Drunk Booksellers: The Podcast

Epigraph Welcome to Episode 18, our first ever LIVE show, recorded on September 28th at King's Books in Tacoma, WA [https://www.kingsbookstore.com/]. We rapid-fire interviewed three booksellers and two authors. Surprisingly, the audio is better than episodes recorded in the comfort of our homes. Listen onApple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/drunk-booksellers-the-podcast/id998365564],Stitcher [http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunk-booksellers], ourwebsite [http://drunkbooksellers.com/], or subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Support the show! All books in our show notes link to Indiebound [https://www.indiebound.org/?aff=DrunkBooksellers], a website that connects you with your local independent bookstore. Purchases made through our affiliate links help fund Drunk Booksellers, so you can support your favorite indie bookstoreandyour favorite podcasting booksellers. #win If you want to get our show notes delivered directly to your inbox—with all the books mentioned on the podcast and links to the books we discuss—sign up for our emailnewsletter [http://eepurl.com/cCHu2T]. This episode is sponsored by Soft Skull [https://softskull.com/], Counterpoint [https://www.counterpointpress.com/], and Catapult [https://catapult.co/]. Special thanks to Joe and Stephanie Douglas, Big Hair Studios, Allen Watke, Phil Heaven and the Midnight Mystery Players [https://www.facebook.com/Midnight-Mystery-Players-133163840057747/], and George Kaas for the equipment loan that made this recording possible. And of course thanks to Sam Kaas (who longtime listeners may recognize from Episode 7 [http://drunkbooksellers.com/ep-7-sam-kaas-village-books]) our production manager without whom this whole episode would not have been amplified, recorded, nor kept on track. Chapter I: [2:51] In Which We Order a Mistress, Discuss Female Rage, and Are Def Profesh at This Whole Live Show Thing Kim's Drinking: Hop Valley Citrus Mistress Emma's Drinking: Elysian Men's Room Kim's Reading: * The Book of Dust 1: La Belle Sauvage [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780375815300?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Philip Pullman Emma's Reading & Excited About: * Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250112576?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Brittney C Cooper * Good and Mad [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501181795?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Rebecca Traister Emma is really into female rage right now, nbd. Kim's Excited About: * Vanishing Twins: A Marriage [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781593762919?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Leah Dieterich * also mentioned, And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316393843?aff=DrunkBooksellers]by Meaghan O'Connell because (spoiler alert) we interview both authors later in the episode! Chapter II: [7:25] In Which We Talk About Big Books and Definitely Lie, Kim Gushes Over Leah Dieterich, and We Suggest People Stop Listening to Us and Buy Books Instead sweet pea Flaherty, owner of King's Books [https://www.kingsbookstore.com/] in Tacoma, WA For the record, A Room of One's Own [https://www.roomofonesown.com/] is still a feminist bookstore King's Books [https://www.kingsbookstore.com/] hasfourteenbook clubs, [https://www.kingsbookstore.com/bookclubs]including one that only reads books about cults [https://www.kingsbookstore.com/cultclassics] and one that only reads books about medical issues. [https://www.kingsbookstore.com/literarymedicine] They also have such unconventional events as virtual reality film showings and 80s workout nights (#Cher). sweet pea's Reading: * Before She Sleeps [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781883285760?af=DrunkBooksellers] by Bina Shah sweet pea's Excited About: * Training School for Negro Girls [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781936932375?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Camille Acker * Nanny Helen Burroughs [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nannie_Helen_Burroughs] (she's a person, not a book—but sweet pea wishes there was a book about her) sweet pea's Desert Island Pick: * a book large enough to act as a sun hat * Their Eyes Were Watching God [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060838676?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Zora Neale Hurston sweet pea's Bookseller Confession: * "being a bookstore owner and event planner and bookkeeper and etc... that I don't have a lot of time to read" Uh, can all the booksellers whose "confession" this is raise their hands? sweet pea's Favorite Bookstore: * a bookstore in the back of an antique store in Knoxville, TN (if you know what bookstore this is, tweet us!) * Dixon Street Bookshop [http://www.dicksonstreetbooks.com/] in Fayetteville, AR Find sweet pea On the Internets: * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/mrsweetpea] * Twitter [https://twitter.com/beverlyqueery] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/beverlyqueery/] * King's Books [https://www.kingsbookstore.com/] * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/kingsbooks/] * Twitter [https://twitter.com/kingsbooks] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/kingsbooks/?hl=en] Facebook doesn't let you have "queer" in your name and challenged sweet pea's legal name twice Our first guest author, Leah Dieterich [https://www.leahdieterich.com/], is the author of Vanishing Twins [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781593762919?aff=DrunkBooksellers] (Soft Skull [https://softskull.com/]) Leah's Reading: * Amateur: A True Story about What Makes a Man [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501168741?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Thomas Page McBee This is an artistic rendition of Kim's reaction to Leah's "what are you reading" answer: The back covers of Soft Skull's galleys are on point: Leah's Favorite Bookstore(s): * Skylight Books [https://www.skylightbooks.com/] in Los Angeles, CA * Powell's [https://www.powells.com/] in Portland, OR Find Leah on the Internets: * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/leah.dieterich] * Twitter [https://twitter.com/LeahDieterich] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/andthetidewaswayout/?hl=en] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781593762919?aff=DrunkBooksellers] Chapter III: [22:03] In Which We Discuss Sex With Frog Men, Realize America Is Doing Bookstores Wrong, and We Make the Audience Curse In Unison Ariana Paliobagis, owner of Country Bookshelf [https://www.countrybookshelf.com/] in Bozeman, MT Ariana's Reading: * Mrs. Caliban [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780811226691?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Rachel Ingalls * "a woman falls in love with a frog man; [he] shows up at her door... and she takes him in, in all the ways" Ariana's Excited About: * Trinity [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062851963?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Louisa Hall (also mentioned, Speak [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062391209?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Louisa Hall) Ariana's Station Eleven Pick: * What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374533656?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Michael J Sandel We are impressed by Ariana's practicality and thus let her, and the audience, in on our secret post-apocalypse library. [http://literaryman.com/2012/11/13/makings-of-a-book-fort-in-suspicious-looking-warehouse/] Ariana's Impossible Handsell: * English, August: An Indian Story [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781590171790?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Upamanyu Chatterjee (also mentioned, My Year of Rest and Relaxation [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525522119?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Ottessa Moshfegh) Ariana's Favorite Bookstore: * Librairie Actes Sud [http://www.librairieactessud.com/] (it's in France, be jealous) Find Ariana On the Internets: * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ariana.paliobagis] * Twitter [https://twitter.com/bookcentric] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/bookcentric/] * Country Bookshelf [https://www.countrybookshelf.com/] * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/countrybookshelf] * Twitter [https://twitter.com/countrybkshelf] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/countrybookshelf/] Our second guest author is Meaghan O'Connell [http://www.meaghano.com/], author of And Now We Have Everything [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316393843?aff=DrunkBooksellers] (Little, Brown and Company [https://www.littlebrown.com/]) [http://www.meaghano.com/about/]Photo by Kelly Searle Meaghan's Reading: * Hot Milk [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781620406700?