<h2>Epigraph</h2> <p>We are thrilled to welcome our new BFF to Drunk Booksellers: Javier Ramirez, manager of <a href="http://www.booktable.net/">The Book Table</a> in Oak Park, IL and co-host of industry get-together Publishing Cocktails.</p> <p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/67882/0603_RW_Javier_Ramirez_c_Heidi_Jo_Brady.jpg" width="300" height="450" /></p> <p>Listen on <a href="https://t.co/2c7ayDS2Rf">iTunes</a>, <a href= "http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunk-booksellers">Stitcher</a>, our <a href="http://drunkbooksellers.com/">website</a>, or subscribe using your podcatcher of choice.</p> <p>If you want to get our show notes delivered directly to your inbox—with all the books mentioned on the podcast and links back to the bookstore we’re interviewing PLUS GIFs—sign up for our email <a href="http://eepurl.com/cCHu2T">newsletter</a>.</p> <hr /> <p>This episode is sponsored by <a href= "http://www.booksandwhatnot.com">Books & Whatnot</a>, the newsletter dedicated to books, bookselling, and bookish folk; check out their newsletter archive <a href= "http://booksandwhatnot.com/email-archive/">here</a>. Follow Books & Whatnot on Twitter at <a href= "https://twitter.com/booksandwhatnot">@booksandwhatnot</a>.</p> <hr /> <h2>Introduction</h2> <p><em>In which we apologize profusely for the delay in our episode posting, bond over Kelly Link, and get excited about books that are... already out</em></p> <p>We had the pleasure of chatting with Javier nearly every week for a month while trying to record this episode (#techfail), then ran into a few other delays (#lifefail), but WE HAVE PREVAILED. That said, we talk about books that are already out as if they're forthcoming and we're drinking a nice "summer" drink because it was, you know, still summer when we first started this wild ride of an episode. Just pretend you're a time traveler visiting the halcyon days of late August 2017. </p> <p> </p> <h4>We’re Drinking</h4> <p>Vodka & Tonics with NO FRUIT</p> <p><img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/xj3Ie4rLNuLSM/giphy.gif" alt="" width="300" height="169" /></p> <h4>Javier's Reading</h4> <ul> <li> <p>a bunch of nonfiction for the <a href= "https://www.kirkusreviews.com/prize/2017/finalists/nonfiction/">Kirkus Nonfiction Prize</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780062435590">The Sun in Your Eyes</a> by Deborah Shapiro</p> </li> <li> <p><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780374536060">Heartbreaker</a> by Maryse Meijer</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780374261566">The Seventh Function of Language</a> by Laurent Binet</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780385538435">Ranger Games</a> by Ben Blum</p> </li> </ul> <h4>Kim's Reading</h4> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781608467402">Mother of All Questions</a> by Rebecca Solnit</p> <ul> <li> <p>(and check out the <a href= "http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/womans-post-about-being-manterrupted-while-reading-men-explain-things-to-me-goes-viral_us_59887007e4b0cb15b1bfc19e"> Huffington Post article</a> about being mansplained to while reading about Solnit's <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781608464661">Men Explain Things to Me</a>)</p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780316270755">You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me</a> by Sherman Alexie</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780316395458">The Store</a> by James Patterson... 'cause Patterson is awesome, gives booksellers (including your grateful hosts) money for fancy things like student loan debt and ridiculous urban rent, trolls Amazon for funsies, and rocks a photoshopped Santa hat like a boss:</p> </li> </ul> <p><img src="cid:72F8AC73-0554-4185-9AC9-BD2228C493BD" /><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/67882/JamesPattersonHolidayBonusannounce750x250-121216.jpg" width="300" height="100" /></p> <ul> <li> <p>Kim's reading aloud: <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780141312422">My Side of the Mountain</a> by Jean Craighead George</p> </li> </ul> <h4>Emma's Reading</h4> <ul> <li> <p><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781501162107">MIS(H)Adra</a> by Iasmin Omar</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781555977887">Her Body and Other Parties</a> by Carmen Maria Machado... Emma's favorite story from the collection is “Inventory”</p> </li> <li> <p><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781419727252">Lumberjanes: Unicorn Power!</a> by Mariko Tamaki</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780385347150">Spinster</a> by Kate Bolick</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <h3>Forthcoming Titles We're Excited For</h3> <p><strong>Kim's Epic List of Titles that Are Already Out</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780399592805">The Golden House</a> by Salman Rushdie</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781501126062">Sing, Unburied, Sing</a> by Jesmyn Ward</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780544409996">Miss Kopp’s Midnight Confessions</a> by Amy Stewart</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781501175565">What Happened</a> by Hillary Rodham Clinton</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780735224292">Little Fires Everywhere</a> by Celeste Ng</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780802127099">Afterglow</a> by Eileen Myles</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781572841925">Never Stop</a> by Simba