It's true, it is Tuesday. Here are some fantastic new releases we're pretty excited about- as always the blurbs are provided by the publishers. HARDCOVER FICTION Waiting for Sunrise by William Boyd Vienna, 1913. Lysander Rief, a young English actor in town seeking psychotherapy for a troubling ailment of a sexual nature, becomes caught up … Continue reading New Releases! →

Tuesday's child is full of grace. And we are full of E.E. Cummings and W. H. Auden.     Somewhere I Have Never Traveled, Gladly Beyond by E.E. Cummings somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond any experience,your eyes have their silence: in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, or which I … Continue reading National Poetry Month! →

In  celebration of Tom Angleberger’s new book, Fake Mustache: How Jackie O’Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (and Some Nerdy Kid) Saved the U.S. Presidential Election From a Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind, and his fast approaching visit- we ponder the power of mustaches. We cannot wait for Angleberger to visit us on Wednesday, April 18, 6p, … Continue reading What Would You Do with a Hypnotic Mustache? →

Happy Monday! Today we celebrate with a little T.S. Eliot and Katherine Mansfield.         Hysteria by T.S. Eliot As she laughed I was aware of becoming involved in her laughter and being part of it, until her teeth were only accidental stars with a talent for squad-drill. I was drawn in by short gasps, inhaled … Continue reading National Poetry Month! →

Friday, oh bittersweet Friday. We celebrate National Poetry Month today with Rainer Maria Rilke. I Am Much Too Alone in This World, Yet Not Alone by Rainer Maria Rilke translated by Annemarie S. Kidder I am much too alone in this world, yet not alone enough to truly consecrate the hour. I am much too … Continue reading National Poetry Month! →

Poetry! Today we celebrate with Sylvia Plath. Celebration and Sylvia Plath are rarely associated, but this is such a lovely poem. I Am Vertical by Sylvia Plath But I would rather be horizontal. I am not a tree with my root in the soil Sucking up minerals and motherly love So that each March I … Continue reading National Poetry Month! →

Today we Celebrate with Emily Dickinson and Bill Murray. Yeah. It's a good day. I Dwell in Possibility by Emily Dickinson I dwell in Possibility-- A fairer House than Prose-- More numerous of Windows-- Superior--for Doors-- Of Chambers as the Cedars-- Impregnable of Eye-- And for an Everlasting Roof The Gambrels of the Sky-- Of … Continue reading National Poetry Month! →

OH it is Tuesday again! Here are today's great NEW RELEASES- as always the blurbs are provided by the publishers. HARDCOVER FICTION I am an Executioner by Rajesh Parameswaran In I Am an Executioner, Rajesh Parameswaran introduces us to a cast of heroes—and antiheroes—who spring from his riotous, singular imagination. From the lovesick tiger who … Continue reading New Releases! →

Today we are celebrating National Poetry Month with Shel Silverstein- the master of fun, the king of creativity, the lord of rhyme! He's great and we love him. Hector the Collector by Shel Silverstein Hector the Collector Collected bits of string, Collected dolls with broken heads And rusty bells that would not ring. Pieces out … Continue reading National Poetry Month! →

In  honor of Tom Angleberger’s new book, Fake Mustache: How Jackie O’Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (and Some Nerdy Guy) Saved the World, we continue in our mustachery and ponder world domination. We cannot wait for Angleberger to visit to us on Wednesday, April 18, 6p, in the mean time we’re once again asking ourselves: … Continue reading What Would You Do with a Hypnotic Mustache? →