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New Stuff This Week
Zines
Critical Theory Cocktails #5 $10
Fluke Fanzine #17 $3 – Interviews: Nate Powell, Look Back Library, Danny Martin.
Sonic Meditations for Immersive Ecological Entanglement by Brett Bloom & friends $7
Upping The Anti #21 Journal of Theory and Action $13
Democratize Your Commute by Bronwyn Maudin $7
Time For the Eyelashes by Mary Miller $5
Four Stories by Mark Ehling $5
Comics & Minis
Best In Show #1 by Gabi Cracraft $10
Slapping the World Underfoot by Wure $10
Trip to the Laundry Room by Finn Walker $4
Espacious Cerrados by El Mal $20
Mama Snake #8 by Chris Campbell $4
Comics by Alex Delaney: Other Side of Town #1 and #2, various issues of Derelict $6 each
Comics by Ruby Laporta: Intestinal Anthology $10, Toy $8
Skyward by Sheri Roloff $8
Unsmooth #1 by E.S. Glenn (Floating World) $10
Graphic Novels
Wildest Dream by Gary Panter (Desert Island) $24.95
Internet Crusader by George Wylesol (Avery Hill) $17.95
Art Books
Margaret Kilgallen: that’s where the beauty is. by Heidi Zuckerman & friends $49.95
Moving to Mars Design for the Red Planet $35
Politics & Revolution
Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience, Expanded Edition by Mumia Abu-Jamal (City Lights) $16.95
Outer Limits
Tesla’s German and American Patents: A Selection of the Most Important Patents with Notes by Nikola Tesla (Adventures Unlimited) $24.95
Magazines
Math Magazine #8 $18
Decibel #183 Jan 19 Blood Incantation
Mojo #313 december $11.99
Fortean Times #385 november $12.40
Murder Most Foul #114 The World’s Number One True Crime Quarterly $10.99
Chap Books, Lit Journals, Poetry
Lady Churchills Rosebud Wristlet #40 $5
Lavender Love Letter by Annie Hex $11
Hunchbacks Captive and Others by Jay Sturner $8
Sexxxy
Elska #02 Berlin $20
Film & Music Books
Ad Nauseam: Newsprint Nightmares by Michael Gingold: vol 1 from the 1980s & vol 2 from the 1990s and 2000s (1984 Publishing) $34.95 each
Cornelius’s Fantasma (33 1/3 Japan) by Martin Roberts $22.95
Other Stuff
Urban Scrawl Pocket Notes (Dokument) $6.95
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Quimby’s Bookstore December Newsletter Now Available
The December Quimby’s Bookstore Newsletter available now!
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New Stuff This Week
Dame Darcy Meat Cake Calendar 2020 $16
Zines
One Week in Wan Chai $20
Milo by Alexander Pyles $10
Comics & Minis
Empress by Maria Sofia Ramirez $5
Peach Boy by Toyoya $8
Fried Bananas: A Travelogue by Natalie Dupille $12
Wrath of the Giver by Jorge Garza $5
Mama Snake #6 & #7 by Chris Campbell $4 each
Closet by Woshibai $8
Outer Limits
Traditions Of Death And Burial by Helen Frisby $14
Music Books
Inflamed Invisible: Collected Writings on Art and Sound, 1976–2018 (Goldsmiths Press / Sonics Series (2)) by David Toop $30
Art Books
Queer and Trans Artists of Color vol 3 by Nia King $22
Fiction
Nietzsche and the Burbs by Lars Iyer $16.99
The Revisionaries by A. R. Moxon $29.99
Magazines
Bitch #85 winter $7.95
Jacobin #35 fall $12.95
Lit Journals & Chap Books
The Paris Review #231 winter $20
Songs of Songs: An Awakening Translation by Noraa Kaplan $7
Other Stuff
Gag Me 2020 Cartoon Calendar by Natalie Dupille $10
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Holiday Hours
Why yes! We do have 2019 holiday hours!
