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    Books from Mansion Press!

    Hynotic Midday Movie: The Art of Simon Hanselmann $42
    Maniac Army Tale of Terror vol 2 by Johnny Ryan $22
    Metafables: The Art of Andrew Blucha $36
    …and more!

    Zines

    Maps and Legends by C.E. Hanifin

    Postcards From Irving #7 Win 24 by Tyler $3

    Fastfoodlegend Magazine issues #1-5 $7 each

    2 titles by Birch Rosen:
    Disabled Artist Affirmations December 2023 $15
    Trans Restroom Rants #4 $5

    Our Favorite Goos by Sick Sad Trans Fags $5

    Comics

    Psychic Hours Jan 24 by Kai Lumbang $10

    Chicken Shit: A Collection of Random Discordant Autobio Comics by Ellie Gerken $3

    Master of None $7.77

    Hyperreal Texas by Lake Markham $12

    Graphic Novels

    How War Begins: Dispatches from the Ukrainian Invasion by Igort (Fantagraphics) $29.99

    Anna by Mia Oberlander (Fantagraphics) $24.99

    Haruki Murakami Manga Stories vol 2: The Second Bakery Attack Samsa in Love Thailand by Haruki Murakami, Jean Christophe Deveney, illustrated by PMGL $19.99

    Art Books

    Signal 09 A Journal of International Political Graphics and Culture edited by Alec Dunn and Josh MacPhee (PM Press) $14.95

    The Fluxus Newspaper by The Fluxus Editorial Council for Fluxus (Primary Information) $20

    Essay & Essay-Adjacent Books

    Cat Party: Cats We’ve Known In Words and Pictures, edited by Katie Haegele (Microcosm) $16.95

    Shit in My Notes App by Jordan Dunne $13

    Music & Film Books

    Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia, edited by Maria (Masha) Alyokhina & friends $45

    So It Started There: From Punk to Pulp by Nick Banks $28.99

    Missing Music: Voices from Where the Dirt Roads End by Ian Brennan (PM Press) $15.95

    Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZTT by Trevor Horn $17.99

    Cannibal Error: Anti-Film Propaganda and the ‘Video Nasties’ Panic of the 1980s by David Kerekes & David Slater (Headpress) $32.95

    Tokyo Cinerotix: 100 Scenes From Classic Japanese Sexploitation Cinema edited by Kagami Jigoku Kobayashi (Shinbaku) $22.95

    Fiction Books

    More in Tales of the Weird Series from the British Library, $16.99 each:
    Ways of Ghosts and Other Dark Tales by Ambrose Bierce, edited by Mike Ashley
    Uncanny Gastronomic: Strange Tales of the Edible Weird, edited by Zara Louise Stubbs

    Death Row Restaurant by Daniel Gonzalez $18.95

    Poetry & Chap Books

    a “Working Life” by Eileen Myles $17

    2 Koraly Dimitriadis titles:
    Love and Fuck Poems Book Anniversary Edition
    $16.99
    She’s Not Normal $18.17

    Sick Sad Boy by Stevie Linn $5

    Consciousness Expansion

    Women and Psychedelics: Uncovering Invisible Voices, edited by Erika Dyck & friends $24.95

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    Zines

    SeXXX Files #3 edited by Elizabeth Tieri $15

    Bicycles Against Tyranny by Bronwyn Mauldin $7

    Rate of Decay #3 Keyed Up on Punk Imploders Interview Mar 24 by Chris $1

    Homocats Fight for Peace by J. Morrison $10

    Anarchy $10

    Skizm $10

    Lost Records #1 $10

    In Passing: A Game by Seb Galvez $5

    2 zines from April Malig, $12 each: April’s Eating Zine #4 Summer Food Report, I Want to Share With You a Place We Could Never Go Postcard Book

    Comics

    2 titles by Annie Fish: Ass and Two More $9, Sire of Sorrow #1 Desert Debauchery $11