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Deborah Levy Meaghan's Favorite Bookstore: * WORD [https://www.wordbookstores.com/] (a bookstore that brings true love [Meaghan and Dustin, Emma and Kim] together) Find Meaghan On the Internets * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/meaghan.oconnell.9] * Twitter [https://twitter.com/meaghano] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/meaghano] Chapter IV: [38:38] In Which We Save Quarters to Buy Bookstores, Discuss Tricky Toddlers Who Sit On Toilets for Books, and Wrap This Shit Up Jenny Cohen, co-owner of Waucoma Bookstore [https://www.waucomabookstore.com] in Hood River, OR Jenny's Reading: * Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501122989?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Jamie Glowacki Jenny's Excited About: * Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501131707?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Mitchell Jackson (out March 5, 2019) Jenny's Wild Pick: * Juliet [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345516114?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Anne Fortier * Fun fact, Waucoma Bookstore is only about 20 miles away from the Pacific Crest Trail where Cheryl Strayed ended her Wild [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307476074?aff=DrunkBooksellers] trip. Quick plug for Books & Whatnot, [http://booksandwhatnot.com/]a newsletter by the wonderful Beth Golay [http://booksandwhatnot.com/] Jenny's Book for Booksellers: * Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062851352?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Jose Antonio Vargas Jenny's Favorite Bookstore: * Burnside Powell's [https://powells.com] in Portland, OR (but before the remodel) Find Jenny on the Internets: * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/jeycay] * Twitter [https://twitter.com/jeycay] * Waucoma Bookstore [https://www.waucomabookstore.com/] * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/waucomabooks] * Twitter [https://twitter.com/waucomabooks] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/waucomabooks/] Epilogue In which You See Us Shop for Booze and We Tell You Where to Find Us on the Internets * Twitter:@drunkbookseller [https://www.tumblr.com/edit/twitter.com/drunkbookseller] * Litsy: @drunkbooksellers * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/drunkbooksellers/] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/drunkbooksellers/] * Email [drunkbooksellers@gmail.com] * Newsletter [http://twitter.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=968ee179d84d5c9ac221564bb&id=e973861504] * Website [http://drunkbooksellers.com/drunkbooksellers.com] Emma tweets from@thebibliot [http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fthebibliot&t=YTQ2ODg4ZTE4YzVhMDY2YmRjYTZlM2YxNTg4NzAzNDNlMGQ2MTQ2ZSx1NGNlVFk4Zg%3D%3D&b=t%3Ad1dHyx9SAtZyStOy7g4EgA&p=http%3A%2F%2Fdrunkbooksellers.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F156614432926%2Fep-12-amy-stephenson-booksmith-shipwreck&m=1]and is working on a newsletter [https://readallthebooks.substack.com/welcome] where she writes about books. Kim occasionally tweets from@finaleofseem [http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Ffinaleofseem&t=NzlkMWZhNDUzY2Y3ZWE1OWQ1M2FjMjk1MzExYTY1YWVkOTkwZWI3OSx1NGNlVFk4Zg%3D%3D&b=t%3Ad1dHyx9SAtZyStOy7g4EgA&p=http%3A%2F%2Fdrunkbooksellers.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F156614432926%2Fep-12-amy-stephenson-booksmith-shipwreck&m=1], but not enough to justify you bothering to follow her. 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Epigraph Welcome to episode 17! We're interviewing the a.m.a.z.i.n.g Holland Saltsman, owner of The Novel Neighbor [https://thenovelneighbor.com/] in Webster Groves, MO. Listen onApple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/drunk-booksellers-the-podcast/id998365564],Stitcher [http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunk-booksellers], ourwebsite [http://drunkbooksellers.com/], or subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Support the show! All books in our show notes link to Indiebound, a website that connects you with your local independent bookstore. Purchases made through our affiliate links help fund Drunk Booksellers, so you can support your favorite indie bookstoreandyour favorite podcasting booksellers. #win If you want to get our show notes delivered directly to your inbox—with all the books mentioned on the podcast and links to the books we discuss—sign up for our emailnewsletter [http://eepurl.com/cCHu2T]. This episode is sponsored byBooks & Whatnot [http://www.booksandwhatnot.com/], the newsletter dedicated to books, bookselling, and bookish folk; check out their newsletter archivehere [http://booksandwhatnot.com/email-archive/]. Follow Books & Whatnot on Twitter at@booksandwhatnot [https://twitter.com/booksandwhatnot]. Chapter I In which We Discuss Bookstore Bathrooms, Discover that Staff Picks Work, and Talk About... Books... Before we start drinking, check out Novel Neighbor's bathroom [https://www.riverfronttimes.com/artsblog/2016/10/05/the-novel-neighbor-has-one-of-the-10-top-bathrooms-in-the-nation]: We’re Drinking It's too hot for bourbon, so we're rocking dirty gin martinis out of mason jars, coffee mugs, and martini glasses (apparently Kim's the classy one this episode). Holland's Reading * Amazing Adventures of Aaron Broom [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385543583?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by A E Hotchner (for Novel Neighbor's Subscription [https://thenovelneighbor.com/product/book-subscription/] program) * Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781683690788?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Gabrielle Moss (pubs 10/30/18) * The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781419727726?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Maxwell King (the audiobook [https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781621888437-the-good-neighbor] is read by LeVar Burton!) * Harry's Trees [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780778364153?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Jon Cohen * The Anna Karenina Fix: Life Lessons from Russian Literature [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781419732720?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Viv Groskop (pubs 10/23/18) Emma's Reading * I'm Fine, But You Appear to Be Sinking [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781943888085?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Leyna Krow * They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781937512651?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Hanif Abdurraqib * Betwixt-And-Between: Essays on the Writing Life [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781566895101?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Jenny Boully * Educated: A Memoir [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399590504?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Tara Westover Kim's Reading * Unbound: Transgender Men and the Remaking of Identity [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781524747459?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Arlene Stein * When Katie Met Cassidy [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780735212817?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Camille Perri * Juliet Takes a Breath [applewebdata://6EDC73FD-4C86-4144-8998-BCAC55461195/9781626012516] by Gabby Rivera Forthcoming & Newly-New Titles We're Excited About Hannah's Excited About * The Diary of a Bookseller [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781612197241?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Shaun Bythell * What If This Were Enough? [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385542883?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Heather Havrilesky (pubs 2018 Oct 2) * The Disasters [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062657671?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by M K England (pubs 2018 Dec 12) - The Breakfast Club meets Guardians of the Galaxy! * Hungover: The Morning After and One Man's Quest for the Cure [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143126706?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall (pubs 2018 Nov 20) * Time's Convert [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399564512?