Wed 11/27 noon-5
Thurs 11/28 CLOSED
Tues 12/24 noon-7pm
Wed 12/25 CLOSED
Tues 12/31 noon-5pm
Wed 1/1 CLOSED
Thanks to Corinne Halbert for drawing up the sign!P.S. Live in the U.S. and you’re ordering something from quimbys.com and need it by 12/25? Order by 12/15!
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New Stuff This Week
Shameless Feminists by Isabella Bannerman & friends (AK Press) $15 – aka as World War 3 Illustrated #50, the venerable comics anthology. Snippet from Monica Johnson’s “Riding For Two.”
Zines
Misery of Spirit #1-#6 by Stephen Reilly $5 each
Zines by Noelle Richard: Two by Four by Noelle Richard $10, Your Nifty Guide to Sort of Understanding Gender $4, White Guys Named Nick $4
Lost Stories From the Junk Drawer by Eric Bartholomew & friends from Zine Club Chicago $3
zines by Joseph Wilcox: Teaching Artist $10, Surprise Well Sort Of $3, Thirteen Dolphin Mailboxes $12
Sequence Of Spaces by Cristopher Kardambikis $20
Enclosed Expanse by Errol F. Richardson $12
Comics & Minis
Simon and the Melody of the Mask by Griffin Price and JJ McLuckie $10
Homespun Holler Nov 19 by Grant $2
In Flight Safety #3 by Jarad Solomon $20
Toadally the Best by Rachel Bard $5
Checkout Counter by Athena Naylor $15
I Dont Like You #2 by Kevin Scalzo $8
Volcanoes Reach Fumarole Imbroglio #14 by Rodger Binyone $15
Chowdy and Elvis Eel by Daniel Mata $2
Casual Zines A Sleep Deprived Art Studemt $5
Aga and the Wyrm by AnneMarie Rogers $10
Shoot the Odd One Out by Dena Springer $10
Graphic Novels
Nothing to See Here by Howard Chackowicz (Conundrum) $18
The Lonesome Era by Jon Allen (Iron Circus) $30
QJay Comix Book by Georgil Elaev $20
Two Dead by Van Jensen and Nate Powell $19.99
Devil’s Dictionary (The Fantagraphics Underground Series) by Ambrose Bierce, illustrated by Keith Bendis $20
Now #7: The New Comics Anthology edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics) $9.99
After the Spring: A Story of Tunisian Youth by Helene Aldeguer $21.99
Photo Books
Polar Bears by Jochen Raib $24.95
Politics & Revolution
Despite It All We Never Learn by Kenny Karpov $20
Food Books
Mixtape Potluck Cookbook by Questlove $29.99
Music Books
Acid for the Children: A Memoir by Flea $30
Outer Limits
O Relentless Death: Celebrity, Loss and Mourning: A Collection of Images and Essays by Andrew and Lee Fearnside $20
Fiction
Serotonin: A Novel by Michel Houellebecq $27
Magazines
Tape Op #134 dec jan $5.99
Bust #119 winter $6.99
Adbusters #147 $14.95
Raw Vision #103 fall $16
Lit Journals & Poetry
The Rialto Books Review vol #005 $6
Saturday Night Sage by Noah C. Lekas (Blind Owl Records) $15
Coffee Book by Roy Arad $5
Other Stuff
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Zine Club Chicago: Paper Elephant Exchange + Snack Potluck Edition!
6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12
Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave. in Wicker Park
Free!
It’s almost time to flip the calendar to a brand-new decade. 2019 has been a great year for Zine Club Chicago, so let’s get together to celebrate with a snack potluck and Paper Elephant zine exchange. Feel free to bring one of your favorite snacks to share (and we’ll also provide treats to go around, as always). We’ll be playing a fun, zinecentric twist on the classic White Elephant gift swapping game, so please bring a wrapped zine if you’d like to participate. (Bonus points for amazing, unusual, or astounding zines!)
We’re starting the party a bit earlier than usual – 6:30 p.m. – to make sure we have enough time for all our festivities. Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome to join us at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Chicago Zine Fest/Midwest Perzine Fest organizer Cynthia E. Hanifin and hosted by Quimby’s Bookstore.
Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1427995237352256/
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New Stuff This Week
Zines
Meanwhile #9 Minimum Wage by Megan Kirby & friends $5
Lost Houses of Lyndale Fragments of Chicago Street History #3 by Matt Bergstrom $3
zines by Mattieleighx: Winter Preparedness Guide $1.50, Who Is Eleanor Calder $2.50
I’m Not Ready: Examining the Care, Complications, and Contradictions of Having an Abortion by Elie Katzenson (Microcosm) $2.95
Quit Your Job and Eat Pizza Anthology #1-4 $8
Please Notice Me Street Art $2.50
zines by Amy Burek, $6 each: Japan 2009, Very Basic Guide to Low Tech Risograph, 4th ed.
Proud to be Retarded #4 Autistic People Interacting with Authority by Joe Biel (Microcosm) $4.95
KY by C. Klockner $18
Reckless Chants #24.5 A Foggy Night in Lakeview $1
Heart Shaped Box by Jessie Lynn McMains $1
Rumpy Pumpy #7 by Milo $3
Chidrink and Cadrawgo Present zines, $3 each: Hallozeen 2019 #2 I Was a Teenage Zeenwolf & I Like Portals
Shit I’ve Cried About by Sarah Meyer (Meekling Press) $15
Wonder of It All #1 $3
KerBloom #140 september october by Artnoose $2
How to Restring Your Guitar by Jason McInnes $2
Mystery and Adventure Series Review #54 Win 19 by Fred Woodworth $3
Make It Count by Tim Nagle $20
Escapist Artist by Jolie Ruin #57 $1.50 & #58 $2
Pound the Pavement #22 Free Leonard Peltier $8
Songs From My Divorce by Sarah Morean $7
Comics & Minis
You Don’t Get There From Here #51 by Carrie McNinch $4
The Collapsing Woman by Heather Benjamin $10
L Word Fancomic by Caroline Cash $5
comics by Nicole Del Rio, $10 each: Bottom Feeder, Go Outside
Serpent Quest by Maria Sofia Ramirez $5
IT Girls 2020 by Flannery Cashill $12
comics by Dane Georges: X Ray #1 Webcomics $5 & Doom Skull #1 & #2 $4
Crackle vol 1.5 by Phillip Maira $3.50
Graphic Novels
Mimi And The Wolves vol 1 by Alabaster Pizzo (Avery Hill) $19.95
The Cursed Hermit (Hobtown Mystery Stories) by Kris Bertin & Alexander Forbes (Conundrum Press) $20
La Casa (Spanish Edition) by Paco Roca (Fantagraphics) $19.99
Multo by Andrew Lorenzi (Retrofit) $14
Art & Design Books
Heather Benjamin Zines 2009-2019 $30
The Other World: Illustrations from Asian Myth and Folklore, edited by Sandu Publications (Gingko Press) $39.95
Hell Ladies: Junko Mizuno’s Early Works 1998-2001 $29.99
Till Death Glue Us Art Visual Art Collage by Robert Pomerhn $15
Politics & Revolution
Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter by Kerri K. Greenidge $35
The Life & Times of Butch Dykes: Portraits of Artists, Leaders, and Dreamers Who Changed the World by Eloisa Aquino (Microcosm) $19.95
Living in a World that Can’t Be Fixed: Reimagining Counterculture Today by Curtis White $24.99
Fiction
Scry For Help: A Novella of Grief by by Aaron Eischeid $10
Dragon Bike: Fantastical Stories of Bicycling, Feminism, & Dragons by Elly Blue (Microcosm) $11.95
Essays (kind of, sort of)
Soviet Stamps by Dmitry Samarov $20
Beautiful Aliens: A Steve Abbott Reader by Steve Abbott, edited by Jamie Townsend (Nightboat) $20
Rough Road to the North: A Vagabond on the Great Northern Highway (Tramp Lit Series) by Jim Christy (Feral House) $17.95
Essays One by Lydia Davis $30
Humor (sort of, kind of)
Is This The Right Color To Prove I Dont Have A Shitty Life by Jon-Michael Frank (Floating World) $15
The Detroit Printing Co-op: The Politics of the Joy of Printing by Danielle Aubert $29.99
Picture Cycle by Masha Tupitsyn (Semiotext(e) / Active Agents) $17.95
Mayhem, Outer Limits, Cosmic
The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine by Thomas Morris $17