Sana</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780674976450">The Origin of Others</a> by Toni Morrison</p> </li> </ul> <h4 dir="ltr">Javier's Excited About</h4> <ul> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781524760786">The Heart’s Invisible Furie</a>s by John Boyne</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780062403193">Release</a> by Patrick Ness (if you haven't read Ness before, Javier recommends you start with The Chaos Walking series, which beginning with <a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780763676186" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Knife of Never Letting Go</a>)</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781524732738">Dinner at the Center of the Earth</a> by Nathan Englander (also mentioned <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780375704444">The Ministry of Special Cases</a> and <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780307949608">What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank</a>)</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780399167508">The Gone World</a> by Tom Sweterlitsch (pubs 2/6/18)</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780374536916">The Grip of It</a> by Jac Jemc</p> </li> </ul> <p><img src= "https://images.macmillan.com/folio-assets/macmillan_us_frontbookcovers_1000H/9780374536916.jpg" alt="" width="206" height="300" /></p> <h4 dir="ltr">Emma's Excited About</h4> <ul> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781481476966">The Glass Town Game</a> by Catherynne M Valente</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781618731203">In Other Lands</a> by Sarah Rees Brennan</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781558614338">We Were Witches</a> by Ariel Gore (<a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780307346483">How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead</a>)</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781936787579">A Loving, Faithful Animal</a> by Josephine Rowe</p> </li> </ul> <hr /> <h2>Chapter I [26:50]</h2> <p dir="ltr"><em>In which Javier conquers the Chicago bookselling scene</em></p> <p dir="ltr">Javier started at Tower Records (<a href= "http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/10/20/450038047/the-life-and-death-of-tower-records-revisited" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RIP</a>)</p> <p dir="ltr">He currently manages the <em>Fiercely Independent </em>Chicago-area bookstore, The Book Table.</p> <p dir="ltr"><img src= "http://www.booktable.net/sites/booktable.net/files/notepaper-banner_0.png" alt="" width="500" height="73" /></p> <p dir="ltr">Javier has worked at pretty much every bookstore in Chicago. Other than the OG Powell's. Unless you're talking time travel.</p> <p dir="ltr">Javier's epic Tour de Bookselling (chronologically):</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Records" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tower Books</a> --> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Books" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Crown Books</a> --> <a href= "http://www.barbarasbookstore.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Barbara's Bookstore</a> --> <a href= "http://www.bookcellarinc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Book Cellar</a> --> <a href="https://www.semcoop.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Seminary Co-op Bookstores</a> --> <a href="https://57th.semcoop.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">57th Street Books</a> --> <a href= "https://www.newberry.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newberry Library Bookstore</a> --> <a href="http://www.thebookstall.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Book Stall</a> --> <a href= "http://www.citylitbooks.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">City Lit Books</a> --> <a href="http://www.booktable.net/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Book Table</a> </p> <hr /> <h2>Chapter II [33:45]</h2> <p dir="ltr"><em>In which we talk Publishing Cocktails and how to network IRL in the internet age</em></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://booksandwhatnot.com/marginalia/publishing-cocktails/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Publishing Cocktails,</a> created by Javier and Keir Graff (senior editor at <a href= "https://www.booklistonline.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">BookList</a>) brings Chicago-area book industry folk from around the country together. They have two primary <a href= "http://www.forestavenuepress.com/main-street-the-story-of-chicagos-publishing-cocktails-series/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meetup</a> events: Book Swap & Cash Mob.</p> <p dir="ltr"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/67882/PubNiteLogo.jpg" alt= "" width="240" height="240" /></p> <p dir="ltr">Follow Publishing Cocktails on Twitter at <a href= "https://twitter.com/pubnite?lang=en">@PubNight</a>.