What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About
$18.00
This beguiling book is made up of 15 stories by 15 writers, each exploring their relationship with their mother. What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About began as a moving personal …
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Dead Girls
$12.00
Exploring an American obsession—dead (predominantly white) girls in the media—Alice Bolin’s debut book of essays Dead Girls is insightful and smart, but accessible. Through the lens of TV (from Twin Peaks to Pretty …
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A Writer on Loving Prince
Almost a year after the legendary Prince passed away, writer Ben Greenman has written an article on his love of the artist, his feelings about fandom, and his decision to write a …
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Sir Winston Churchill’s Musings on Alien Life
From a recently discovered essay, drafted in the 1939 by Sir Winston Churchill, it has been revealed that in addition to being kept up to date on all scientific research of the …
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Understand Code in 38,000 Words
For the uninitiated, the world of coding and computer science might seem akin to the Matrix, where combinations of letters and symbols somehow make inanimate objects spring to life. But with computers …
Cat is Art Spelled Wrong
A new book that aims to explain why cat videos are so alluring
Solution 247–261: Love
$22.00
For a thoughtful read, “Solution 247-261: Love (Ingo Niermann, ed.)” from Sternberg Press broaches affairs of the heart in our modern world through essays and manifestos, as well as fictional tales. From …
Time
$25.00
Exploring the mind-bending question, “What does contemporary actually mean?” The MIT Press book, “Time,” explores how we measure minutes. If clock time is but a construct of capitalist structure, how else can …
Punk: An Aesthetic
A visual narrative of the art and design that spawned a cultural movement and DIY generation
Swimming Studies
Leanne Shapton paints a portrait of her life in the water