Queer Cosmos: The Astrology of Queer Identities & Relationships by Colin Bedell $18.95
Food & Drink
Taco Tales: Recipe Stories from Mexico by Ivette Perez de Wenkel and Anne Wenkel (Gingko Press) $29.95
On Drinking by Charles Bukowski $16.99
The Dreamers: A Novel by Karen Thompson Walker $17
Self-Help
Unfuck Your Boundaries: Build Better Relationships Through Consent, Communication, and Expressing Your Needs (5-minute Therapy) by Faith G. Harper (Microcosm), book version: $14.95, workbook version: $9.95
Friending: Creating Meaningful, Lasting Adult Friendships (Good Life) by Gina Handley Schmitt MA LMHC (Microcosm) $14.95
If You’re Freaking Out, Read This: A Coping Workbook for Building Good Habits, Behaviors, and Hope for the Future (Good Life) by Simone DeAngelis and Faith G. Harper (Microcosm) $12.95
Music Books
Forever Words: The Unknown Poems by Johnny Cash $18
Sympathy for the Drummer by Mike Edison $22
An Encyclopedia of Political Record Labels by Josh MacPhee (Common Notions) $24.95
Sexxxy
Elska #26 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania $20
Magazines
Wire #429 november $12.50
The Baffler #48 november december $14
Monocle #128 november $14
Skeptical Inquirer vol 43 #6 november december $5.99
The Believer #128 december january $12
The Internationalist #57 september october $1
Another Man #28 spring summer $14.99
Vive Le Rock #67 The Damned $12.75
Chap Books, Lit Journals & Poetry
chap books by Jessie Lynn McMains $8 each: Girl With the Most Cake: Poems About Courtney Love, Forget the Fuck Away From Me: Poems
Lyrics as Poetry #3 Journal of Songwriting and Prose $15
Tape Worm Salad With Olive Oil For Extra Flavor by Vittorio Carli $6.66
This Movement Speaks by Brad Seidman $6.66
For the Kiddies
Plantimals by Robert Henry Stevenson $20
Illustoria #10 Color For Creative Kids and Their Grownups $16
Little Blue Kite by Mark Z. Danielewski $25.95
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New Stuff This Week
Zines
Women In Print #3 by Jennifer Trontz $8
Devil’s Night by Anne Elizabeth Moore $4
Keith Helt zines: Flotation Device #16 $2, Consumption Journal #1 $1, Mira Martin Gray $1
Grave Plots by Marc Fischer $5
Escapes by Avery Owings $3
Cheap Toys #23 by Giz $3
Paper Core #01 Sum 19 DIY Punk Zine $3
Comics & Minis
Untitled Pencil Comic by Caroline Cash $10
Total Fuck Up #2 by Johnny Sampson $7
Grixly #47 by Nate McDonough $2
Graphic Novels
Making Comics by Lynda Barry $22.95
Moomin: The Deluxe Lars Jansson Edition by Lars Jansson (D+Q) $69.95
TAMBA, Child Soldier by Marion Achard & Yann Degruel $24.99
House by Paco Roca (Fantagraphics) $19.99
Life of Vice by Robin Enrico (Alternative Comics) $12.99
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad – adapted & drawn by Peter Kuper $21.95
Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration by Bryan Caplan and illustrated by Zach Weinersmith $19.99
Politics & Revolution Books
Down with the Law: Anarchist Individualist Writings from Early Twentieth-Century France by Mitchell Abidor $15
Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings From the Me Too Movement, edited by Shelly Oria (McSweeneys) $16.99
Art & Design
Christian Warlich: Tattoo Flash Book by Ole Wittmann $40
Sideshows & Spectacles: Victorian Entertainment Book of Postcards $12.95
Outer Limits
Secret Drugs of Buddhism: Psychedelic Sacraments and the Origins of the Vajrayana by Michael Crowley $19.95
The Wonders: The Extraordinary Performers Who Transformed the Victorian Age by John Woolf $27.95
Music Books