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Deborah Harkness Kim's Excited About * Washington Black [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525521426?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Esi Edugyan (author of Half-Blood for folks who love Sing Unburied Sing and The Underground Railroad. author of Half-Blood Blues) * Monstress Volume 3 [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781534306912?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Marjorie Liu * Vengeful [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765387523?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by V E Schwab (follow up to Vicious [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250183507?aff=DrunkBooksellers]) * The Fifth Risk [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781324002642?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Michael Lewis * Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316421829?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Pete Souza (author of Obama: An Intimate Portrait [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316512589?aff=DrunkBooksellers]) Emma's Excited About * Severence [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374261597?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Ling Ma * Rosewater [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316449052?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Tade Thompson * Also mentioned:The Murders of Molly Southbourne [ttps://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765397133?aff=DrunkBooksellers] * Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781401275211?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Mark Russell and Mike Feehan (author of theFlintstones [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781401268374?aff=DrunkBooksellers]comic reboot) * Bonus Podcast Recommendation: Super Skull [http://www.superskullshow.com/] * All You Can Ever Know [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781936787975?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Nicole Chung (pubs 2 Oct 2018) * Friday Black [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781328911247?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (pubs 23 Oct 2018) Y'all. Hot take here. Staff picks work! Emma had a staff pick on All the Lives I Want [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781455565863?aff=DrunkBooksellers] and Holland actually picked it up at Elliott Bay while visiting Seattle before our episode! (Shout out to our episode [http://drunkbooksellers.com/ep-12-amy-stephenson-booksmith-shipwreck] with Amy Stephenson from The Booksmith [https://www.booksmith.com/], who initially recommended it to us, and to our favorite audiobook provider,Libro.fm [https://libro.fm/].) View this post on Instagram Picked this up @elliottbaybookco from their #stafffavorite shelf, cracking it open tonight. #essays #hollandreads #literarytourism #shoplocal @grandcentralpub [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl1bDxkHyiM/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading] A post shared by The Novel Neighbor [https://www.instagram.com/novelneighbor/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading] (@novelneighbor) on Jul 29, 2018 at 4:54pm PDT --- Chapter II [26:37] In Which No One Tells Holland She's Crazy, People Love Their Greeting Cards, The Drunk Booksellers Marvel at Novel Neighbor's Ability to Handsell Events, and We Reiterate that Bookstores are a Business (whaaaa?) The Novel Neighbor: More Than A Bookstore The Novel Neighbor is not just a bookstore. In addition to author events, they hostbirthday parties [https://thenovelneighbor.com/about/birthday-parties/], summer camps [https://thenovelneighbor.com/summer-camps/],bookstore yoga [https://thenovelneighbor.com/event/kaiut-yoga-w-kelly-childs-5-week-class-multiple-times-dates/], and adult classes [https://thenovelneighbor.com/events] (like continuing ed, but sexier), among other things (sorry Amanda!). Recommended reading for staff retreats: * StrengthsFinder 2.0 [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781595620156?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Tom Rath * 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781591844105?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Laura VanderKam Beware of squirreling, y'all. Chapter III [47:06] In Which We Move From Books to Books, Talk About Hybridity, and We Finally Meet a Bookseller Who Has Read Harry Potter Book Description Guaranteed to Get You Reading Anything meets anything. NOT "It's the next" NOT EVERYTHING IS THE NEXT HUNGER GAMES, Y'ALL. Hybridity. Holland loved a book that was Comic Con meets The Help [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780425232200?aff=DrunkBooksellers]. FYI, it's called The Almost Sisters [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062105721?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Joshilyn Jackson. Emma recommends Hawkeye [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780785165620?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Matt Friction. It's Buffy meets Veronica Mars. Which apparently is listed on Emma's shelf talker. But, like, who reads those? Desert Island Pick The Secret Garden [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780141321066?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Frances Hodgson Burnett Emma hasn't finished The Secret Garden, but The Little Princess [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780147513991?aff=DrunkBooksellers] might be Emma's Desert Island pick. That said, she hearts Mandy [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061207075?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Julie Andrews, which is kinda the same thing, so that counts, right? Station Eleven Picks Practical: anything from the Did you Know shelf, such asHow to Stay Alive in the Woods: A Complete Guide to Food, Shelter and Self-Preservation Anywhere [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781579122218?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Bradford Angier Political: Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780767929714?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Candice Millard Wild Pick The Amazing Adventures of a Nobody [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780984308132?aff=DrunkBooksellers] and The Kindness Diaries: One Man's Quest to Ignite Goodwill and Transform Lives Around the World [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781621452690?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Leon Logothetis Book of Joy [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399185045?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by the Dalai Lama Bookseller Confession Holland hated Fates and Furies [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594634482?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Lauren Groff and The Nest [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062414229?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney. Also, she never read Catcher in the Rye [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316769488?aff=DrunkBooksellers], which both Kim and Emma are totally okay with. Emma says you should skip Catcher and read Franny and Zooey [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316769495?aff=DrunkBooksellers]. Shout out to a bookseller who hasactually read Harry Potter [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781338299144?aff=DrunkBooksellers]. Go-To Handsell Best book Holland has read since she opened the bookstore (whoa): The One-In-A-Million Boy [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780544947214?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Monica Wood Kids of Appetite [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780147513663?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by David Arnold (if you likedOutsiders [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142407332?aff=DrunkBooksellers], read this) Go-To Picture Books: Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781454914044?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by John Funk, illustrated by Brendan Kearney Interstellar Cinderella [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781452125329?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Meg Hunt Impossible Handsell Good Luck of Right Now [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062285614?