August 2012
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Got Signed Books?
We do! Currently available for your collecting needs:
Supergirl Mixtapes, Meagan Brothers
Messy, Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan
Broken Harbor, Tana French
Feminist Ryan Gosling: The Book, Danielle Henderson
Gone to the Forest, Katie Kitamura
When It Happens to You, Molly Ringwald
Redshirts, John Scalzi
Balls: A Novel, Julian Tepper
How to Get Into the Twin Palms, Karolina Waclawiak
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Announcing the Recipients of the 2012 PEN Literary... →
rachelfershleiser:
penamerican:
We are pleased to announce the winners and runners-up of the 2012 PEN Awards, the most comprehensive literary awards program in the country. This year marks PEN’s 90th anniversary. For more than 50 of those years PEN’s Literary Awards program has honored many of the most outstanding voices…
Need something good to read…?
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“Finally, after 6 weeks at NYU for the Summer Publishing Institute and a 9-month...”
– HarperCollins: How I Got My Job in Book Publishing
We love this story! A++.
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Actually, tonight's Electric Literature reading... →
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“Most women fight wars on two fronts, one for whatever the putative topic is and...”
– Rebecca Solnit, The Problem With Men Explaining Things (via rachelfershleiser)
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Make up the most steampunkiest name and win a... →
“Yes, Fred Savage. It’s a kissing book. But it’s so much more besides. What gets...”
– Over at The Picador Book Room, Paul Montgomery reminds us why we love The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.
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WORD's basketball league is in Outside Magazine!
bookavore:
“The Word league may not be the pasty and fragile indoor kids league I had hoped for, either, but I doubt you’ll find a more fun—or more interesting—group of people to play basketball with on a Saturday morning. And I’m sure my team will win a game eventually. Actually, I’m not all that sure, but it doesn’t really matter.”
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Am I The Worst Basketball Player In New York City? by David...
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Literary Bang for Your Buck
While most of our events are free, there are two coming up in September that are well worth the price of admission.
Fundraiser for First Book-Brooklyn, September 20th For the low low price of $10, you get: a guaranteed seat; a panel discussion of YA literature with Gayle Forman, E. Lockhart, Matt de la Pena and Michael Northrop; a raffle ticket for fabulous prizes including signed books and...
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Rainy-day music decisions.
Jenn: You know what we need?
Molly: What?
Jenn: Morrissey.
Molly: I thought you were going to say Pandora.
Jenn: Morrissey Pandora!
Molly: No, no -- Smiths Pandora!
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Bookseller humor.
Molly: AHAHAHAHAH Memories of My Melancholy Whores was shelved in nonfiction!
Jenn: HAHAHAHAHA
Molly: that is the BEST
Jenn: i want to read that memoir
Molly: not if it has the same plot as the novel!!!!!!
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BookStalked: Jenn Northington of WORD
Famous on the internet!
conorati:
Yes! Look at Jenn! And this awesome interview, and equally awesome photo!
bookstalker:
I went to my first reading in New York (where I awkwardly accosted Jami Attenberg) at WORD about four years ago. These days, I find myself there multiple times a month, due to the event coordinating efforts of Jenn Northington. Both coordinator and bookseller, Jenn has...
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