Archive for December, 2011

George Whitman, 1913-2011

Posted in News with tags on 15 December, 2011 by S&Co.

T-shirts are available now — $15

Posted in News on 8 December, 2011 by S&Co.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shirts are 100% cotton, navy blue.

Artwork by Courtney Blazon!

Our local reviewers …

Posted in Books, Opinion with tags , on 5 December, 2011 by S&Co.

UM professor Katie Kane reviews Peter Orner’s Love and Shame and Love.

UM professor David Gates reviews Will Hermes’s Love Goes to Buildings on Fire.

Kids’ Book Group meets next on Dec. 15th

Posted in Books, Events, Reading on 4 December, 2011 by S&Co.

The Kids’ Book Group will meet Dec. 15th at 6 pm. to discuss Lois Lowry’s The Willoughbys. The group meets monthly and is open to 4th through 7th graders (no exceptions). Please contact us about joining now!

The Holiday Mood

Posted in News with tags on 3 December, 2011 by S&Co.

Brenda Lee, Christmas trees, and, for god’s sake, puppies:

 

What I’m Reading Right Now

Posted in Books, Excerpts with tags , on 3 December, 2011 by S&Co.

The Whore of Akron, by Scott Raab (Harper; $25.99)

In the end, what truly matters is this: Cleveland fans love the city, cherish the teams more deeply, and pull for them with far more passion than fans anywhere else. Other Rust Belt cities have been stripped of a middle class over the past fifty years by the same socioeconomic Katrina, but only Cleveland became the armpit of a nation. Detroit is a sinkhole of permanent despair, Pittsburgh’s a human sewer, but fans in those cities know at least what victory looks, sounds, and feels like, and they limp a little taller and stink slightly less for that knowledge.

Extended hours for Friday, Dec 2nd

Posted in News on 2 December, 2011 by S&Co.

We will be open until 9 pm tonight. Wine is complimentary, gift wrap free.

Independent Bookstores

Posted in Books, News, Opinion on 1 December, 2011 by S&Co.

Salon is running a nice series on independent bookstores.

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