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Matthew Quick (author of Silver Linings Playbook [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374533571?aff=DrunkBooksellers] and The Reason You're Alive [ttps://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374533571?aff=DrunkBooksellers]) FYI: Emma's really into Richard Gere. Book for Booksellers Throw back toLaura VanderKam [https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?aff=DrunkBooksellers&keys=Laura%20VanderKam] 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works [ttps://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062265432?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Dan Harris Favorite Bookstores * Flyleaf Books [https://www.flyleafbooks.com/]- Chapel Hill, NC * Elliott Bay Book Company [https://www.elliottbaybook.com/]- Seattle, WA * Strand Book Store [https://www.strandbooks.com/]- New York, NY * novel. [https://www.novelmemphis.com/]- Memphis, TN * The Last Bookstore [http://lastbookstorela.com/]- Los Angeles, CA Road Trips are for bookstores, right? Favorite Literary Media * Shelf Awareness [http://www.shelf-awareness.com/] * What Should I Read Next Podcast [https://modernmrsdarcy.com/what-should-i-read-next/] (hosted by Anne Bogel, author of Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything [ttps://www.indiebound.org/book/9780801072918?aff=DrunkBooksellers] and I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780801072925?aff=DrunkBooksellers]) * Book Riot [https://bookriot.com/] * Drunk Booksellers [http://drunkbooksellers.com/] Epilogue In which we tell you where to find Novel Neighbor on the Internets * Website: thenovelneighbor.com [https://thenovelneighbor.com/] * Facebook: @novelneighbor [https://www.facebook.com/novelneighbor/] * Twitter:@novelneighbor [https://twitter.com/novelneighbor] * Instagram:@novelneighbor [https://www.instagram.com/novelneighbor] You can find us on: * Twitter:@drunkbookseller [https://www.tumblr.com/edit/twitter.com/drunkbookseller] * Litsy: @drunkbooksellers * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/drunkbooksellers/] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/drunkbooksellers/] * Email [drunkbooksellers@gmail.com] * Newsletter [http://twitter.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=968ee179d84d5c9ac221564bb&id=e973861504] * Website [http://drunkbooksellers.com/drunkbooksellers.com] Join us for our FIRST EVER LIVE EPISODE [https://www.facebook.com/events/568685396882677/]on Friday, September 28th at 10pm at King's Books in Tacoma, WA. 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Emma tweets from@thebibliot [http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fthebibliot&t=YTQ2ODg4ZTE4YzVhMDY2YmRjYTZlM2YxNTg4NzAzNDNlMGQ2MTQ2ZSx1NGNlVFk4Zg%3D%3D&b=t%3Ad1dHyx9SAtZyStOy7g4EgA&p=http%3A%2F%2Fdrunkbooksellers.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F156614432926%2Fep-12-amy-stephenson-booksmith-shipwreck&m=1]and writes bookish things forBook Riot [http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fbookriot.com%2Fstaff-contributors%2Femma-nichols%2F&t=MjYwZjhkOTBjMTM5YmQ1OTg0MDdjOGI5NDQyOGVhOTNjMWM2ZWM5NSxmME52d1RVRA%3D%3D]. Kim occasionally tweets from@finaleofseem [http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Ffinaleofseem&t=NzlkMWZhNDUzY2Y3ZWE1OWQ1M2FjMjk1MzExYTY1YWVkOTkwZWI3OSx1NGNlVFk4Zg%3D%3D&b=t%3Ad1dHyx9SAtZyStOy7g4EgA&p=http%3A%2F%2Fdrunkbooksellers.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F156614432926%2Fep-12-amy-stephenson-booksmith-shipwreck&m=1], but not enough to justify you bothering to follow her. 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Epigraph Y'all. It's been a minute (or, ya know, 8 months). But we're back with a brand new episode featuring Julia Turner and Christen Thompson Lain, the founders of Itinerant Literate [http://www.itinerantliteratebooks.com/], a mobile bookstore in Charleston, SC. [https://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/CultureShock/archives/2017/01/11/itinerant-literate-pairs-with-local-restaurants-for-a-book-club-and-pop-up-series] Listen oniTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/drunk-booksellers-the-podcast/id998365564],Stitcher [http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunk-booksellers], ourwebsite [http://drunkbooksellers.com/], or subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Support the show! All books in our show notes link to Indiebound, a website that connects you with your local independent bookstore. Purchases made through our affiliate links help fund Drunk Booksellers, so you can support your favorite indie bookstoreand your favorite podcasting booksellers. If you want to get our show notes delivered directly to your inbox—with all the books mentioned on the podcast and links to the books we discuss—sign up for our emailnewsletter [http://eepurl.com/cCHu2T]. This episode is sponsored byBooks & Whatnot [http://www.booksandwhatnot.com/], the newsletter dedicated to books, bookselling, and bookish folk; check out their newsletter archivehere [http://booksandwhatnot.com/email-archive/]. Follow Books & Whatnot on Twitter at@booksandwhatnot [https://twitter.com/booksandwhatnot]. Chapter I In which a local coffee shop assists in alcohol acquisition, we want more spaceships and dragons, and a book brings Emma to tears. We’re Drinking Christen and Julia were given some free beer from their local coffeeshop, Orange Spot Coffee [https://www.orangespotcoffee.com/]: Stillwater Artisinal [http://www.stillwater-artisanal.com/about.html]'s Stateside Saisan and Sake-Style Saison. As our cocktail for the evening, we're drinking the Lime of the Ancient Mariner from Tim Federle'sTequila Mockingbird [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780762448654?aff=DrunkBooksellers]. [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780762448654?aff=DrunkBooksellers] Christen's Reading [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062422996?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062319784?aff=DrunkBooksellers] * War Storm [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062422996?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Victoria Aveyard * I’ll Be Gone in the Dark [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062319784?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Michelle McNamara * Shout out to Joan Didion's Slouching Towards Bethlehem [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374531386?aff=DrunkBooksellers] Julia's Reading [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501144387?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594204227?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781542046138?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781631493034?aff=DrunkBooksellers] * Girl in Snow [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501144387?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Danya Kukafka (audiobook via Libro.fm [https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781508234043-girl-in-snow]) * How to Change Your Mind [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594204227?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Michael Pollan * Monsoon Mansion [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781542046138?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Cinelle Barnes * Daphne [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781631493034?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Will Boast Kim's Reading [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307742483?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501168741?aff=DrunkBooksellers] * Killers of the Flower Moon [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307742483?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by David Grann (audiobook via Libro.fm [https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780307747457-killers-of-the-flower-moon]) * Amateur [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501168741?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Thomas Page McBee (pubs August 14, 2018) * McBee's previous book,Man Alive [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780872866249?aff=DrunkBooksellers], is also excellent Emma's Reading [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316556347?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780735223523?aff=DrunkBooksellers] * Circe [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316556347?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Madeline Miller (audiobook viaLibro.fm [https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781478975311-circe]) * The Great Believers [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780735223523?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Rebecca Makkai Forthcoming & Newly-New Titles We're Excited About Julia & Christen are Excited About [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385544573?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385544238?