{"id":72863,"date":"2023-11-30T15:27:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=72863"},"modified":"2023-11-30T20:21:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T01:21:14","slug":"book-beat-december-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2023\/11\/30\/book-beat-december-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Beat December Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_72883\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/winter-scene.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72883\" class=\"wp-image-72883 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/winter-scene.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/winter-scene.png 900w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/winter-scene-768x486.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-72883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detroit Photographic Company, Detroit, 1910<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dear Readers,<\/p>\n<p>Our December newsletter is a brief one.. a special edition of staff favorites and gift guides will be coming soon.<\/p>\n<p>A new letter from China was sent from Book Beat reviewer Tom Bowden who writes about his journey on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2023\/11\/29\/a-trip-down-the-yangtze-river\/\">Yangtze river<\/a>, and our repost this month is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2020\/09\/08\/bookstore-patron-saints-sylvia-beach-and-adrienne-monnier\/\">bookstore Patron Saints<\/a> &#8211;about 1920s Parisian bookstore owners Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier.<\/p>\n<p>We have changed our November reading group meeting to <strong>Wednesday, Dec. 6 at 7 PM<\/strong>. Our January reading group book is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/1028\/9780811226752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Apple in the Dark<\/a><\/strong> by Clarice Lispector, recently featured in Tom Bowden&#8217;s last column <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2023\/11\/04\/i-arrogantly-recommend-by-tom-bowden-44\/\">i arrogantly recommend&#8230;<\/a> More copies have been ordered and are on their way. A notice will be sent to the reading group when available.<\/p>\n<p>We hope to have your support for two fundraisers this weekend in support of two Detroit landmarks &#8211; on Friday and Saturday for the community non-profit space and caf\u00e8 Trinosophes and on Sunday for the Gesu School library.<\/p>\n<p>We wish all our friends, relatives and customers a healthy and peaceful season.<\/p>\n<p>~Cary, Colleen and the staff at Book Beat<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOur truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; Madeleine L&#8217;Engle<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">UPCOMING EVENTS<\/h3>\n<h3>FRIDAY-SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1-2: TRINOSOPHES FUNDRAISER<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Friday-Saturday, December 1-2 <\/strong>Book Beat will be hosting a fundraiser for <a href=\"https:\/\/trinosophes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trinosophes Projects<\/a>, a non-profit Detroit performance space and gallery, cafe, and producer of other projects such as <em>Three Fold<\/em> and Two Rooms Records. Mention the words &#8220;Trinos&#8221; or &#8220;Trinosophes Fundraiser&#8221; and we will donate 20% of your sale to the non-profit. If you happen to miss our fundraiser, consider donating directly to Trinosophes Projects with their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=ZVWSAE24VT7A2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paypal link<\/a>. Read more about Trinosophes Projects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2023\/11\/04\/trinosophes-projects-fundraiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3: BOOKRAISER FOR GESU with Special Guests Stephen Mack Jones, Patricia Montemurri and Bea Jackson<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sunday, December 3<\/strong> from <strong>12-5PM<\/strong> join us for the <strong>Ninth Annual Bookraiser for the Library of <a href=\"http:\/\/gesuschool.udmercy.edu\/\">Gesu School<\/a><\/strong> at <strong>Book Beat<\/strong>. For those interested in supporting Gesu, 20% of your purchase can be donated to the library, along with any books purchased directly for the library. A list of books that the library has requested will be available that day. Guest authors <strong>Stephen Mack Jones<\/strong>, <strong>Patricia Montemurri<\/strong>, and illustrator <strong>Bea Jackson<\/strong> will also be in attendance signing their books! Read more about this event <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2023\/11\/21\/gesu-annual-bookraiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Book Beat Hours, Contact &amp; Ordering Info<\/h3>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/widgets.js\" data-type=\"search\" data-affiliate-id=\"1028\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Book Beat store hours are: <strong>Mon &#8211; Sat 10:00 AM &#8211; 6:00 PM<\/strong>, <strong>Sun 12:00 &#8211; 5:00 PM<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to our newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/newsletter-subscription-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Order Direct: for books or questions, call us at (248) 968-1190 or email us anytime at <a href=\"mailto:bookbeatorders@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bookbeatorders@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book Beat Backroom<\/a> is our store central with News Events and all things Book Beat.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Order almost any book in print from our affiliate page at <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/shop\/bookbeat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bookshop.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Shop our selection of rare and out-of-print books at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblio.com\/bookstore\/book-beat-oak-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">biblio.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Shop a selection of signed books, art, rarities, and local authors at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book Beat Gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Audiobooks purchased at <a href=\"https:\/\/libro.fm\/bookbeat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Libro.fm<\/a> will help support Book Beat.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle,<br \/>\nEvery cubic inch of space is a miracle.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2014Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Readers, Our December newsletter is a brief one.. a special edition of staff favorites and gift guides will be coming soon. 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