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THE OTHER ALMANAC: Calculated for the Year 2025 | Edited by Ana Ratner | OR Books

This is a reimagining of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, updated for today’s world. The original Almanac is the oldest continuously printed publication in the US. It comprises a popular mix of ancient…

Ana Ratner on The Other Almanac: Calculated for the Year 2026

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Ana Ratner, creator of The Other Almanac talks almanacs!

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Almanac expert and editor of The Other Almanac takes us through some spreads from The Other Almanac: Calculated for the year 2026 Shipping now:…

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Run Zohran Run! Inside Zohran Mamdani’s Sensational Campaign to Become New York City’s First Democratic Socialist Mayor is 20% off for the next 24 hours

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This incisive new book from The Nation contributors argues that our current right-wing Supreme Court is no aberration, but rather part of a long history where demands for a more democratic,…

The Nine Have Spoken

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The Supreme Court is afraid of Donald Trump.... or so Elie Mystal said last night

Filmed at our event for The Nine Have Spoken: The Nation vs. the Supreme Court, 1870 to Today, edited by Richard Kreitner and co-published with @thenation.com

OR Books @orbooks.bsky.social · 14d

This incisive new book from The Nation contributors argues that our current right-wing Supreme Court is no aberration, but rather part of a long history where demands for a more democratic,…

The Nine Have Spoken

OR Books @orbooks.bsky.social · 14d

Do the Democrats care about the Supreme Court? Richard Kreitner in conversation with Elie Mystal for The Nine Have Spoken: The Nation vs. the Supreme Court, 1870 to Today

Co-published with @thenation.com

OR Books @orbooks.bsky.social · 14d

This incisive new book from The Nation contributors argues that our current right-wing Supreme Court is no aberration, but rather part of a long history where demands for a more democratic,…

The Nine Have Spoken

OR Books @orbooks.bsky.social · 14d

Where is the Supreme Court amid ICE detentions and holdings?

Richard Kreitner, editor of The Nine Have Spoken, in conversation with Elie Mystal at our event last night.

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Fearless and forensic, this incendiary indictment from one of Britain’s most celebrated political journalists lays bare the full extent of British complicity in the destruction of Gaza. In a gripping...

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Read by the author himself, this audiobook is like joining Andy Shallal for a long, delicious, story-filled lunch at Busboys and Poets

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Freeze the rent and use it to buy RUN ZOHRAN RUN!

For two days we're freezing the cost of this "timely," "indispensable," "fearless," "uncompromising," and "energizing" book to offer 15% off e-books and paperback copies

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THE MAN WHO GAVE ME A BISCUIT: Love and Death in Argentina by Penny Woolcock

A coming-of-age memoir of love, rebellion, and political awakening, set amid Argentina’s buried history of Indigenous genocide, military coups, and disappearing women

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COMPLICIT: Britain's Role in the Destruction of Gaza by ⁦‪Peter Oborne is now available to e-book buyers (the paperback takes a bit longer).

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Eileen Myles on Writing Inferno

OR Books @orbooks.bsky.social · Oct 8

Eileen Myles on writing Inferno... a total pleasure to have them into the office last week. We are proud!

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We’re Coming For You And Your Rotten System

OR Books @orbooks.bsky.social · Oct 7

We’re Coming For You And Your Rotten System by @jonathan4212.bsky.social is publishing today!

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From inside Kshama Sawant's historic tenure inside Seattle City Hall comes a blueprint for 21st-century socialists, a sharp counterpoint to the dead-end inside-the-party strategies favored by The Squa...

OR Books @orbooks.bsky.social · Oct 6

We received the first copies of THE OTHER ALMANAC for 2026 this morning. Pre-order now through the link in our bio for 15% off your copy!

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OR Books @orbooks.bsky.social · Oct 2

Inferno (Flames Cover)

From its beginning - "My English professor’s ass was so beautiful."-to its end-"You can actually learn to have grace. And that's heaven."-poet, essayist and performer Eileen Myles chronicle transmits…

OR Books @orbooks.bsky.social · Oct 2

I write slow and the books find their readers slowly... a total pleasure to have poet Eileen Myles speak last night as part of our Live on Avenue C speaker series, we are the proud publishers of their book Inferno (A Poet's Novel). Like all good writing, it is perennial

OR Books @orbooks.bsky.social · Oct 2

Eileen Myles on the making of Inferno (A Poet’s Novel), Winner of the Lambda Award for Best Lesbian Fiction.

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OR Books @orbooks.bsky.social · Oct 2

Inferno (Flames Cover)

From its beginning - "My English professor’s ass was so beautiful."-to its end-"You can actually learn to have grace. And that's heaven."-poet, essayist and performer Eileen Myles chronicle transmits…