A sneak peek at the cover of next weekβs issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdaniβs historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
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A sneak peek at the cover of next weekβs issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdaniβs historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
Jason Reimer has brought both heavy-hitter actors and auteurs including Francis Ford Coppola and Oliver Stone to the Texas Theatre, provided a home for the Oak Cliff Film Festival and sparked the imagination of film fans since 2010.
Now Reimer is going to do it all over again in Denton.
π Get yourself ready for #Halloween by listening to this spooky tune. No lyricsβ¦ just lively blues with a xylophone that coffin-nails the "spooky-ooky" effect. π»
π¦ Listen & open a cabinet of creepy #SpookySeason curiosities β¬οΈ
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Please Visit Our Booth at Getmanβs Virtual Boston Satellite Book Fair! Open Now! Thursday, Oct. 23rd 12PM -Saturday, Oct. 25th 6PM (EST) Link in comments. #getmanvirtual #bookfair
23.10.2025 16:07 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Ellen H. Clapsaddle, artist, 1909. #Halloween #ellenclapsaddlehalloween #ellenclapsaddlepostcard
20.10.2025 20:44 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
18.10.2025 18:27 β π 15636 π 4511 π¬ 15 π 2The official Murder She Wrote board game featuring Angela Lansbury on the cover.
Happy Birthday Angela Lansbury! Born on this day in 1925 and pictured here in her ideal board game form. π π #angelalansbury #murdershewrote #botd
16.10.2025 18:26 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The Corsicana Artist and Writer Residency recently reopened its bookstore at a new location at 201 N. Commerce St. in downtown Corsicana. And itβs marking the occasion with a special event featuring author and photographer Henry Horenstein.
09.10.2025 21:00 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Canβt decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead π
Promotional poster for the Pennyroyal Press edition of Frankenstein, illustrated by Barry Moser, 1983. #FrankensteinFriday
26.09.2025 20:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Please Visit Our Booth at Getmanβs Virtual Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair! Open Now! Thursday, Sept 25th 12PM - Saturday, Sept. 27th 6PM (EST) Link in comments. #getmansvirtual
25.09.2025 16:29 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Please visit our booth at the (Getmanβs Virtual) Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair this Thursday - Saturday Further details to follow soon
22.09.2025 18:30 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0This would be a great time for a physical media release of the show Andor.
18.09.2025 19:49 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Karloffβs βBrideβ era monster on the cover of the horror issue of Michel Loclosβ Bizarre Magazine, Nos. 24/25, 1962. With features on James Whale, Tod Browning, Bela Lugosi, and Boris Karloff. #frankensteinfriday #boriskarloff
12.09.2025 12:46 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Join us this weekend for the 2025 Fort Worth Antiquarian Book Fair! Sat., 9/13 & Sun. 9/14. At the historic Ft. Worth Masonic Temple on Henderson Ave. Link in comments. #fortworthbookfair
08.09.2025 18:18 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0β€οΈ Great piece on the Larry McMurtry Literary Center in Archer City this morning on NPR. Definitely worth a trip if you haven't visited yet. #larrymcmurtry #archercity #lmlc
04.09.2025 14:27 β π 5 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0August 31st vs. September 1st
01.09.2025 22:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The cover of this publication of the R. B. Peake stage play "Presumption; or, Fate of Frankenstein" from 1823 features a hilariously handsome and saucy-looking depiction of Shelley's creature. #frankensteinfriday
29.08.2025 16:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Behind the Scenes at the Rare Book Factory. #rarebooks #bts #booksellerlife
25.08.2025 18:11 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Before Dylan's cry of "play fucking loud" was Buddy Holly's speed metal howl. On January 26, 1958, Holly and the Crickets made their second Ed Sullivan appearance. Sullivan ordered the group to replace upbeat rocker Oh Boy with a slow ballad. This was their response youtu.be/TtIOy9WcxU0?...
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