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LATEST NEWS

April 27: Indie Bookstore Day & the Poetics of John Sinclair

Indie Bookstore Day is Saturday, April 27 from 10-8 p.m and to celebrate we’re having a special event to honor the poetry of John Sinclair from 6:30-8:00 p.m.. Between 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., we’re having a bookstore raffle with a giveaway of specialty items, signed books, and a top door...

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Why the casket…? (for John Sinclair) by Ben Schot

Why the casket…? (for John Sinclair) I first met John Sinclair in the summer of 1998. Ronald Cornelissen and I, two artists from Rotterdam, had invited John to a program on the radical subculture and music scene of Detroit in the late 1960s and early 1970s that we were organising in our hometo...

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Book Beat April Newsletter

Dear Book Lovers, As spring blossoms around us, we’re thrilled to celebrate the vibrant tapestry of literary delights that April brings! From National Poetry Month to Earth Month and the delightful Independent Bookstore Day, there’s no shortage of reasons to immerse ourselves in the magi...

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April Reading Group: The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

The Book Beat reading group selection for April is The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke. We will meet virtually online via Zoom on Wednesday, April 24 at 7 p.m. The Zoom link will be sent on the afternoon of the meeting to anyone interested in attending. Email bookbeatorders@g...

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