    Kool Kat issues #1-#3 $15 each

    Bimbocore #1 Does Logic $5

    Day In the Life $5

    Ways You Make Me Feel $5

    Tongue Tied by Benni (Wiggle Bird Mailing Club) $6

    Fickle Bean #2 by Evan Hicks $12

    Microscopic Monologues: More Minicomix by Tori Holder $6

    New Comics by Steve Schaberg: One Man Dust Bowl Comics issues #1+#2 $18 each, Concrete $10

    Graphic Novels

    Tender by Beth Hetland (Fantagraphics) $19.99

    Ruins: A Graphic Novel by Peter Kuper $22.99

    The Werewolf at Dusk: And Other Stories by David Small $25

    Music Books

    The Other Fab Four: The Remarkable True Story of the Liverbirds, Britain’s First Female Rock Band by Mary McGlory and Sylvia Saunders $30

    Politics & Revolution Books

    How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance by Akiba Solomon & Kenrya Rankin $17.99

    Essay Books

    Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story by Leslie Jamison $29

    Fiction

    Tides of Time by Duke Pierce Reade $8.99

    Wellness: A Novel by Nathan Hill $30

    Lit Journals & Chap Books

    Moss Piglet March 2024 Self Portraits $12

    Excavation: You’re an Archaeologist Exploring the Crumbling Ruins of Youth $3.50

    2073 Poems by Jupiter Brown $4.99

    Newspapers

    County Highway #5 $8.50

    For the Young at Heart

    Katherine the Koala by Jo Fredell Higgins $14

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    Zines

    Behind the Zines #17 A Zine About Zines – Screenprint Cover Edition $5

    Qwerty Quarterly #3 Searching for Hygge by Molly Snyder & Tea Krulos $5

    Angels Up $20

    Pandemic Movie Watchlist Booster by Johnny Misfit $3

    Shameless Plug by Pulpittina $10

    Why Is She Crying at the Whitney Museum by Farah Khalil (Third Media) $15

    Pit Chick by Leisha Nicole Stanek (Obsolete Press) $12

    Hermit Thrush #1 by Daryl Gussin $5

    Lennon McCrea Zines:Stacks #6 $3, Beyblade X – Trash Guide $2, Tired of Gender – Try Cone Today $2

    Dream Log by Kelsey Keaton $15

    Kaleid issues #2 The Never Ending Summer $15 + #4 Turns Four Growing Up $12

    Comics

    Baphometta Comics & Swag from Davidt Dunlop: Baphometta ETC $4, Poster Tract Bundle $7, The Whole Shebang $32

    Graphic Novels

    Small Change: Finding the Joy in Everyday Things, A Coming of Age Graphic Novel by Rae-hyeon Kim $14.99

    Osamu Dazai’s The Setting Sun, The Manga Edition retold and illustrated by Cocco Kashiwaya $14.99

    Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls $40

    Books from Fieldmouse Press:
    I Thought You Loved Me by Marinaomi $30
    Clutter: A Scatterbrained Sexual Assault Memoir by Ariel Bordeaux $20
    Complete and Utter Malarkey: San Francisco, The Philippines, and Places In Between – The Collected Short Works by November Garcia $30

    Art Books

    KAWS Handbook edited by Larry Warsh (No More Rulers) $18.95

    Jean-Michael Basquiat Handbook edited by Larry Warsh (No More Rulers) $18.95

    Essay

    Thunder Song: Essays by Sasha LaPointe (Counterpoint) $27

    Heroines by Kate Zambreno (Semiotext(e)) $17.95

    I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition by Lucy Sante $27

    Outer Limits & Mayhem Books

    Crow Moon by Lucy H. Pearce (Womancraft) $17.95

    Politics & Revolution Books

    Burn It Down: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution by Breanne Fahs $24

    Music Books

    Unspooled: How the Cassette Made Music Shareable by Rob Drew (Duke U Press) $26.95