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781616957865?aff=DrunkBooksellers] * The White Darkness [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385544573?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by David Grann (pubs Oct 30, 2018) * My Sister the Serial Killer [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385544238?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Oyinkan Braithwaite (pubs Nov 20, 2018) * Cult X [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781616957865?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Fuminori Nakamura Kim's Excited About [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374265922?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062688927?aff=DrunkBooksellers] * So Lucky [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374265922?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Nicola Griffith (audiobook viaLibro.fm [https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781427297785-so-lucky]) * also check out her bestselling historical fantasy novel, Hild [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250056092] * Any Man [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062688927?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Amber Tamblyn Emma's Excited About [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525520375?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393635485?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399180989?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781618731401?aff=DrunkBooksellers] * There There [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525520375?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Tommy Orange * Fight No More [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393635485?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Lydia Millet * Spinning Silver [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399180989?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Naomi Novik (pubs July 10, 2018) * her previous book, Uprooted [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780804179058?aff=DrunkBooksellers], is one of Emma's faves * Half-Witch [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781618731401?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by John Schoffstall (pubs July 17, 2018) Chapter II [23:30] In which we discuss how bookstores work (and how you keep books on the shelves in a bookstore that moves), Julia and Christen give advice to future bookmobile owners, and the mobile bookstore finds a forever home! Customer: So, is this a library? Interested in breaking into publishing (then abandoning your fancy degree to become a bookseller)? Check out the University of Denver Publishing Institute [https://www.du.edu/publishinginstitute/]. Julia and Christen met there, so that bodes well. Shout out to Blue Bicycle [http://bluebicyclebooks.com/] (founder ofYALLFest [http://www.yallfest.org/], Charleston's Young Adult Book Festival) Fun fact: the aunt in Housekeeping [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312424091?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Marilynne Robinson is described as itinerant. Maybe not the best role model, but not the worst! The bookmobile is so purrrrrrrrrty: [https://travelbetweenthepages.com/2018/01/31/traveling-books/] [http://www.bookweb.org/news/wi13-education-bookstore-wheels-owning-and-operating-bookmobile-103610] [https://www.postandcourier.com/photo_galleries/the-itinerant-literate-mobile-bookstore-is-on-roll/collection_0ece719a-f722-11e7-9ada-b32150913b19.html] Books that Itinerant Literate must have in stock: [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780452295292?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781400079278?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781476738024?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780064407052?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250007209?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062394194?aff=DrunkBooksellers] * City of Thieves [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780452295292?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by David Benioff * Kafka on the Shore [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781400079278?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Haruki Murakami * Man Called Ove [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781476738024?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Fredrik Backman * Ella Enchanted [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780064407052?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Gail Carson Levine * Lunar Chronicles Series [https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?aff=DrunkBooksellers&keys=Lunar%20Chronicles] by Marissa Meyer * Replica [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062394170?aff=DrunkBooksellers] and Ringer [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062394194?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Lauren Oliver Tips for potential bookmobile owners: * What's an SAN? Ok, go to www.bowker.com [http://www.bowker.com/products/SAN.html] * Have an accountant in the family. * Indiegogo is your friend. (Kickstarter only gives you the funds if you meet your goal, whereas Indiegogo allows you to choose to still get your funds if you don't meet your goal.) * Bungie cords are clutch. * Know your legal obligations (you need separate business licenses for every municipality!) * For the first few months, plan two hours more than you think you'll need. * Ask someone who is not in your field to walk through your store and give you feedback. * Don't take everything a customer says to heart. * Engage sometimes, but not always. * Bookstores are businesses too, y'all. Chapter III [44:30] In which Julia, Christen, & Emma have the same wheelhouse; we debate Christen's concept of "feel-good" books; and Christen wants to be fierce & fearsome while naked Book Description Guaranteed to Get You Reading Christen loves fiction containing witches, dystopias, feminism, misandry, unreliable narrators, and anachronistic elements. Also, nonfiction books about product and content marketing. Highly recommendBuilding a Storybrand [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780718033323?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Donald Miller. [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780718033323?aff=DrunkBooksellers] Emma recommends We Were Witches [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781558614338?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Ariel Gore, cause witches + misandry = win! Julia digs retold fairy tales and pop science/medical nonfiction (shout out toThis is Your Brain on Parasites [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780544947252?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Kathleen McAuliffe). Desert Island Pick Christen: Harry Potter [https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?aff=DrunkBooksellers&keys=harry%20potter], natch Julia: Young Adult faves, such as Anna and the French Kiss [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142419403?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Stephanie Perkins [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142419403?aff=DrunkBooksellers] Station Eleven Picks Christen's practical book:Peterson's Field Guides to Medical Plants [https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?aff=DrunkBooksellers&keys=medicinal%20plants%20peterson] Christen's "feel-good" books: Letters to a Young Poet [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143107149?aff=DrunkBooksellers], One Hundred Years of Solitude [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060883287?aff=DrunkBooksellers]by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Exit West [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780735212206?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Mohsin Hamid, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780618711659?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Jonathan Safran Foer, and The History of Love [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393328622?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Nicole Krauss. Or, to go more apocalyptic: The Giver [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780544336261?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Lois Lowry (aka "The Handmaid's Tale [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385490818?aff=DrunkBooksellers] for children") [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143107149?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060883287?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780735212206?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780618711659?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393328622?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780544336261?aff=DrunkBooksellers] [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385490818?aff=DrunkBooksellers] Julia: The Unbearable Lightness of Being [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061148521?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Milan Kundera Wild Pick Julia: Nature reading (The Soul of an Octopus [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781451697728?aff=DrunkBooksellers] by Sy Montgomery) or books about female resistance Christen wants a guidebook about how to be Lady Godiva. #legit Lady Godiva, the ultimate Rebel Girl [https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780997895810?aff=DrunkBooksellers] Bookseller Confession Christen actively doesn't finish things she doesn't enjoy. Real talk, this is a necessity for all booksellers. And readers. And humans. Neither Julia, Christen, nor Emma have read Philip Pullman's

