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Epigraph Welcome to Episode 18, our first ever LIVE show, recorded on September 28th at King's Books in Tacoma, WA. We rapid-fire interviewed three booksellers and two authors. Surprisingly, the audio is better than episodes recorded in the comfort of our homes. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, our website, or subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Support the show! All books in our show notes link to Indiebound, a website that connects you with your local independent bookstore. Purchases made through our affiliate links help fund Drunk Booksellers, so you can support your favorite indie bookstore and your favorite podcasting booksellers. #win If you want to get our show notes delivered directly to your inbox—with all the books mentioned on the podcast and links to the books we discuss—sign up for our email newsletter. This episode is sponsored by Soft Skull, Counterpoint, and Catapult. Special thanks to Joe and Stephanie Douglas, Big Hair Studios, Allen Watke, Phil Heaven and the Midnight Mystery Players, and George Kaas for the equipment loan that made this recording possible. And of course thanks to Sam Kaas (who longtime listeners may recognize from Episode 7) our production manager without whom this whole episode would not have been amplified, recorded, nor kept on track. Chapter I: [2:51] In Which We Order a Mistress, Discuss Female Rage, and Are Def Profesh at This Whole Live Show Thing   Kim's Drinking: Hop Valley Citrus Mistress Emma's Drinking: Elysian Men's Room Kim's Reading: The Book of Dust 1: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman Emma's Reading & Excited About: Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney C Cooper Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister Emma is really into female rage right now, nbd. Kim's Excited About: Vanishing Twins: A Marriage by Leah Dieterich also mentioned, And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready by Meaghan O'Connell because (spoiler alert) we interview both authors later in the episode! Chapter II: [7:25] In Which We Talk About Big Books and Definitely Lie, Kim Gushes Over Leah Dieterich, and We Suggest People Stop Listening to Us and Buy Books Instead sweet pea Flaherty, owner of King's Books in Tacoma, WA For the record, A Room of One's Own is still a feminist bookstore King's Books has fourteen book clubs, including one that only reads books about cults and one that only reads books about medical issues. They also have such unconventional events as virtual reality film showings and 80s workout nights (#Cher). sweet pea's Reading: Before She Sleeps by Bina Shah sweet pea's Excited About: Training School for Negro Girls by Camille Acker Nanny Helen Burroughs (she's a person, not a book—but sweet pea wishes there was a book about her) sweet pea's Desert Island Pick: a book large enough to act as a sun hat Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston sweet pea's Bookseller Confession: "being a bookstore owner and event planner and bookkeeper and etc... that I don't have a lot of time to read" Uh, can all the booksellers whose "confession" this is raise their hands? sweet pea's Favorite Bookstore: a bookstore in the back of an antique store in Knoxville, TN (if you know what bookstore this is, tweet us!) Dixon Street Bookshop in Fayetteville, AR Find sweet pea On the Internets: Facebook Twitter Instagram King's Books Facebook Twitter Instagram Facebook doesn't let you have "queer" in your name and challenged sweet pea's legal name twice Our first guest author, Leah Dieterich, is the author of Vanishing Twins (Soft Skull) Leah's Reading: Amateur: A True Story about What Makes a Man by Thomas Page McBee This is an artistic rendition of Kim's reaction to Leah's "what are you reading" answer: The back covers of Soft Skull's galleys are on point:         Leah's Favorite Bookstore(s): Skylight Books in Los Angeles, CA Powell's in Portland, OR Find Leah on the Internets: Facebook Twitter Instagram Chapter III: [22:03] In Which We Discuss Sex With Frog Men, Realize America Is Doing Bookstores Wrong, and We Make the Audience Curse In Unison Ariana Paliobagis, owner of Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, MT Ariana's Reading: Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls "a woman falls in love with a frog man; [he] shows up at her door... and she takes him in, in all the ways" Ariana's Excited About: Trinity by Louisa Hall (also mentioned, Speak by Louisa Hall) Ariana's Station Eleven Pick: What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J Sandel We are impressed by Ariana's practicality and thus let her, and the audience, in on our secret post-apocalypse library.  Ariana's Impossible Handsell: English, August: An Indian Story by Upamanyu Chatterjee (also mentioned, My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh) Ariana's Favorite Bookstore: Librairie Actes Sud (it's in France, be jealous) Find Ariana On the Internets: Facebook Twitter Instagram Country Bookshelf Facebook Twitter Instagram Our second guest author is Meaghan O'Connell, author of And Now We Have Everything (Little, Brown and Company) Photo by Kelly Searle Meaghan's Reading: Hot Milk by Deborah Levy Meaghan's Favorite Bookstore: WORD (a bookstore that brings true love [Meaghan and Dustin, Emma and Kim] together) Find Meaghan On the Internets Facebook Twitter Instagram Chapter IV: [38:38] In Which We Save Quarters to Buy Bookstores, Discuss Tricky Toddlers Who Sit On Toilets for Books, and Wrap This Shit Up  Jenny Cohen, co-owner of Waucoma Bookstore in Hood River, OR  Jenny's Reading: Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right by Jamie Glowacki Jenny's Excited About: Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family by Mitchell Jackson (out March 5, 2019) Jenny's Wild Pick: Juliet by Anne Fortier Fun fact, Waucoma Bookstore is only about 20 miles away from the Pacific Crest Trail where Cheryl Strayed ended her Wild trip. Quick plug for Books & Whatnot, a newsletter by the wonderful Beth Golay Jenny's Book for Booksellers: Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas Jenny's Favorite Bookstore: Burnside Powell's in Portland, OR (but before the remodel) Find Jenny on the Internets: Facebook Twitter Waucoma Bookstore Facebook Twitter Instagram Epilogue In which You See Us Shop for Booze and We Tell You Where to Find Us on the Internets Twitter: @drunkbookseller Litsy: @drunkbooksellers Facebook Instagram Email Newsletter Website Emma tweets from @thebibliot and is working on a newsletter where she writes about books. Kim occasionally tweets from @finaleofseem, but not enough to justify you bothering to follow her. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes!