    American Hair Metal: Can’t Get Enough by Steven Blush (Feral House) $34.95

    Pulp’s This Is Hardcore by Jane Savidge (33 1/3 vol 181) $14.95

    The Clash’s Sandinista! by Micajah Henley (33 1/3 vol 182) $14.95

    Song to the Siren by Randi Drozd $15

    Fiction

    Confessions of an Antichrist: A Novel by Marta Skadi (Datura) $18.99

    Flip City: A Novel by Linda Burrows (Rare Bird) $20

    Book of Love: A Novel by Kelly Link $31

    Ursula K. Le Guin: Five Novels: The Lathe of Heaven / The Eye of the Heron / The Beginning Place / Searoad / Lavinia, edited by Brian Attebery $45

    I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai $19

    Y/N: A Novel by Esther Yi $18

    The World and All That It Holds: A Novel by Aleksandar Hemon $19

    Help

    Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia by Kate Manne $29

    Magazines

    Illustoria #23 $16

    The International Review #171 $3

    Butt Magazine #34 Spring 2024 $17

    Food Books

    Vegan Mob: Vegan BBQ and Soul Food by Toriano Gordon with Korsha Wilson $30

    Plus!:

    New Stickers by Clara Brubaker, Tony Recktenwald + more!

  • Zine Club Chicago: My Own Private Chicago Cartography Zine Workshop, March 23rd!

    A flyer featuring hand-drawn personal notations and stickers on a 1975 CTA map and the text: “Zine Club Chicago: My Own Private Chicago Cartography Zine Workshop; 3 p.m. Saturday, March 23, 2024; Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave.; Free!; More info: quimbys.com”

    Zine Club Chicago: My Own Private Chicago Cartography Zine Workshop
    3 p.m. Saturday, March 23, 2024
    Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave.
    Free!

    This month, Z marks the spot at Zine Club Chicago’s cartography-inspired zinemaking event, led by producer Cynthia E. Hanifin. We’ll each be creating a personal map of an area in Chicago we love and transforming it into a mini zine!

    Please join us for Zine Club Chicago: My Own Private Chicago Cartography Zine Workshop at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 23 right here at our shop. Free!

    We’ll provide zinemaking supplies and snacks. Feel free to bring your own maps, photos, and other materials for inspiration!

    Zine Club Chicago is a mask-supportive environment; we’ll have masks available if you’d like to wear one. Please note that seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

    Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free monthly event series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events.

    Facebook event here. More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago

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    Zines

    Bodies on the Page by Katie Armentrout, Jude R. Bettridge, Jamie Kadas, Megan Kirby and Andrea Pearson $10

    KerBloom #166 $2

    Basic Paper Airplane #14 Book Tour by Joshua James Amberson $4

    Zines by Jone Greaves $3-$5: Eclipse Diner Takeout Menu, Dream Catalog: Summer ’97 Collection, Poems for Trees I Hate #94 & more.

    Pre Utopian Pride Flag Code: A Proposal on Appropriate and Respectful Conduct in Regards to the Contemporary Display Representation and Care of Queer Pride Flags by Will Montgomery $6

    Extension Service #3 Pinks & #4 Webs $5 each

    Nonmachinable: Guide to Zine Distros (2nd Edition) $5

    Sevon $13

    The Papercuts Library #10 A New Working Concept for Human Civilization by Joey Sellers $5.99

    Photo zines by Craig Chazen: County Fair $10, Through My Eye $5

    Loculus #3 Being Blocked by RSP (Two Clowns in a Hole Press) $8

    Not Like You No Deposit No Return $16

    Madoka Magica Rewritten by halloftheratking $8

    And It Drags On $7

    Dream Girl #1 $1

    Zines from Queer Sailors Zines: For the Birds: An Urban Birdwatching Journal $10, Yes Chef, A Jeremy Allen White Fan Zine $12

    Weird Things My Dog Does $8

    7 Days a Week by Cassidy R. $5

    Zines by Hali Kleinfeld: Lukewarm Adjective $5, Kewpie $20 & more.

    Inktober 2023 Sketchbook by Don Unger $2

    Catboy Catalogue Fall 198X Issue by Fox Graham $10

    Fangirl Confessional: Smashing Through the Boundaries by Keidra Chaney $5

    Modern Philately by Eve Gordon $2.50

    Twist: A Figure Drawing Zine by Isabel Steffes $10

    Rate of Decay #1 The Location of Subculture by Chris $1

    Comics

    Ash Can to the Ash Can #minus0 $1.75

    Beach Day Blues by Teddie Bernard $5

    Comics by Sofa Melon (various prices): Pine Soul, Field of Gar #1, Tangle, Remora 1999 & more.

