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LATEST NEWS

Sub Rosa June selection

Sub Rosa is a book group meeting once a month to discuss feminist and obscure fiction. Our selection this month is The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector. We will meet on Saturday, June 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the store. A reminder will be sent out the day before. If interested in attending ...→ READ MORE

Book Beat May Newsletter

Dear Readers, Thank you everyone who came out and made Independent Bookstore Day a resounding success! We’d especially like to thank photographer Rick Lieder for stopping in to sign his latest book and Amos Kennedy who surprised us with his gift of a handprinted book quote we gave away to the ...

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May Reading Group: The Invention of Morel

The Book Beat reading group selection for May is The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares. We will meet virtually online via Zoom on Wednesday, May 29 at 7 p.m. The Zoom link will be sent on the afternoon of the meeting to anyone interested in attending. Email bookbeatorders@gmail.com to sign u...

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May 9: Tracie McMillan at Oak Park City Hall

Thursday May, 9 from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. New York Times bestselling author and Michigan native Tracie McMillan will present her latest work, The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America, at Oak Park City Hall (14000 Oak Park Blvd, Oak Park, MI 48237). This event is broug...

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