We are in the last 7 hours! Whatever you send will be automatically and MAGICALLY * DOUBLED * by the grant. Help us get one billion dollars for these fantastic volunteer run initiatives that help give dignity, care, entertainment, resources, and small windows of freedom to comrades on the inside.

we will be closed tomorrow friday may 1st in solidarity with workers everywhere. abolish ice. abolish police.

me waiting for our Yesteryear event on May 19th

#BeSeen🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

This National Poetry Month, hear James Broadnax read his poem, Cloud View, recorded while incarcerated. Texas plans to execute him on April 30 for a crime he did not commit. Art is not a crime. Sign the petition, share his story, and help us #SaveJames #NationalPoetryMonth https://ow.ly/XXHT50YPfoV

do u hate prisons? do u love books??? wild, us too. we are in a matching grant fundraiser atm for lgbt books to prisoners and wi books to prisoners. whatever you donate will be MAGICALLY DOUBLED and all the money goes to getting books inside prisons. why? cause fuck prisons. ven/mo @roomofonesown

@jamesissmiling.bsky.social is so smart and funny and well-dressed

happy almost indie bookstore day u scoundrels

NEW RELEASE! Afternoon Hours of a Hermit by Patrick Cottrell. Our narrator Dan Moran returns to his home for the first time since his brother's suicide and since he transitioned. Dan acts as detective, almost haunting his hometown of Milwaukee in his brothers place. Pithy and darkly comical.

new in the shop!!

gender failure gonzo

Tuesday and Thursday night events this week!

Enjoy the opening lines—and listen to readings!—of our latest #PageOne books: Hungered by Amanda Rizkalla, Surety by Anna Zumbahlen, The Memory Museum by M Lin, and The Evolution of Fire: Essays on Crisis and Becoming by Angela Pelster. Delve in: at.pw.org/PageOne2026x3

we are closing today at 2pm to let staff get home before the severe storms. be safe, friends! we will see you tmo. <3

Tonight in the bookstore... An Evening of Poetry with D.S. Waldman, Alison Thumel, and our very own Anada Werner!! Come listen to some beauty on this bright spring day 🌸🌺🌼🌷 6pm. See you there <3

u ever been like i wish i was reading a book that was like the real housewives of idaho explaining what the panopticon is?? okay well read yesteryear by caro claire burke you're welcome

Room's very own (and beloved!) receiving manager Mira wrote an excellent piece in Shelf Awareness on the London Book Fair! www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...

Happy Eid! Happy first day of spring! Happy first day of Aries season! Happy Mercury being the fuck out of retrograde!

I AM VERY VERY GLAD THAT IT IS 6:53PM AND THERE IS STILL LIGHT IN THE SKY

𝑩𝑶𝑶𝑲𝑺 ◈ 𝑨𝑹𝑬 ◈ 𝑺𝑶 ◈ 𝑪𝑶𝑶𝑳 ◈

BELOVED UK TRANSSEXUALS, how do we get copies of T-Fags??! We yearn! We require! We NEED IT.

🌱🌷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 🧙📚✨