    Transmigratory Adventures of Philip K. in the Land of the In-Betweeners #1-#3 $4.44 each

    Hero #1 This Kid Not 4 Kidz $8

    Tale of Sir Gaunter #0 by JC Miller $6

    I Hope This Finds You #12 Diary Comix by Kevin Budnik $6

    Clusterfux Comix by Cameron Hatheway, $10 each: #5 & #666

    Letters to My Dead Parents and Others by Amanda Weidman $5

    Comics by Catherine Archer: Celestial Veil $8, Silver Crown Comix Presents the Bird $1 & more.

    To Be Seen by Danielle Draik and Mandy Robertson $13

    Infinite Waters $7

    I Don’t Need You Anymore $3.50

    Grixly #64 by Nate McDonough $3

    Graphic Novels

    Fatcop by Johnny Ryan (Fantagraphics) $29.99

    Reading Love and Rockets by Marc Sobel (Fantagraphics) $49.99

    Ballyhoo Book One by Teddie Bernard $24.99

    2 Metabarons books by Alejandro Jodorowsky and friends: Second Cycle Finale $24.99 & Complete Second Cycle $49.99

    Firebugs by Nino Bulling (Drawn & Quarterly) $26.95

    Return to Eden by Paco Roca $29.99

    Red Room Crypto Killaz by Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics) $22.99

    Art Books

    Towers of Steel Concrete and Glass: Drawings by Kareem Davis and Richard Willis (Almighty & Insane) $30

    Politics & Revolution

    Toward an Ecological Society by Murray Bookchin (AK Press) $22

    Rosa Luxemburg: The Incendiary Spark by Michael Lowy (Haymarket Books) $19.95

    Fiction

    Reports from the Deep End: Stories Inspired by JG Ballard, edited by Maxim Jakubowski and Rick McGrath $26.99

    It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over by Anne de Marcken $15.95

    This Kid vol 1 by Jesse Riehle Kegan $24.99

    Greasepaint: A Novel by Hannah Levene $17.95

    Grimoires

    Marie Laveau Voodoo Grimoire: Rituals, Recipes, and Spells for Healing Protection Beauty Love and More by Denise Alvarado $18.95

    Essay

    How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind by Regan Penaluna $18

    Music

    The Creation Records Story (New Edition) by David Cavanagh $27.95

    Magazines

    Drift #12 $19.99

    Broken Pencil #101 $9.95

    Recent issues of Girls On Film $10 each: #22 The Alien Issue, #23 The Romance Issue

    Chap Books

    Primordial Waters Poems $2

    Notes on Inheritance: Poems & Prints by Taylor Sheridan Wallau $15

  • Bianca Xunise Celebrates PUNK ROCK KARAOKE, In Conversation with Jessica Hopper, April 27th

    Quimby’s welcomes celebrates Independent Bookstore Day with Chicago-based artist Bianca Xunise on Saturday, April 27th at 3:30pm to celebrate the release of their book PUNK ROCK KARAOKE. Xunise will be joined in conversation by director, producer and author Jessica Hopper.

    PUNK ROCK KARAOKE is the explosive new YA graphic novel from Ignatz Award-winning and nationally syndicated cartoonist Bianca Xunise (Six Chix, Be Gay Do Comics), following three friends and their Garage Punk band on their quest to make it big in Southside Chicago’s underground music scene. Drawn from Xunise’s passion for their city and extensive Punk knowledge, PUNK ROCK KARAOKE explores questions about authenticity, the importance of community, and what it means to succeed on your own terms. Complete with a zine-style guide to the real-life Punk icons referenced throughout the story, the book is sure to be a hit with listeners of The Linda Lindas and viewers of Netflix’s Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.

