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Q&A and Reading With John Benditt

On Thursday, February 19th, at 7pm, John Benditt will launch is debut novel, The Boatmaker (Tin House), at Book Culture on Columbus.  Part fable, part allegory, The Boatmaker is a haunting and...

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Authors with Animals

Writers tend to be notorious loners while they're working on a project, but if they need an uncritical mind to bounce ideas off of, who better than a pet?  Brighten your day and procrastinate a little...

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Nevermore--The Imaginary Life & Mysterious Death of Edgar Allen Poe

Whether it's the bleary winter weather or a sudden craving for the bizarre and fantastic, the life and stories of Edgar Allen Poe are all the buzz right now.  Last week, Marilyn Robinson published an...

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What Would James Bond Read?

In anticipation of the upcoming film, Spectre, we started wondering 'WWJBR?'--What would James Bond Read? Of course, it depends on which Bond!  After considering all the actors who've portrayed the...

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Spotlight on: King's Review

Can you tell us a bit about the history of King’s Review? KR was founded about two years ago in Cambridge, UK, by a group of graduate students who shared the same frustration: the research we were...

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Foucault 13/13 Lectures

The Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought and The Society of Fellows in the Humanities at Columbia University present Michel Foucault’s Collège de France Lectures (1970-1984): 13 Years at...

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Small Press Spotlight: Projective Industries

For this Small Press Spotlight, we are featuring an interview with the three editors of Projective Industries, a small press that publishes beautifully designed, handmade letterpressed chapbooks. We...

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Lost and Found: Treasures Between the Lines

From postcards and family photos to shopping lists and newspaper clippings, people will use just about anything for a bookmark. We acquire numerous used books through our buyback program, and with them...

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Spotlight on: Yelena Bryksenkova

Yelena Bryksenkova is a Russian born illustrator based in New Haven, Connecticut.  Using vibrant colors and amazing detail, Bryksenkova's drawings depict scenes of everyday life that are anything but...

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C-SPAN Book Talks at Book Culture

C-SPAN has filmed several book talks at our stores over the past several years, including three talks this year. Most recently, they filmed talks with Lewis Gordon, author of What Fanon Said: A...

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Reminder: Father's Day is Tomorrow...

And for the many who are stumped on what to get Dad, the staff at 112th have some ideas to help you out! History of Rock 'n' Roll In Ten Songs by Greil Marcus   The Wright Brothers by David McCullough...

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June LGBT Pride Display at 112th

Honoring the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots, June is LGBT Pride Month and at Book Culture on 112th, we’ve picked some of our favorite works of queer fiction, poetry, graphic lit and theory to...

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Small Press Spotlight: Belladonna*

For this Small Press Spotlight, we are so pleased to feature an interview with Krystal Languell, Jennifer Firestone and Saretta Morgan at Belladonna*, a small press whose mission is to "promote the...

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Summer with Book Culture Selects

We here at Book Culture take summer reading very seriously. During the dog days of July and August, we were hard at work curating timely reading lists for our lovely subscribers through the Book...

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Late Night Library: Podcast Interview with Rachel Hadas

This Friday, April 17th, at 7pm, Rachel Hadas will read as part of the "Poets of Other Persuasions" poetry reading.  Rachel was recently interviewed by Kristen Maffei, as part of Late Night Library...

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The Potter Family, Part 1: Fantasy Foundations

By Anna StypulkowskiThe Cursed Child is coming out! Jim Kay is illustrating the series! Newt is getting his own movie! These are all excellent things, and there is so much joy in this series that I’m...

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New Additions to the Silent Auction

We've added several new titles to the silent auction! All bids must be placed by 7pm on Sunday, April 5th, at 7pm.  You can email your bid to ryan@bookculture.com or come into the store to place your...

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TOON Talk : From The New Yorker to Kids’ Comics

Join Françoise Mouly and Frank Viva, who spoke at Book Culture on Columbus in May, on Tuesday, July 12th at 6:30pm at the Museum of the City of New York. Françoise Mouly, a pioneering comics publisher,...

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Podcast w/ Chris Doeblin: The Case for Independent Bookstores Making Bold Moves

Be sure to check out a recently released podcast interview with Book Culture's owner, Chris Doeblin, in which he speaks about the opening of the new Columbus Store, the historic struggle of independent...

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Our Book Culture Selects for June

Wonder what we're reading and recommending this month? Check our latest Book Culture Selects. We loved these books so much that each was sent with a personal handwritten letter from our booksellers....

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