Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 1d

It's got a pretty tempting first line!

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Oh! You should tell Honk they're welcome to parade through the new location as they used to back in the old space. OK! Thanks!

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Honk! day to all who celebrate! Get you some marching band joy and then come visit us for book joy! Or start with book joy & get marching band joy! You worked this week. You deserve two joys! honkfest.org

HONK! – Festival of Activist Street Bands

honkfest.org

6

Reposted by Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston

mazel tov cocktail @afertig.bsky.social · 1d

Who is going to #Honkfest and maybe stopping by @portersqbooks.bsky.social before or after??? Wanna meet up???

1 1 3

Reposted by Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 1d

Just a reminder that Banned Books Week isn’t about selling more copies of 1984. It’s about keeping authors and teachers and librarians safe and making sure all of us have the freedom to read widely. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Children’s Authors on the Real-World Cost of Book Banning

Authors discuss how having their work targeted by censors has directly affected their livelihood and their well-being.

www.publishersweekly.com

2 170 390

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Awwww yeah! And yes, Deep Vellum does great work. I think their founder was, like, knighted in France earlier this year.

Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 1d

Just ordered this from you as well! Thank you for mentioning it. (And Deep Vellum is fantastic, so always happy to give them money.)

1

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Ha! Though I think in some ways Borges tried to warn us about EVERY novel...yeah, Schattenfroh is probably pretty damn close!

sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 1d

is this the cursed novel Borges tried to warn us about

7

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 1d

This is a good point! Do you really want to face a potential snowed-in-for-five-days situation without a massive work of experimental fiction?

Levi Stahl @levistahl.bsky.social · 1d

Just made it two. This may have been a mistake, but winter is coming and who knows when I might need 1000 demanding pages of fiction?

1 6

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 1d

We just need you to know that a number of people besides booksellers here have bought Schattenfroh. That number is 1, but it's still a number of people. portersquarebooks.com/book/9781646...

portersquarebooks.com

3 10

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Honk! day to all who celebrate! Get you some marching band joy and then come visit us for book joy! Or start with book joy & get marching band joy! You worked this week. You deserve two joys! honkfest.org

HONK! – Festival of Activist Street Bands

honkfest.org

2 10

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

You know this is true, because Kate Bush came on the store's music after I made this vaguely witchcrafty post

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Just a reminder that if you read the edition of Margaret Wise Brown's Little Fur Family with the fur on the cover at the center of a forest in the light of a blood moon you'll summon an ancient bear deity & you better know its true name (it's not "brown one" or "bruin"), cause if you don't who boy!

1 10

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Just a reminder that if you read the edition of Margaret Wise Brown's Little Fur Family with the fur on the cover at the center of a forest in the light of a blood moon you'll summon an ancient bear deity & you better know its true name (it's not "brown one" or "bruin"), cause if you don't who boy!

15

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

This is a tough one, so I'm not getting exact but I think Immobility by Brian Evenson could do a lot of what you're looking for: portersquarebooks.com/book/9780765...
Or you could go completely off the chain with Beyond the Planet of the Vampires: portersquarebooks.com/book/9781960...

1 2

Reposted by Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston

Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 2d

Proud to see my local bookstore, where I spent several happy years working, supporting The Prison Books Program, where I currently volunteer a few nights each month! Buying the program books directly from their wish list is *very* helpful.

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

The right to read is extremely circumscribed in America's prisons & even just getting books into them can be difficult. So, in honor of #BannedBooksWeek all orders from our Prison Book Program wish list will trigger a matching donation. Order here: portersquarebooks.com/wishlist/bri...

1 6 15

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Well, someone will! We're not the ones matching.

1 1

Reposted by Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 2d

Buy books for prisoners from my local awesome bookstore, which will match your order!

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

The right to read is extremely circumscribed in America's prisons & even just getting books into them can be difficult. So, in honor of #BannedBooksWeek all orders from our Prison Book Program wish list will trigger a matching donation. Order here: portersquarebooks.com/wishlist/bri...

1 9 14

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

The right to read is extremely circumscribed in America's prisons & even just getting books into them can be difficult. So, in honor of #BannedBooksWeek all orders from our Prison Book Program wish list will trigger a matching donation. Order here: portersquarebooks.com/wishlist/bri...

13 26

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

You're welcome!

1

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

You're welcome!

1

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Hmmmm, how about a romance with multi-dimensional disabled characters that opens at a Halloween party? portersquarebooks.com/book/9780593...

1 9

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

You're welcome!

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Perhaps current staff pick The Pumpkin Princess & the Forever Night portersquarebooks.com/book/9780316...

1 1 4

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

You might dig The Museum Detective. Strong sense of the culture & politics of a place, complicated relationship between the past & the present, classic strong female detective. 1st in a new series! portersquarebooks.com/book/9781641...

1 1 2

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

I'm at the desk placing orders, so that means it's a great time for #BookSky to get book recommendations! Whattaya want? Whattaya need?

4 4 12

Reposted by Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston

Rachel Hands @rachelhands.com · 2d

I’ll be tabling for the MAMAS money team so you should come say hi, buy your books in cash, and give the change (*ahem*) to MAMAS!

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Our next Be the Change workshop is coming right up! This Sunday, October 12 at 5PM our friends from @mutualaidmamas.bsky.social will host a study group about mutual aid; what it is, why it matters, and how we can begin, build, or deepen our practice. And they get 20% of sales during the workshop!

Be the Change Workshop: What is Mutual Aid and How Do We Practice It?

Come as you are—no required materials—but if you would like some additional context, here are some supplementary materials we might reference in our conversation:

portersquarebooks.com

1 5 5

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Our next Be the Change workshop is coming right up! This Sunday, October 12 at 5PM our friends from @mutualaidmamas.bsky.social will host a study group about mutual aid; what it is, why it matters, and how we can begin, build, or deepen our practice. And they get 20% of sales during the workshop!

Be the Change Workshop: What is Mutual Aid and How Do We Practice It?

Come as you are—no required materials—but if you would like some additional context, here are some supplementary materials we might reference in our conversation:

portersquarebooks.com

1 5