    Asked about their inspirations for the project, Xunise said, “PUNK ROCK KARAOKE is a love letter to the diverse and rambunctious underground scene of the DIY music community. I hope that readers fall in love with the same community that allowed me to march to the beat of my own drum and are inspired to create spaces for each other in their own backyards.”

    In PUNK ROCK KARAOKE, School is out for summer and Ariel Grace Jones is determined to make it one for the books! Together with their bestie bandmates, Michele and Gael, Ariel believes they’re destined to break into the music industry by singing lead in their garage punk band, Baby Hares. But before they can officially get into the groove, the realities of post grad life start to weigh on this crew of misfits. Ari begins to worry that it’s time to pull the plug on their dreams of making it big.

    Just when all hope feels lost, a fellow punk and local icon takes an interest in their talent. It seems like he might be the only one Ariel can rely on as frustrations between bandmates reach at an all-time high, but is he really all he seems? And will Ariel and Michele’s friendship survive the journey?

    “Incredibly grounded in its neighborhood and scene, this is a great ride from start to finish.” -Booklist

    “A vibrant, inclusive, feminist, punk-rock homage, guide, and coming-of-age story” -Kirkus

    “Stole my heart from the first page to the last. Endlessly funny and sincere.” -Tillie Walden, Eisner & Ignatz Award-winning cartoonist

     

    Bianca Xunise is a cartoonist based out of Chicago, Illinois. Their work primarily focuses on the plight, joy, and daily struggles of misfits within the black community. In 2017 Xunise earned an Ignatz for Promising New Talent for their comic Say Her Name, an autobiographical story of police brutality and social justice. In 2020 Xunise earned their second Ignatz for their contribution to Be Gay, Do Comics published by IDW. Xunise has collaborated with Vogue, The Washington Post, The Nib, and Believer Magazine. They are also a contributor to the book How We Fight Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance along with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Tarana Burk, and Harry Belafonte. Bianca became the first nationally syndicated non-binary cartoonist when they joined the comic strip Six Chix in 2020 as their first black creator. Bianca is also the April Quimby’s artist-in-residence! CHECK OUT THE AMAZING BANNERS THEY DESIGNED IN OUR WINDOW!  More info at https://linktr.ee/biancaxunise

    Jessica Hopper is a director, producer and author based in Chicago. Most recently, Hopper directed and executive produced the upcoming four-part docuseries Women Who Rock, releasing summer of 2022 on Epix and Sky. She has written for Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, the Chicago Reader, Punk Planet and more. She ins the author of The Girls Guide To Rocking, The First Collection of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic, Night Moves. She is series editor of The American Music Series at the University of Texas Press. More info at jessicahopper.org.

    As always, Quimby’s events are free. Want the Facebook invite for this event? Click here.

    This event is also on Independent Bookstore Day 2024! Quimby’s is a stop on the Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl. Get info about that here. Stay posted for more #IBD24 surprises!

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  • Beth Hetland Celebrates Tender, In Conversation With Kyle O'Connell, March 30th

    Quimby’s welcomes Chicago cartoonist and educator Beth Hetland, in conversation with Kyle O’Connell for what’s sure to be an enlightening discussion on Saturday, March 30th at 3pm.

    Tender is a psychological thriller about a woman obsessed with her vision for a picture-perfect, curated life. Carolanne wanted a perfect wedding, a perfect husband, a perfect family. She carefully performs her own roles (gal pal, bestie, girlfriend, wife, and expectant mother) and in trying to enact agency over her life, sacrifices it completely. Her desire to control the uncontrollable ultimately becomes her undoing. When things don’t go her way, she exerts dominance over the one thing she does have total control over: her body; until that “betrays” her. After suffering a horrible loss, Carolanne spirals into a literal, all-consuming delusion that will engross comics readers and horror aficionados alike. Hetland’s graphic novel debut is a brilliant psychological thriller that tears down the wall of a genre — body horror — so often identified with male creators. Heady and visceral, Tender uses horrific tropes to confront women’s societal expectations of self-sacrifice despite those traditional roles often coming at the expense of female sexuality and empowerment.