Epigraph We are thrilled to welcome our new BFF to Drunk Booksellers: Javier Ramirez, manager of The Book Table [http://www.booktable.net/] in Oak Park, IL and co-host of industry get-together Publishing Cocktails. Listen on iTunes [https://t.co/2c7ayDS2Rf], Stitcher [http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunk-booksellers], our website [http://drunkbooksellers.com/], or subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. If you want to get our show notes delivered directly to your inbox—with all the books mentioned on the podcast and links back to the bookstore we’re interviewing PLUS GIFs—sign up for our email newsletter [http://eepurl.com/cCHu2T]. This episode is sponsored by Books & Whatnot [http://www.booksandwhatnot.com], the newsletter dedicated to books, bookselling, and bookish folk; check out their newsletter archive here [http://booksandwhatnot.com/email-archive/]. Follow Books & Whatnot on Twitter at @booksandwhatnot [https://twitter.com/booksandwhatnot]. Introduction In which we apologize profusely for the delay in our episode posting, bond over Kelly Link, and get excited about books that are... already out We had the pleasure of chatting with Javier nearly every week for a month while trying to record this episode (#techfail), then ran into a few other delays (#lifefail), but WE HAVE PREVAILED. That said, we talk about books that are already out as if they're forthcoming and we're drinking a nice "summer" drink because it was, you know, still summer when we first started this wild ride of an episode. Just pretend you're a time traveler visiting the halcyon days of late August 2017. We’re Drinking Vodka & Tonics with NO FRUIT Javier's Reading * a bunch of nonfiction for the Kirkus Nonfiction Prize [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/prize/2017/finalists/nonfiction/] * The Sun in Your Eyes [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780062435590] by Deborah Shapiro * Heartbreaker [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780374536060] by Maryse Meijer * The Seventh Function of Language [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780374261566] by Laurent Binet * Ranger Games [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780385538435] by Ben Blum Kim's Reading * Mother of All Questions [http://www.booktable.net/book/9781608467402] by Rebecca Solnit * (and check out the Huffington Post article [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/womans-post-about-being-manterrupted-while-reading-men-explain-things-to-me-goes-viral_us_59887007e4b0cb15b1bfc19e] about being mansplained to while reading about Solnit's Men Explain Things to Me [http://www.booktable.net/book/9781608464661]) * You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780316270755] by Sherman Alexie * The Store [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780316395458] by James Patterson... 'cause Patterson is awesome, gives booksellers (including your grateful hosts) money for fancy things like student loan debt and ridiculous urban rent, trolls Amazon for funsies, and rocks a photoshopped Santa hat like a boss: * Kim's reading aloud: My Side of the Mountain [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780141312422] by Jean Craighead George Emma's Reading * MIS(H)Adra [http://www.booktable.net/book/9781501162107] by Iasmin Omar * Her Body and Other Parties [http://www.booktable.net/book/9781555977887] by Carmen Maria Machado... Emma's favorite story from the collection is “Inventory” * Lumberjanes: Unicorn Power! [http://www.booktable.net/book/9781419727252] by Mariko Tamaki * Spinster [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780385347150] by Kate Bolick Forthcoming Titles We're Excited For Kim's Epic List of Titles that Are Already Out * The Golden House [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780399592805] by Salman Rushdie * Sing, Unburied, Sing [http://www.booktable.net/book/9781501126062] by Jesmyn Ward * Miss Kopp’s Midnight Confessions [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780544409996] by Amy Stewart * What Happened [http://www.booktable.net/book/9781501175565] by Hillary Rodham Clinton * Little Fires Everywhere [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780735224292] by Celeste Ng * Afterglow [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780802127099] by Eileen Myles * Never Stop [http://www.booktable.net/book/9781572841925] by Simba Sana * The Origin of Others [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780674976450] by Toni Morrison Javier's Excited About * The Heart’s Invisible Furie [http://www.booktable.net/book/9781524760786]s by John Boyne * Release [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780062403193] by Patrick Ness (if you haven't read Ness before, Javier recommends you start with The Chaos Walking series, which beginning with The Knife of Never Letting Go [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780763676186]) * Dinner at the Center of the Earth [http://www.booktable.net/book/9781524732738] by Nathan Englander (also mentioned The Ministry of Special Cases [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780375704444] and What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780307949608]) * The Gone World [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780399167508] by Tom Sweterlitsch (pubs 2/6/18) * The Grip of It [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780374536916] by Jac Jemc Emma's Excited About * The Glass Town Game [http://www.booktable.net/book/9781481476966] by Catherynne M Valente * In Other Lands [http://www.booktable.net/book/9781618731203] by Sarah Rees Brennan * We Were Witches [http://www.booktable.net/book/9781558614338] by Ariel Gore (How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780307346483]) * A Loving, Faithful Animal [http://www.booktable.net/book/9781936787579] by Josephine Rowe Chapter I [26:50] In which Javier conquers the Chicago bookselling scene Javier started at Tower Records (RIP [http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/10/20/450038047/the-life-and-death-of-tower-records-revisited]) He currently manages the Fiercely IndependentChicago-area bookstore, The Book Table. Javier has worked at pretty much every bookstore in Chicago. Other than the OG Powell's. Unless you're talking time travel. Javier's epic Tour de Bookselling (chronologically): Tower Books [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Records] --> Crown Books [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Books] --> Barbara's Bookstore [http://www.barbarasbookstore.com/] --> The Book Cellar [http://www.bookcellarinc.com/] --> Seminary Co-op Bookstores [https://www.semcoop.com/] --> 57th Street Books [https://57th.semcoop.com/] --> Newberry Library Bookstore [https://www.newberry.org/] --> Book Stall [http://www.thebookstall.com/] --> City Lit Books [http://www.citylitbooks.com/] --> The Book Table [http://www.booktable.net/] Chapter II [33:45] In which we talk Publishing Cocktails and how to network IRL in the internet age Publishing Cocktails, [http://booksandwhatnot.com/marginalia/publishing-cocktails/] created by Javier and Keir Graff (senior editor at BookList [https://www.booklistonline.com]) brings Chicago-area book industry folk from around the country together. They have two primary meetup [http://www.forestavenuepress.com/main-street-the-story-of-chicagos-publishing-cocktails-series/] events: Book Swap & Cash Mob. Follow Publishing Cocktails on Twitter at @PubNight [https://twitter.com/pubnite?lang=en]. Sign up for the Publishing Cocktails email list [http://eepurl.com/hLIGM] for future updates. Chapter III [38:20] In which Emma is, once again, deeply disappointed Book Description Guaranteed to Get You Reading Anything not blurbed by Lena Dunham [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780812985177] (shout out to Gary Shteyngart’s epicly excessive blurbing [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/gary-shteyngart-blurbs/2013/01/04/f0bf38ac-56bc-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_blog.html]). Anything blurbed by Kelly Link [http://www.booktable.net/search/site/kelly%20link] or George Saunders [http://www.booktable.net/search/site/george%2520saunders]. Check the blurbs on Patrick Rothfuss’s Name of the Wind [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780756404741]. Plus time travel! Kim and Javier bond over All the Birds in the Sky [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780765379955] by Charlie Jane Anders (shout out to the Booze and Lasers Book Club [https://www.facebook.com/events/903619526481270] at Third Place Books Seward Park [https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/seward-park]), with references to Michael Crichton’s Timeline [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780345539014] and, you know, Harry Potter [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780545791342]. Emma ruins the ending of one of the stories in A Guide to Being Born [http://www.booktable.net/book/9781594632686] by Ramona Ausubel. Desert Island Pick The entire body of work of Agatha Christie [http://www.booktable.net/search/site/Agatha%20Christie] Station Eleven Pick Fahrenheit 451 [http://www.booktable.net/book/9781451673319] by Ray Bradbury, which has Javier’s favorite first line: It was a pleasure to burn. In case you were wondering, Emma’s favorite first (and second) line(s) come from Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780143039983]. Javier’s posting staff’s favorite lines from literature in his store and he drunkenly promised Emma that he’d post hers too. Pics or it didn’t happen, Javier. Wild Pick The Hidden Life of Trees [http://www.booktable.net/book/9781771642484] by Peter Wohlleben Bookseller Confession HAS ANY BOOKSELLER ACTUALLY READ HARRY POTTER? JESUS, YOU GUYS. Go-To Handsell Geek Love [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780375713347] by Katherine Dunn Here's Javier's blurb, blatantly stolen from The Book Table's website: When confronted with the "What is your favorite book of all time?" query, most people will often pause, looking over the inquisitors head while thoughtfully scratching his or her chin. I, on the other hand, will not hesitate when I tell you this. Geek Love is my favorite book. Of all time. Period. This oddball masterpiece (a National Book Award Finalist in 1989) shaped me as a reader and more importantly as a bookseller 20+ years ago. It's one of those reading experiences that make you feel like you're in on some life-changing secret. A novel that will chill you, move you and make you laugh, often at the same time. Help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the publication of Geek Love, quite possibly the best novel you've never read. Master & the Margarita [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780143108276] by Mikhail Bulgakov: There's a cat that drinks vodka and talks! Bonus Bookseller Confession from both Emma and Kim: They’ve never read either of Javier’s go-to handsells. #booksellerfail Impossible Handsell The End of Alice [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780684827100] by A M Homes (author of This Book Will Save Your Life [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780143038740]and Music for Torching [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780688177621]) Also mentioned, the origin impossible handsell: Tampa [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780062280589] by Alissa Nutting Book for Booksellers The Grip of It [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780374536916] by Jac Jemc Still Life with Tornado [http://www.booktable.net/book/9781101994887] by AS King (author of Ask the Passengers [http://www.booktable.net/book/9780316194679]) Another stolen blurb from The Book Table's website: In Still Life with Tornado A.S. King captures the human condition we refer to as "being a teenager" with so little effort I found myself utterly floored. Exploring the way that memory affects grief and vice versa was second in genius only to how King manifests said memory/grief in the mind of 16 year old Sarah. King weaves family history, art and what our past, present and the future can tell us about ourselves into a perfect storm of a book. Favorite Bookstores Unabridged Bookstore [http://www.unabridgedbookstore.com/] The Last Bookstore [http://lastbookstorela.com/] in LA Favorite Literary Media This podcast you’ve probs never heard of called Drunk Booksellers. But really: Beth Golay’s Books & Whatnot [http://booksandwhatnot.com/] Shelf Awareness [http://www.shelf-awareness.com/] The Millions [http://themillions.com/] Epilogue In which we tell you where to find us, but not Javier, on the Internets Javier is a ghost and cannot be found on the internet. He has… a work email… and a telephone number… neither of which we are going to post here. You’re welcome, Javier. 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Kim tweets from @finaleofseem [http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Ffinaleofseem&t=NzlkMWZhNDUzY2Y3ZWE1OWQ1M2FjMjk1MzExYTY1YWVkOTkwZWI3OSx1NGNlVFk4Zg%3D%3D&b=t%3Ad1dHyx9SAtZyStOy7g4EgA&p=http%3A%2F%2Fdrunkbooksellers.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F156614432926%2Fep-12-amy-stephenson-booksmith-shipwreck&m=1]less frequently than Drunk Booksellers posts new episodes. #sickburn Subscribe and rate us on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/drunk-booksellers-podcast/id998365564?mt=2]!

Epigraph For the third year in a row, the Drunk Booksellers drove all over Seattle (and the surrounding regions) for Indie Bookstore Day. We asked booksellers at each of the 21(!!!) stores we visited to tell us what they're recommending in the current political climate. We also collected recommendations from past guests and #SEABookstoreDay Champions! (For an epic TBT, check out our episodes from Seattle Bookstore DayYear One [http://drunkbooksellers.com/ep-1-seabookstoreday] and Year Two [http://drunkbooksellers.com/bonus-episode-seabookstoreday-year-2].) Chapter 1 In Which Your Fearless Hosts Wake Up Far Too Early, Take a Ferry, Drink an Obscene Amount of Caffeine, and Get Our First Round of Bookseller Recommendations Emma, Eagle Harbor Book Co. [http://www.eagleharborbooks.com/] American War [http://www.eagleharborbooks.com/book/9780451493583] by Omar El Akkad Madison Duckworth, Liberty Bay Books [http://www.libertybaybooks.com/] Illuminae [http://www.libertybaybooks.com/book/9780553499148] by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Ron Woods,Edmonds Bookshop [http://www.edmondsbookshop.com/] The Nix [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781101970348]by Nathan Hill Robert Sindelar, Third Place Books [http://www.thirdplacebooks.com/] Exit West [http://www.thirdplacebooks.com/book/9780735212176]by Mohsin Hamid Annie Carl, The Neverending Bookshop [http://www.theneverendingbookshop.com/] Ready Player One [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307887443/ernest-cline/ready-player-one]by Ernest Cline Ruth Dickey, Seattle Arts & Lectures [https://www.lectures.org] The Fire This Time [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501126352]by Jesmyn Ward Chris Jarmick, BookTree [http://www.booktreekirkland.com/] Dark Money [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307947901]by Jane Mayer Red Notice [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781476755748]by Bill Browder Laurie & Marni, Island Books [http://www.mercerislandbooks.com/] Why We March: Signs of Protest and Hope [http://www.mercerislandbooks.com/book/9781579658281] It Can't Happen Here [http://www.mercerislandbooks.com/book/9780451465641]by Sinclair Lewis What We Do Now: Standing Up for Your Values in Trump's America [http://www.mercerislandbooks.com/book/9781612196596] ed. Dennis Johnson The Book of Joy [http://www.mercerislandbooks.com/book/9780399185045]by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu Hallelujah Anyway [http://www.mercerislandbooks.com/book/9780735213586]by Anne Lamott Larry Reid, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery [http://fantagraphics.com/flog/] American Presidents [http://www.fantagraphics.com/americanpresidents/]by David Levine Amber, Seattle Mystery Bookshop [http://www.seattlemystery.com/] Golden Age mysteries by authors like Agatha Christie [http://www.seattlemystery.com/search/site/agatha%20christie] and Elizabeth