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...
View ArticleAuthors 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...
View ArticleNevermore--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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleSpotlight 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...
View ArticleFoucault 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...
View ArticleSmall 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...
View ArticleLost 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...
View ArticleSpotlight 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...
View ArticleC-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...
View ArticleReminder: 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...
View ArticleJune 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...
View ArticleSmall 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...
View ArticleSummer 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...
View ArticleLate 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleTOON 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,...
View ArticlePodcast 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...
View ArticleOur 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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