    “Hetland gets under the skin in her nimble and unsettling graphic novel debut. … [Her] ability to maintain a sinister atmosphere in scenes both mundane and monstrous will keep horror fans turning the pages.” — Publishers Weekly

    “A strong debut with powerful visual storytelling, Tender digs into the existential dread of getting everything that you thought you wanted and still not being satisfied.” — Diabolique Magazine

    “A brutal critique of gender roles, social media, cultural pressures & expectations, Tender is a triumph.” — Rob Clough – High Low Comics

    “An incredibly paced horror story that’s equal parts sardonic, gruesome, and tender. A Jeanne Dielman for the Instagram generation.” — Katie Skelly

    Beth Hetland is a Professor, Adj. at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she teaches several comics and comics adjacent courses. She holds an MFA (2011) from The Center for Cartoon Studies and BFA (2009) from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Find her on IG here: @bethhetland and at all sort of other links here. Kyle O’Connell can be found at kyle-oconnell.com.

    As always, this event at Quimby’s is free.
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    Zines

    Night Shift Films: Fictitious B Movies From the 80s and 90s by Turner Hilliker $5

    Knock Knock by Shaun Levin $10

    TV Static $10

    Unsolved Mysteries Fan Zine $5

    zines by Sydney Salk: Compilation Nation: The Only Fanzine Dedicated to Various Artists $5, 15 Jewish Women Real and Fictional All Young People Should Know $8

    Angel Birth by Marianne Agnes & Noelle Richard $24

    Way of the Canvas: The Mechanics of the World by Cam Collins $5

    Rate of Decay #2 by Chris $1

    No One Smiled by Jenny Nova and Nel Gosh $6

    Saw Analysis and Exploration by Ben Brady $20

    Comics

    Reading in the Club by Hannah Johnston $15

    Cookie Nights Vigo Spain by Andres Magan $10

    Crumple #121 by Walker Mettling $20

    Seabie and Crabcake #1 Beach Summer by Griffin Giersch $8

    I Got a Tattoo Every Month of 2023 $4

    Hoggett’s Notion #2 by Dylan Ward $6

    Politics & Revolution Books

    Cultivating a Revolutionary Spirit: Stories of Solidarity, Solar Cooking, and Women’s Leadership in Central America by Laura Snyder Brown and William Fleet Lankford (PM Press) $21.95

    Firehose of Falsehood: The Story of Disinformation by Teri Kanefield and Pat Dorian $29.99

    Music Books

    Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending, revised and expanded edition: An Incredible String Band Compendium edited by Adrian Whittaker (Strange Attractor Press) $34.95

    Fiction

    As the Rain Falls by Sam Plauche $15

    Health Books

    Self Love Club: Real Talk and Reminders for Discovering That We’re Enough by Hyesu Lee $18.95

    Travel Books

    Bored In the USA: A Field Guide To Bestish Stuff in America a Travelsized Book of Must See Parks and Roadside Oddities in All Fifty States $15

    DIY/How To

    Fungi: Discover the Science and Secrets Behind the World of Mushrooms by Lynne Boddy & Ali Ashby $40

    How to Pull a Movie Out of Your Ass: Realistic Expectations for the First Time Filmmaker With No Budget to Speak Of by G. Dorchak $19.95

    Instructions for Tool Wall With Assembly Guide by Hunter L.V. Elliott & Noelle Richard $20

    Essay Books (Sort of) & Memoir

    Snapshots of the Boy by Shaun Levin $15

    Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt: A Memoir in Verse by Brontez Purnell $17

    Of Pigs and Meteorites: Mildly Interesting Tales of Growing Up in a Hamlet Out in the BFE by G. Dorchak $15.95

    Chap Books

    Das Puke Book by Martin Wong (Primary Information) $10

    Lazy-Eye Jack: Selected Poems 2004-2018 by Mark Timothy Hayward $5

    Lit Journals

    Pest Control Magazine #4 $14

    Moss Piglet – multiple issues $12 each

    Other Stuff

    Kewpie Tattoo Sticker $3

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    Zines

    2 new issues of Proof I Exist by Billy McCall! $3 each #45 A 2023 Reading Log $ & Proof I Exist #46 Jan 24 Looking Back at 2023 (with Ed Kemp)

