🌱🌷WE ARE OPEN UNTIL 7PM AGAIN STARTING TONIGHT☀️🌸

Madison: save the date! Rebekah Denison Hewitt will launch her new poetry collection, Creature in Bloom, at @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social on March 31, in conversation with @ritamae.bsky.social! Details: roomofonesown.com/event/2026-0...

this is a good point well made, but i regret to report it made the following image appear in my mind: a man in an old-timey nightshirt and cap, laying on the crushed remains of a bed, right next to... [deep sigh] the whale

UMMMM this is SO COOOOOOOOOOL

We have a Very EXPLETIVE Cool event tonight in-store with Marla A. Ramirez + Cindy I-Fen Cheng who will be discussing their work around migration, asylum, the US-Mexico borderlands, and the mirage of legal citizenship. I lit cannot think of a more timely event. 6pm at room. Book signing to follow.

realizing Moby Dick was the first Only One Bed trope

ok so weird q but do u like queer horror? psychological flannel thriller? midwestern gothic? come hear wisconsin's own Melissa Faliveno read from her newest book HEMLOCK thursday february 19th 6-7pm here at room it's gonna rule.

"Feeling is revolutionary, a disruption to the status quo. Though it feels personal and happens in our bodies, it doesn’t need to be a solitary action. Feeling and connection bring us into the world and into relationship with one another. Some things seem too big to be felt alone because THEY ARE.

hey cutie patooties, room will be closed tomorrow january 30th in solidarity with the general strike. our event space next door to the bookstore will be open jan 30th from 12-6pm for folks to stop in, get warm, decompress, make protest signs, and be in community. we will have hot water for tea. xo

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition. We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

The Silver Platter has been a haven for LA's Latino community since 1963. In two months, it will be homeless -- and possibly closed forever. Here's the story. #BeSeen

We will be closed Friday, Jan 23rd due to the extreme cold. We are still accepting cold weather gear donations and you can drop them off at the store tn by 6pm. Send $$$ directly to Dane County Homeless Justice Initiative via v*nmo at @ DCHJI -- they distribute to folks who can't get into shelters.

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

Hey Girl Work by @zefrrr.bsky.social is amazing and everyone but also especially trans women should read it.

Does future you want a book? Now would be a great time to order it! 15% of all our sales this wknd will go to mutual aid to directly support people harmed by i.c.e. in Minneapolis and Madison.

15% of all our sales (online and in-store) this weekend Jan 17th and 18th will go to mutual aid to directly support people who have been harmed by I.C.E. in Minneapolis and here in Madison. We are open Sat 10-6 and Sun 11-6.

G is a talented brilliant genius and we love her and have (Emotionally) already preordered her graphic novel

this bookstore is a @reproutopia.bsky.social stan acct

if YOU TOO wish to support an amazing queer + trans bookstore, and incidentally support the incredible work these folks do to support and anchor their community, it's very easy to order books from @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social online and then get a SURPRISE BOOKS PRESENT later

lmfao i love my job. two trans guys come in: tguy1: can I return this? (we both laughed in pleasure: lou sullivan's diaries) me: sure, was there any problem? tguy 2: we both got this for one another *and* I already had a copy so we ended up with three copies me: lmao i love us

Starts in 30 mins! Our final author talk of the season is tonight :)

Our final events of the season!! With @drlmmurillo.bsky.social @wiscobirder.bsky.social :)

we will be closing early at 5pm today because of the weather we may close earlier than 5pm if it feels necessary to make sure folks get home safe -- if we close before 5pm, we will update here and on our website <3 stay safe friends

Get! Off! Substack! I won't read your links! If they're on substack!

we are supposed to get 1 trillion inches of snow this wknd -- please enjoy a 15% off coupon code STAYCOZY at roomofonesown.com to encourage you to stay home and browse our website (and brand new holiday cat-alogggg) from the comfort and safety of home! roomofonesown.com/catalog/2025...