Daly [http://www.seattlemystery.com/search/site/elizabeth%2520daly] Chapter 2 In Which Kim and Emma Make it Back to Seattle-Proper and Still Have... a Lot of Bookstores to Visit Tegan Tigani, Queen Anne Book Company [http://www.qabookco.com/] Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist [http://www.qabookco.com/book/9780316386555]by Sunil Yapa Georgiana Blomberg, Magnolia's Bookstore [http://www.magnoliasbookstore.com/] Bobcat & Other Stories [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781616201739] by Rebecca Lee Lara Hamilton, Book Larder [https://www.booklarder.com/] Soup for Syria [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781566560894] by Barbara Abdeni Massaad Madison, Secret Garden Books [http://www.secretgardenbooks.com/] Exit West [http://www.secretgardenbooks.com/book/9780735212176]by Mohsin Hamid (2nd mention!) I Capture the Castle [http://www.secretgardenbooks.com/book/9780312201654]by Dodie Smith Tom Nissley, Phinney Books [http://www.phinneybooks.com/] Ghettoside [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385529990]by Jill Leovy Billie Swift, Open Books: A Poem Emporium [http://www.openpoetrybooks.com/] Whereas [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781555977672]by Layli Long Soldier In the Language of My Captor [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780819577115]by Shane McCrae Trophic Cascade [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780819577191]by Camille T. Dungy The Boston Review'sPoems [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781946511010] for Political Disaster [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781946511010] If You Can Hear This: Poems in Protest of an American Inauguration [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781943977345]by Bryan Borland Resist Much / Obey Little: Inaugural Poems to the Resistance [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781944682323] Water & Salt [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781597090292]by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha Into Each Room We Enter Without Knowing [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780809335770]by Charif Shanahan Sea and Fog [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780984459872] by Etel Adnan Pam Cady, University Bookstore [http://www.bookstore.washington.edu/home/home.taf] Make Trouble [http://www4.bookstore.washington.edu/_trade/ShowTitleUBS2.taf?ActionArg=Title&ISBN=9781616206352&SKU=4128714&sdb=ALL] by John Waters Christina, Third Place Books Ravenna [http://www.thirdplacebooks.com/ravenna] Against Equality: Queer Revolution, Not Mere Inclusion [http://www.thirdplacebooks.com/book/9781849351843]ed Ryan Conrad Garrett, Ada's Technical Books [http://www.seattletechnicalbooks.com/] No Place to Hide [http://www.seattletechnicalbooks.com/book/9781250062581]by Glenn Greenwald Chapter 3 In Which Guests from Episodes Past Return to Give Their Recommendations Pete Mulvihill, Green Apple Books [http://www.greenapplebooks.com/](episode 8 [http://drunkbooksellers.com/ep-8-pete-mulvihill-green-apple-books]) Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions [http://www.greenapplebooks.com/book/9781524733131] by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Make Trouble [http://www.greenapplebooks.com/book/9781616206352]by John Waters (2nd mention) Stranger in the Woods [http://www.greenapplebooks.com/book/9781101875681]by Michael Finkel White Tears [http://www.greenapplebooks.com/book/9780451493699]by Hari Kunzru The Dark Dark [http://www.greenapplebooks.com/book/9780374282134]by Samantha Hunt Leah Koch, The Ripped Bodice [http://www.therippedbodicela.com/](episode 13 [http://drunkbooksellers.com/ep-13-bea-leah-koch-the-ripped-bodice]) Prime Minister [http://friskybeavers.com/prime-minister/]by Ainsley Booth & Sadie Haller A Promise of Fire [http://www.therippedbodicela.com/book/9781492626015] by Amanda Bouchet Paul Constant, The Seattle Review of Books [http://www.seattlereviewofbooks.com/] (episode 14 [http://drunkbooksellers.com/ep-13-paul-constant-seattle-review-of-books]) Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250094728]by Ari Berman Chapter 4 In Which the Seattle Bookstore Day Champions Tell Us What They're Reading Katie The Origins of Totalitarianism [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780156701532] by Hannah Arendt The Fire Next Time [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780679744726] by James Baldwin The Queen of the Night [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780544925472] by Alexander Chee Ed The Death and Life of Great American Cities [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780679741954] by Jane Jacobs (which totes has a white cover) (also mentioned: The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781631492853]by Richard Rothstein) Courtney [https://twitter.com/seattlecourtney], Three-Year Seattle Bookstore Day Champion(!!!) Borderlands [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781879960855] by Gloria Anzaldua The Handmaid's Tale [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385490818] by Margaret Atwood (for the Book Club for Courtneys) Kristianne, Shelf Awareness [http://www.shelf-awareness.com/] The Book of Joan [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062383273] by Lidia Yuknavitch Kendra American Gods [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062472106] by Neil Gaiman Tony Hillerman [http://www.indiebound.org/search/book?searchfor=tony+hillerman] Thinking Fast and Slow [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374533557] by Daniel Kahneman The Undoing Project [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393254594] by Michael Lewis (check out Michael Lewis's episode [http://freakonomics.com/podcast/men-started-thinking-revolution/] on the Freakonomics podcast) Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393352795] by Richard H. Thaler Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness [http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143115267] by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein Epilogue What are you reading in the current political climate? Let us know at @drunkbookseller [https://twitter.com/drunkbookseller]. Non-book political media that Emma recommends: The New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com] (support journalism, y'all) What the Fuck Just Happened Today? [https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/] Wall of Us [https://www.wall-of-us.org/] Flippable [https://www.flippable.org/] Indivisible Guide - A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda [https://www.indivisibleguide.com/] Kim's listening to: Pod Save America [https://getcrookedmedia.com/here-have-a-podcast-78ee56b5a323] Pod Save the World [https://getcrookedmedia.com/pod-save-the-world-7cc67d64dd56] With Friends Like These [https://getcrookedmedia.com/with-friends-like-these-aeee91fa31da] Another Round [https://www.buzzfeed.com/anotherround] You can find us on: * Twitter at @drunkbookseller [https://www.tumblr.com/edit/twitter.com/drunkbookseller] * Litsy [http://litsy.com/] at @drunkbooksellers * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/drunkbooksellers/] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/drunkbooksellers/] * Email [drunkbooksellers@gmail.com] * Newsletter [http://twitter.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=968ee179d84d5c9ac221564bb&id=e973861504] * Website [http://drunkbooksellers.com/drunkbooksellers.com] Emma tweets @thebibliot [http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fthebibliot&t=YTQ2ODg4ZTE4YzVhMDY2YmRjYTZlM2YxNTg4NzAzNDNlMGQ2MTQ2ZSx1NGNlVFk4Zg%3D%3D&b=t%3Ad1dHyx9SAtZyStOy7g4EgA&p=http%3A%2F%2Fdrunkbooksellers.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F156614432926%2Fep-12-amy-stephenson-booksmith-shipwreck&m=1] and writes bookish things for Book Riot [http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fbookriot.com%2Fstaff-contributors%2Femma-nichols%2F&t=MjYwZjhkOTBjMTM5YmQ1OTg0MDdjOGI5NDQyOGVhOTNjMWM2ZWM5NSxmME52d1RVRA%3D%3D]. Kim tweets occasionally from @finaleofseem [http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Ffinaleofseem&t=NzlkMWZhNDUzY2Y3ZWE1OWQ1M2FjMjk1MzExYTY1YWVkOTkwZWI3OSx1NGNlVFk4Zg%3D%3D&b=t%3Ad1dHyx9SAtZyStOy7g4EgA&p=http%3A%2F%2Fdrunkbooksellers.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F156614432926%2Fep-12-amy-stephenson-booksmith-shipwreck&m=1], but don’t expect too much. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/drunk-booksellers-podcast/id998365564?mt=2]! Kim went on a v weird youtube rabbit hole while procrastinating from editing, but had enough self control not to add this track to the end of the episode. You're welcome.