Many thanks to the IOBA for the opportunity to spend the next week learning from fantastic booksellers and librarians! So excited to talk shop and absorb all the knowledge at CABS.
But first, the Minnesota Antiquarian Book Fair! Come say hi to us Evening Landers in booth 9. Bibliophiles Unite!
Happy fry-yay all!!!
#handsoff protest today in Champaign, IL. So proud of my community!
Trying very hard to remember this is for sale, not for keepsies. Bookselling is a tough gig, esp when you have copies like this.
The cutest business partners a gal could ask for ❤️
I worked in a HS library in idaho for about ten minutes. One of the reasons I decided not to continue in that role was because I got chastised for not saying the pledge of allegiance. It creeps me out so I don’t say it.
True genius.
Gross, right?
Winner of tonight’s Grifter Mean Girl Award at #SOTU goes to Payton Mcnabb, who is such a bad sport she blamed another girl for the end of her HIGH SCHOOL “volleyball career” and got the fascists to help her blame it on trans participation in said sport. I hope she gets brainwashed by libs at uni.
The handsomest, bestest good boy.
TJ cashiers be skeptical. One time at ALA in Chicago, I tried to explain to the TJ cashier that most librarians are punk af activists. Tons of us were in town and like 95% dressed for PRIDE fest happening same week. They didn’t believe me despite my rainbow jacket and ALA lanyard. We tried?
“You say potato, I say vodka”
#GirlsOwnCC
You say potato, I say vodka.
#GirlsOwnCC
Evening Land Books is getting a face lift! We are totally loving our new logo from @bandish.bsky.social . They absolutely nailed it. Couldn’t have asked for a better representation of our business and personal tastes. I’m gonna print it on all the things ❤️
If you’ve also been thinking ab direct action, new books to read, and whether or not it’s cool to punch nazis, allow me to recommend the most recent episode of the Conspirituality pod.
YES!!! The kids are alright!!!!
“Confession”
If for a day joy masters me,
Think not my wounds are healed;
Far deeper than the scars you see,
I keep the roots concealed.
They shall bear blossoms with the fall;
I have their word for this,
Who tend my roots with rains of gall,
And suns of prejudice.”
For anyone wondering, we put the kaibosh on staying at The Golden Nugget in Vegas during wedding week cuz it’s owners are too Trumpy- my love of the shark pool be damned.
15th century me:
A lovely copy of a prescient- errrr fictional- literary high spot 👏
Toni Morrison is hands down the best American author of the 20th century. This isn’t up for debate in the land where I make all the rules, but we’d love to hear your thoughts ❤️📚
Octavia Butler or bust
My kind of physics 👊
Librarians fighting the good fight, one subject heading list at a time ❤️
In a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s mass pardon of Jan. 6 rioters, Gov. JB Pritzker has blocked anyone who participated in the 2021 U.S. Capitol insurrection from getting a job with the state of Illinois.
chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...
Thanks, God. Well said.
I’m so grateful to Kim A Snyder for allowing me to be a part of this film.
“There’s never been a movie more vital this year than The Librarians. If you prize literature, intelligence, independent thought, safe spaces for children, it’s a necessary watch.”
thefilmmaven.substack.com/p/the-librar...
It feels like day 4,578 of the second Trump term, so plz enjoy unsolicited pics of Sir Frances Bacon, the best good boy, practicing his podcast skillz.