#WaysToHelp I found a page with a list of book drives for various reservation schools and other needs. You order the book and have it shipped to the school/site. I used my favorite, @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social, but bookshop.org has free shipping today, you could take advantage of that!

me, a trans: watching @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's acceptance speech felt like watching a comedy roast coworker, also a trans: ik he is so funny me: his writing room has to be wild coworker: *whispers* i think it's full of trans people

we're hosting @nghivo.bsky.social tonight 🐈‍⬛ 6pm at the bookstore 🐈‍⬛ wander in, clerics 🧙📚✨

We mean this in the least threatening way possible...but SOME OF YOU BITCHES HAVE A MAILBOX TO CHECK NEXT WEEK

Extremely proud to present MYOPIC SAINTS VOLUME 2, 4 more posters celebrating the favorite authors of your favorite used bookstore.

zines are little museums you can carry around

Happy pub day ENEMY OF THE SUN, the reissue of the iconic 1970 collection of Palestinian poetry originally published by Drum & Spear (the publishing arm of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee). Great work, @sevenstories.bsky.social! www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/kJGRmM40Tbc2Acap_id6Nw

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We've got a whole slate of poetry readings coming up! Check out our events calendar to see what is happening at ROOM :) roomofonesown.com/events/calen...

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someone just came in, walked directly up to the front register, dug in their pocket, pulled out a wad of money and shoved it in the Trans Medical Mutual Aid box we have a the front desk and said, "I stop here after all my shifts and put my tip money in here." 😭😭💘😭

Ahead of @lachrista.com's appearance and reading at @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social this Thurs, Aug 14, at 6 p.m., @illumin8edhly.bsky.social delves into THE GUERILLA FEMINIST's chronicle of the author's life experiences, how she found community, and how she's amplifying significant cultural issues.

Thanks to @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social for hosting @pelledragsted.bsky.social in conversation with Dean Krouk this weekend, as part of Pelle Dragsted's U.S. tour for his book, Nordic Socialism: The Path Toward a Democratic Economy. Learn more about the book: roomofonesown.com/book/9780299...

End your pride month right! Wednesday 6/25 - 7PM-9PM - Queer & Trans Open Mic Night Thursday 6/26 - 6PM-8PM - Game Night Friday 6/27 - 7PM - Screening of Rafiki directed by Wanuri Kahiu Saturday 6/28 - 6PM-10PM - Scorpio Market: SUCCUBUS SZN Sunday 6/29 - 3PM-4PM - A Sharp Endless Need by Mac Crane

They say “I know a place” and then take you here #room50th #t4t4t #qtartists

Super looking forward to this! Also, get your copy of this absolutely essential book ASAP, can't recommend it enough.

HAPPY 50th BDAY TO USSS!!!! (Come in and celebrate with us) ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Events next week!

Went to @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social to buy a gift for someone else and also bought myself something, obviously #booksky

@alexhanna.bsky.social and I will be at @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social doing a book talk (in conversation with Emily Mills) on June 2! roomofonesown.com/event/2025-0...

Do we know anyone that knew Lou Sullivan back in the day? Or met him? Would love to hear stories about this transcestor who deserved to become an elder -- he'd be 74 this year. The store open in 1975 and he was already out in San Francisco by then.

Black cinema and horror nerds! What are the best Black cinema books? Black horror nonfiction? We have a lot of horror fiction but in researching titles for an upcoming Sinners display I'm realizing the market is BEREFT of good historical books on Black cinema. Any title recs deeply appreciated!

cust: i read horror but i've never been like terrified or grossed out me: do you want a horror rec? cust: i'd LOVE ONE i'm big into cannibalism. celena: idk if this is cannibalism forward but like NO ONE is having a good time it's got, like, a bunch of weird religious torture cust: oh i'm into that!

We will be vending at the Palestinian Solidarity Fair tomorrow, Saturday May 3rd -- 15% of all our sales will go to direct aid in Gaza. COME THRU PLS. Where: Friendship Meeting House 1704 Roberts Ct in Madison When: 2-4:30PM

Found our new favorite bookstore this weekend - please go check out @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social if you’re in or even slightly near Madison