The Hard Times: The First 40 Years, A History Of Punk And Hardcore As Reported By The Scene’s Most Scrupulous Investigators by Matt Saincome, Bill Conway & Krissy Howard $20
It Gets Me Home, This Curving Track by Ian Penman $17.95
Wendy Carlos’s Switched-On Bach (33 1/3) by Roshanak Kheshti $14.95
Fiction
Shine of the Ever Short Stories by Claire Rudy Foster (Interlude Press) $17.95
Please Buy This Book So I Can Feel Validated & (Finally) Love Myself: A Novella + Poems & Stories by Homeless $14.95
Something Sexy, Something Stupid: The Next Three Books by Brian Alan Ellis $14.95
Sex Guides & Culture
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer $25.99
Magazines
Horror Hound #79 sep oct $6.99
Shindig #96 oct $13.99
Create Magazine #17 $20
Gear Patrol #11 $20
Poetry & Lit Journals
Road Warrior Hawk: Poems about Depression, Anxiety and Pop Culture by Brian Alan Ellis $12.95
I Still Love You, Peggy Bundy: Poems by Justin Grimbol $12.95
Make Literary Magazine #18 $15
Sinister Wisdom #114 A Multicultural Lesbian Literary and Art Journal $18.95
Other Stuff
Body Horror Club “Friends Stick Together” Sticker by Jonathan La Mantia $3
Cannabis: A Quiz Deck on Marijuana, Knowledge Cards by Jennifer Mimms $10.95
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Zine Club Chicago: Journalism Edition with special guests Megan Kirby and Aim Beland
Zines have always flouted the conventions and constraints of mainstream media, making them an ideal vehicle for journalists with important information to convey and the desire to skirt corporate restrictions, gatekeeping editors, and clickbait clichés. This month, we’ll be exploring our favorite journalism zines with special guests Megan Kirby and Aim Beland, who will co-facilitate our discussion. Megan, a zinemaker (Coffee Spoons) who covers pop music for the Chicago Reader and runs the live zine-making/storytelling showcase Meanwhile, will lead an interactive journalism activity.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome to join us for a fun discussion and snacks at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Chicago Zine Fest/Midwest Perzine Fest organizer Cynthia E. Hanifin and hosted by Quimby’s. Thank you to Zine Club member Aim Beland for suggesting this month’s theme and curating the event.
Zine Club Chicago: Journalism Edition with special guests Megan Kirby and Aim Beland
7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12
Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave. in Wicker Park
Free!
Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/555908891820093/
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New Stuff This Week
Quimbys Logo Enamel Pin Button $10
pictured: multiple issues of Frontier by Lauren R. Weinstein, Hannah Waldron, Anatola Howard & more. $8 each, Crap Hound Big Book of Unhappiness by Sean Tejaratchi (Feral House) $42.95, Four White Horses and a Brass Band: True Confessions from the World of Medicine Shows, Pitchmen, Chumps, Suckers, Fixers, and Shills by Violet McNeal (Feral House) $16.95, Pieces #15 On Altered States by Nichole Baiel $3, Go All The Way: A Literary Appreciation of Power Pop edited by Paul Myers and S.W. Lauden (Rare Bird) $27, Rotten Faith by Corinne Halbert $5, Dayglo!: The Poly Styrene Story $36.99, Cults! Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: A Guide to the Highly Unusual by Kim Cooper $14, Hallowzine Horror Anthology: Sometimes They Come Back $9.95
Zines
Crap Hound More Unhappiness 2019 Zine by Sean Tejaratchi $15 – Companion Issue to The Big Book of Unhappiness.
