{"id":70209,"date":"2021-05-07T00:39:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T04:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=70209"},"modified":"2021-05-07T12:36:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T16:36:37","slug":"happy-mothers-day-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2021\/05\/07\/happy-mothers-day-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Mother’s Day newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Dear Readers,<\/p>\n

As spring is underway we\u2019re grateful to have the entire staff at Book Beat vaccinated and hopeful that most of our friends, family, and customers have had their vax too.<\/p>\n

Thank you to everyone who helped support the store safely on Independent Bookstore Day last month. Our thanks goes out to the authors Peter Werbe<\/strong> for signing outdoors our last copies of Summer On Fire<\/em><\/a> (soon awaiting a reprint) and Stephen Mack Jones<\/strong> for autographing his new August Snow novel Dead of Winter<\/a> <\/em>in the backroom. In the evening we held a virtual Zoom poetry party with six poets including Edward Hirsch, Maria Gillian, Dunya Mikhail, Diane DeCillis, M. L. Liebler<\/strong>, and Zilka Joseph<\/strong>. The poets read, discussed their works, and spoke on what independent bookstores and libraries meant in their lives. There was a wealth of information, good vibes, and poetry shared. A video of the reading can be watched on our Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We were pleased to feature Edward Hirsch\u2019s 100 Poems to Break Your Heart<\/a>, a wonderful addition to his classic study How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love With Poetry.<\/em><\/a> Signed copies are still available in the Book Beat gallery<\/a> and would make a lovely Mother\u2019s Day or anyday gift. The book covers 200 years of poetry in 100 poems, with brilliant commentary and is an emotional barometer on the heart’s capacity to love and heal. New books by poets Zilka Joseph<\/a> and Diane DeCillis<\/a> are also available.<\/p>\n

For more Mother\u2019s Day gift-giving suggestions please stop by soon. We have beautiful cookbooks, garden books, novels, and many new titles to offer — and gift certificates are always a great idea too!<\/h4>\n

\u2022Some of our featured books this month can be found in our Bookshop catalogs<\/strong>: Gifts for Mother\u2019s Day<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

\u2022New releases for Children’s and YA books at:<\/strong> Kid’s Indie Next List, Spring 2021<\/a><\/h3>\n

\u2022Here are recent books we recommend from ou<\/strong>r Springtime Staff Favorites<\/a> <\/h3>\n

\u2022Visit a selection of our New Releases here:<\/strong> May 2021 Indie Next & New Releases<\/a><\/h3>\n

In this month’s newsletter we have another edition of Tom Bowden’s small press reviews<\/strong>: i arrogantly recommend… by Tom Bowden<\/a><\/p>\n

And our Reading group selection for May is: The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington<\/a>. Our book discussions are now online live via Zoom, and if you\u2019d like to attend just drop us a line with your name, email, and phone number.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your continued support and for reading our newsletter. Happy Mother\u2019s Day! -to All the Mothers<\/em> in our lives!<\/p>\n

Warm regards,<\/p>\n

Cary, Colleen and the Book Beat staff<\/p>\n

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A gallery from Indie Bookstore Day, Book Beat readers, and photos from here and there.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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