    Pound the Pavement #31 Graphics From the Sleeves of Vinyl Records of Palestinian Resistance and Existence by Josh MacPhee $8

    Cat Party #10 by Katie Haegele (Microcosm) $4.95

    The Goblin’s Rules of the Game a Guide to Living Life by Sean Aaberg (Microcosm) $10

    ABQ Graffiti #4 2024 $2

    Green Day Saviors EP Zine by Lennon $2

    Hot Plastic Topic Audiophile Approach $3

    Stacks #5/Lennon McCrea Zine #28 $3

    Johnny America #10 $3

    Grachki – Your Key to Midwest DIY Punk and Indie – Night Freak Feb 2024 by Jude BG $5

    I’m Afraid I’ll Only Ever Be in Love Again in My Dreams: A Collection of Poems and Photographs by Sophie Potocsnak $5

    In Search of Freedom and Self Determination: A Tour Through the Anarchist Movements in Graz, Austria, 1918-1938 by Reinhard Muller $3

    Prince Come Home: Community Action With Unhoused Friends by North Seattle Neighbors and Kaitlyn S2

    Good Advice From Kaiju: How Can I Live My Life When There’s No Roadmap for the Future $2

    Deconstructing Settler Colonialism: The Internationals and Early Anarchism in the Wild West $4

    The Party and What Came Before It Jan 2024 by Blair Ellair $10

    From the Kitchen by JB and MD $4

    Council of All Beings by Tanzen Lilly $10

    Through Walls $3

    Comics

    Honey and Lavender by Clay Borsenik $17

    Boys and Boomboxes: Four True Tales From Tweenhood by Carolyn Swiszcz $7

    Huey #4 by Levi Friedman $10

    Emotional Support by Jude Bettridge $5

    Graphic Novels

    Fall Through by Nate Powell $24.95

    Aya: Claws Come Out by Marguerite Abouet, Clément Oubrerie (Drawn and Quarterly) $24.95

    Music Books

    All Over the Place: The Rise of THE BANGLES from the LA Underground by Eric M. Shade (Hozac Books) $32.99

    Beatles Blackouts: Trips Around the World In Search of Beatles Monuments by Jack Marriott(Microcosm) $17.95

    Dead Boys 1977: The Lost Photographs of Dave Treat $29.99

    Politics & Revolution Books

    Firebrands: Activists You Didn’t Learn About In School/Justseeds Artists Cooperative, edited by Shaun Slifer and Bec Young (Microcosm) $15.95

    Graphic Liberation: Image Making & Political Movements by Josh MacPhee (Common Notions) $20

    Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements edited by George Breitman $18

    Outer Limits Books

    Cabarets of Death: Death, Dance and Dining in Early Twentieth-Century Paris by Mel Gordon & Joanna Ebenstein (Strange Attractor Press) $27.95

    DIY & Health

    Unfuck Your Anger Workbook: Using Science to Manage Frustration Rage and Forgiveness by Faith G. Harper (Microcosm) $14.99

    Essay

    Pagoda: A Lesbian Community by the Sea by Rose Norman $18.95

    Pencil by Carol Beggy (Object Lessons Series) $14.95

    Fiction

    Our Strangers: Stories by Lydia Davis (Bookshop.org/Microcosm) $26

    The Bicyclist’s Guide to the Galaxy: Feminist Fantastical Tales of Books and Bikes edited by Elly Blue (Microcosm) $12.95

    Corey Fah Does Social Mobility: A Novel by Isabel Waidner $16

    Various Stories About Specific Individuals in Particular Situations by Eli S. Evans $9

    Sex Guides & Culture

    Unfuck Your Kink: Using Science to Enjoy Mind Blowiing BDSM, Fetishes, Fantasy, Porn, and Whatever Your Pervy Heart Desires by Dr Faith G. Harper (Microcosm) $14.95

    Chap Books

    This Fire by Justin Lacour $15