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Welcome Back into Weller Book Works
After weeks of selling books from behind closed doors we are happy to welcome you back into our bookstore.
Monster from the Lumbar Region: On Katy Mongeau's Apostasy
There's something monstrous in your lower back. Is it apostate to your conscious self? A review of Katy Mongeau's Apostasy probably won't answer that question, but the poetry might.
Pandemic, Survival, Racial Justice, Books of the Day, and Now We Are 91
This is the first newsletter we’ve produced since the world was changed by pandemic earlier this year and writing it was not easy. Our culture is stretched with conflict, insecurity and division and I have lost faith in national and local leaders and the ability of American institutions to steward us sanely through this turmoil.
Read Wretched of the Earth, not White Fragility
What I write here doesn’t necessarily reflect the views of the owners of Weller Book Works or those of my colleagues, but I know that each of us is devoted to some idea of racial justice in a country where, even since its inception, violence, exploitation, and colonial nightmares have ruled the day.
Inorganic Chemistry: On B. R. Yeager's Negative Space
At first, B. R. Yeager’s Negative Space assumes nothing more than the garb of your typical, formulaic horror novel.
No More Boys: A Close Look at Act 17 of Mike Corrao’s Smut-Maker
Mike Corrao’s Smut-Maker: The Erotics of Vomit and Jazz will infect you and all other media you encounter.
It is a viral, noxious fetish object.
Remembering Life After Self-Isolation
If I described a world in lockdown due to a deadly virus and the majority of people unable to be tested, as well as impending economic doom and a recent earthquake to boot, you might think I’m describing a low-budget apocalypse movie starring Nicholas Cage.
But, you know as well as I do that this is real life.
The Libermount & The Power of Indie Bookstores ⚡ Modern Library from the Libermount
I couldn’t resist coining a term for the mountain of second-hand books we’ve been excavating since late last year: libermount.
5 Solid LGBTQ+ Kids' Books
Until very recently, LGBTQ+ narratives have been slyly coded in literature rather than joyously explored, particularly in children's books. Finally, our and our queer forebearers' efforts have come to fruition.
I'm so pleased to be discovering such a bulk and variety of queer books for kids, books that explore the intersectionalities and multiplicity of identity, that feature developed queer kid characters as well as queer adults, and that include not only gay but also gender-queer persons.