In Episode 6, we chat with Josh Christie, manager at Sherman's Books and Stationery in Portland, ME. Get excited. You also can stream the episode on iTunes and Stitcher. Find us on Tumblr at drunkbooksellers.tumblr.com. Follow us on Twitter at @drunkbookseller for updates, book recs, and general bookish shenanigans. Epigraph Bitches in Bookshops Our theme music, Bitches in Bookshops, comes to us with permission from Annabelle Quezada. It’s the best. Introduction   [0:30] In Which We Drink Strong Stouts and Cat Valente Singing in Russian for a Talent Show Josh is the perfect guest for Drunk Booksellers. He is the manager and book buyer at Sherman's Books and Stationery in Portland, Maine (not Oregon). He’s also the co-author of Maine Outdoor Adventure Guide and The Handbook of Porters & Stouts, as well as the author of Maine Beer: Brewing in Vacationland. In his spare time, he’s an adjunct professor on the The Maine Brew Bus and a co-host of The Bookrageous Podcast.  Drink of the Day: As one might expect from a stout & porter expert, Josh gave us three options for our drink of the day. Lion Stout Guinness Foreign Extra Stout Anchor Porter Josh is reading Drinking in America: Our Secret History by Susan Cheever, Judge This by Chip Kidd, and The Beer Bible by Jeff Alworth.   Kim’s reading Tuesday Nights in 1980 by Molly Prentiss (pubs April 2016) and Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor.   Emma’s reading Thunderstruck & Other Stories by Elizabeth McCracken, Nimona by Noelle Stevensen, Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente (also mentioned Six-Gun Snow White) Books we’re excited about: The Witches: Salem, 1692  by Stacy Schiff (also mentioned Cleopatra: A Life) The One-In-A-Million Boy by Monica Wood (pubs April 2016) Embed with Games: A Year on the Couch with Game Developers by Cara Ellison  (pubs February 2016) Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five (Bookmarked Series) by Curtis Smith (pubs March 2016) Harry Potter Coloring Book from Scholastic, Inc.  Contraband Cocktails: How America Drank When It Wasn't Supposed to by Paul Dickson (published by the ever-awesome Melville House) The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip by George Saunders & Lane Smith The Good Book: Writers Reflect on Favorite Bible Passages, edited by Andrew Blauner  Gratitude by Oliver Sacks Chapter I   [20:17] In Which We Love Everything Except Rap and Polka, Particularly Maps Sherman’s Books & Stationery has 5 locations in Maine, with a 6th opening in 2016.  Most surprising bestseller (other than adult coloring books): The Historical Atlas of Maine, edited by Stephen J. Hornsby   Also mentioned: Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free by Hector Tobar, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr If maps and books are your thing, definitely check out Plotted: A Literary Atlas by Andrew Degraff and Daniel Harmon . We all love it so hard.   From Plotted: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle Chapter II   [32:23] In Which We Lust after Built-in Bookshelves, Love Everything Except Rap & Polka Josh loves some good narrative nonfiction: Mary Roach, Erik Larson, Stacy Schiff, John Muir, and Ralph Waldo Emerson Kim and Emma get overexcited about handselling nature essays to Josh. Emma loves Limber by Angela Pelster. Kim’s excited about Annie Dillard’s forthcoming collection, The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New (pubs March 2016). Josh recs the Best American series, particularly Best American Sports Writing Go read anything published by Write Bloody. Especially Andrea Gibson (start with Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns).  Originally posted by x-rayvisions   Chapter III   [41:06] In Which We Love Maps and Weirdos, Learn that Maine is More Than Just Lighthouses & Lobsters,  Josh’s Wheelhouse includes books with maps, character indexes, and anything that’s super weird, such as Mort(e) by Robert Repino Josh’s very practical Station Eleven/Wild book: SAS Survival Guide by John Lofty Wiseman  Josh’s real Station Eleven/Wild book: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Go-To Handsell: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed, The Lobster Kings by Alexi Zentner Originally posted by cuddle   Generally Impossible Handsells: Poetry and Graphic Novels If you’re not a graphic novel reader yet, start with Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, The Sculptor by Scott McCloud, or Habibi by Craig Thompson That annoying Slate article that Josh mentions can be found here: Don’t Support Your Local Bookseller. Feel free to read it if you feel like angrily ranting at everyone you interact with for the next few years. Epilogue   [51:27] In Which Josh Tells Us About His Awesome Bookish Wedding and Where You Can Find Him On the Internet Josh and his wife gifted each other literary tattoos as wedding presents, because they’re the coolest. Josh is getting the the Escapist’s key from The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon and his wife is getting the the Brakebills seal from Lev Grossman’s The Magicians. Totes adorbs, right? Favorite Bookstore other Than Your Own: WORD (aw, yeah!), Harvard Book Store, Porter Square Books, Northshire Bookstore Favorite Literary Media: PANELS, Reading Aloud Podcast If you’re not listening to Bookrageous, go remedy that immediately. We love it so hard.  Find Josh on the interwebz at: Twitter: @jchristie Website: BrewsAndBooks.com Instagram: JChristie7 You should probably follow us on Twitter @drunkbookseller if you’re not doing so already. We’re pretty cool. Emma tweets @thebibliot and writes nerdy bookish things for Book Riot. Kim occasionally tweets at @finaleofseem.  Make sure you don’t miss an episode by subscribing to Drunk Booksellers from your podcatcher of choice. Also, if you read this far in the show notes, you should probably go ahead and rate/review us on iTunes too. The only compensation we get from this podcast is a nerdy ego-boost, so we’d love to hear how much you’re digging it.

Have you started a Food Hub where you live.  How big is it, what do you do with your Food Hub, is it local or regional.  Lets find out what others are doing with "Food Hubs". 1)  From New Iberia, Louisiana, we find "Lulu's Food Hub and Urban Farm Learning Center".  Founder Ebony Williams is getting ready to open up a Food Distribution center for the Community Gardens and smaller Farmers to use.  She will help Distribute the Freshly grown items and sell them to Restaurants and Grocery stores to create a new Agri-Economy.  Lets hear what this Lady has in mind.  She wants to help with being a Garden Center, a Farmers Market, and help Urban Farming.  I'm fascinated with all the information this gal has and what you can learn from what she is doing.  Enjoy!     Have a Great Community Garden Day! Mary K. Hukill, Author and Radio Show Host Email:  communitygardenrevolution@gmail.com "Community Garden Revolution" is at AMAZON.com or order from your Favorite Bookstore.  It comes in the Full Color Version or the Black and White Version which is more affordable for Groups to use for Discussion.  Soon to be as an AudioBook. "Community Garden Revolution Notes" comes in a Book format found at AMAZON or order from your Favorite Bookstore.  Also you can find the AudioBook version at Audible, iTunes, and at AMAZON.  Start your Community Garden Today!   Contact the American Community Gardening Association and find out about Grants and how you can start your Community Garden Today!  It is not ever too late to start.  

Join us for topics on Community Gardens Ohio has an interesting Farm Group. Tom Howery is the voice of the upcoming AudioBook "Community Garden Revolution".  Lets hear what Tom's thoughts are in being the voice of this AudioBook about to be sold on Audible, iTunes, and Amazon. Tom will tell us what he learned about Community Gardens.   Proven Winners has the latest of what is new on the Market for your Community Garden.   Have a Great Community Garden Day! Mary K. Hukill, Author and Radio Show Host Email:  communitygardenrevolution@gmail.com   Purchase the Book "Community Garden Revolution" at your Favorite Bookstore by Ordering, or, purchase at Amazon.com today! Also, you can purchase "Community Garden Revolution Notes!" as an AudioBook at Audible, iTunes, and at Amazon.com Start your Community Garden Today! Have a Great Community Garden Day! Mary K. Hukill, Author and Radio Show host

Folks, just running a test run for the time clock for connecting to blog talk radio.   Join us on Thursdays at 11:30am, CST time zone, weekly!   Mary K. Hukill, Author and Radio Show Host "Community Garden Revolution" can be purchased at AMAZON.com or Order at your Favorite Bookstore.   Email:  communitygardenrevolution@gmail.co