Joy Ride by Madi Baker $10
Welcome to the Keep You Miracle – A Neural Network Poetic Zine by Erin J. Watson $5
Held Safe Hold Space by Nick Disabato $15
Comics & Minis
My Dog Ivy by Gabrielle Bell (Uncivilized) $5
Sweaty & Upsetty Autobio Comics Sort of by Kathryn Hemmann $2
Lovers Only #2 Love Triangle by Sophia Foster-Dimino, Carta Monir, and Mickey Zacchilli (Youth In Decline) $6
When Do You Stop Growing and Start Aging by Madi Baker $10
Graphic Novels
Dog Days of Snake Pit by Ben Snakepit (Silver Sprocket) $25
Holy Hannah by Will Dinski (Uncivilized) $24.95
Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows adapted by Nathan Carson and illustrated Sam Ford (Floating Worlds) $12.95
The Complete Curvy by Sylvan Migdal (Iron Circus) $50
Winter Warrior by Eve Gilbert (Fantagraphics) $19.99
The Tower In The Sea by B. Mure (Avery Hill) $12.95
The Arab of the Future 4: A Graphic Memoir of a Childhood in the Middle East, 1987-1992 by Riaf Sattouf $30
Palimpsest: Documents From a Korean Adoption by Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom (D&Q) $24.95
Art & Design
Arcade Game Typography: The Art of Pixel Type by Toshi Omagari $34.95
Protest! A History of Social and Political Protest Graphics by Liz McQuiston $39.95
The Art of the Devil: An Illustrated History by Demetrio Paparoni $45
Silver Skate Seventies: California Skateboarding 1975-1978 by Hugh Holland $40
Politics & Revolution
Sticking It to the Man: Revolution and Counterculture in Pulp and Popular Fiction, 1950 to 1980 edited by Andrew Nette & Iain McIntyre (PM Press) $34.95
Outer Limits
The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums, and Legends of Camp Etna by Mira Ptacin $26.95
Jack the Ripper’s New Testament: Occultism and Bible Mania in 1888 by Nigel Graddon $19.95
Lee Harvey Oswald, Lyndon Johnson & the JFK Assassination by John Delane Williams (Trine Day) $24.95
Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World’s Most Secretive Society of Magicians by Ian Frisch $16.99
Music & Film Books
Frightfest Guide Werewolf Cinema by Gavin Baddeley (FAB Press) $24.95
Defying Gravity: Jordan’s Story by Jordan Mooney with Cathi Unsworth $28.99 – Jordan Mooney was described as the first Sex Pistol by Derek Jarman, Jon Savage and those who dared to walk up to 430 King’s Road between 1975 and 1981. Her achievements include being the public face of SEX, Seditionaries, and World’s End, as well as the motivating force behind Jubilee and the first manager of The Ants.
Crossover the Edge: Where Hardcore, Punk And Metal Collide by Alexandros Anesiadis (Cherry Red Books) $27.95
Bowie’s Bookshelf: The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie’s Life by John O’Connell $18
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O’Meara (Hanover Square Press) $26.99
Hollywood’s Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A. by Lili Anolik $17
God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop by Kathy Iandoli $27.99
Fiction
Talk Like a Man (Outspoken Authors Series) by Nisi Shawl (PM Press) $14
Vernon Subutex 1: A Novel by Virginie Despentes $16
Some Trick by Helen DeWitt $15.95
The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada $13.95
Little: A Novel by Edward Carey $17
Essays
Rebent Sinner by Ivan Coyote (Arsenal Pulp Press) $19.95
Local Interest
Chicago’s Lollapalooza Days: 1893-1934 by Jim Edwards $21.99
Magazines
Wire #428 october $12.50
Mojo #312 october $11.99
Poetry & Lit Journals
Collected Poems of Bob Kaufman edited by Neeli Cherkovski, Raymond Foye, Tate Swindell (City Lights Books) $19.95
The Common Literary Journal #18 $14