙📚

“Don't show me frogs and snakes And listen for my scream, If I'm afraid at all It's only in my dreams.” —Maya Angelou 💙📚 #booksky #mayaangelou

A great documentary on NYC bookstores and book culture. #bookstores #books #booksky #bookculture

Illustration by Maurice Sendak from A Hole Is to Dig by Ruth Krauss, 1952 #mauricesendak #ruthkrauss #booksky 💙📚

Against Interpretation was a book read in high school that helped change my life. I‘m not always in agreement with Sontag but she sparked a love of books and underground culture that continues.

Tips on surviving the broligarchy in a post-truth world.

“The helpful thought for which you look Is written somewhere in a book.” ― Edward Gorey #booksky #books #bookchallenge #edwardgorey 💙📚

“His contempt for humanity deepened. He reached the conclusion that the world, for the most part, was composed of scoundrels and imbeciles.” —― Joris-Karl Huysmans, Against Nature (1884) 💙📚 #books #booksky #bookchallange

The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington (1974) 💙📚 #books #bookchallange #booksky #surrealism #leonoracarrington

A favorite: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston 💙📚 #booksky #bookchallange #zoranealhurston #qualitylit

A Favorite book: Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector #booksky #bookchallenge

Please, if you are able, support Independent bookshops. They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities. Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish . Thank you.

The Once and Future King #booksky #bookchallenge #books #thwhite #booksilove #lifechanging 💙📚

This has been my mantra as a Trump biographer. And now as a Musk biographer, too. Let the sunlight in.

Book faves: The Master and Margarita #booksky #bookchallenge #booksilove #inspiration #masterpiece #epic #lifechanging