</p> <p dir="ltr">Sign up for the Publishing Cocktails <a href= "http://eepurl.com/hLIGM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email list</a> for future updates. </p> <hr /> <h2>Chapter III [38:20]</h2> <p dir="ltr"><em>In which Emma is, once again, deeply disappointed</em></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Book Description Guaranteed to Get You Reading</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Anything not blurbed by <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780812985177" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Lena Dunham</a> (shout out to <a href= "https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/gary-shteyngart-blurbs/2013/01/04/f0bf38ac-56bc-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_blog.html"> Gary Shteyngart’s epicly excessive blurbing</a>). Anything blurbed by <a href="http://www.booktable.net/search/site/kelly%20link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelly Link</a> or <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/search/site/george%2520saunders" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">George Saunders</a>. Check the blurbs on Patrick Rothfuss’s <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780756404741" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Name of the Wind</a>. Plus time travel! Kim and Javier bond over <a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780765379955" target="_blank" rel="noopener">All the Birds in the Sky</a> by Charlie Jane Anders (shout out to the <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/events/903619526481270" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Booze and Lasers Book Club</a> at <a href= "https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/seward-park" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Third Place Books Seward Park</a>), with references to Michael Crichton’s <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780345539014" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Timeline</a> and, you know, <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780545791342" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Harry Potter</a>. Emma ruins the ending of one of the stories in <a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781594632686" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Guide to Being Born</a> by Ramona Ausubel.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Desert Island Pick</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">The entire body of work of <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/search/site/Agatha%20Christie" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Agatha Christie</a></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Station Eleven Pick</strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781451673319" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fahrenheit 451</a> by Ray Bradbury, which has Javier’s favorite first line: It was a pleasure to burn.</p> <p dir="ltr">In case you were wondering, Emma’s favorite first (and second) line(s) come from Shirley Jackson’s <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780143039983" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Haunting of Hill House</a>. Javier’s posting staff’s favorite lines from literature in his store and he drunkenly promised Emma that he’d post hers too. Pics or it didn’t happen, Javier.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Wild Pick</strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781771642484" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hidden Life of Trees</a> by Peter Wohlleben</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Bookseller Confession</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">HAS ANY BOOKSELLER ACTUALLY READ HARRY POTTER? JESUS, YOU GUYS.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Go-To Handsell</strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780375713347" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Geek Love</a> by Katherine Dunn</p> <p dir="ltr">Here's Javier's blurb, blatantly stolen from The Book Table's website:</p> <p dir="ltr">When confronted with the "What is your favorite book of all time?" query, most people will often pause, looking over the inquisitors head while thoughtfully scratching his or her chin. I, on the other hand, will not hesitate when I tell you this. Geek Love is my favorite book. Of all time. Period. This oddball masterpiece (a National Book Award Finalist in 1989) shaped me as a reader and more importantly as a bookseller 20+ years ago. It's one of those reading experiences that make you feel like you're in on some life-changing secret. A novel that will chill you, move you and make you laugh, often at the same time. Help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the publication of Geek Love, quite possibly the best novel you've never read.</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780143108276" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Master & the Margarita</a> by Mikhail Bulgakov: There's a cat
![<h2>Epigraph</h2> <p>We are thrilled to welcome our new BFF to Drunk Booksellers: Javier Ramirez, manager of <a href="http://www.booktable.net/">The Book Table</a> in Oak Park, IL and co-host of industry get-together Publishing Cocktails.</p> <p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/67882/0603_RW_Javier_Ramirez_c_Heidi_Jo_Brady.jpg" width="300" height="450" /></p> <p>Listen on <a href="https://t.co/2c7ayDS2Rf">iTunes</a>, <a href= "http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunk-booksellers">Stitcher</a>, our <a href="http://drunkbooksellers.com/">website</a>, or subscribe using your podcatcher of choice.</p> <p>If you want to get our show notes delivered directly to your inbox—with all the books mentioned on the podcast and links back to the bookstore we’re interviewing PLUS GIFs—sign up for our email <a href="http://eepurl.com/cCHu2T">newsletter</a>.</p> <hr /> <p>This episode is sponsored by <a href= "http://www.booksandwhatnot.com">Books & Whatnot</a>, the newsletter dedicated to books, bookselling, and bookish folk; check out their newsletter archive <a href= "http://booksandwhatnot.com/email-archive/">here</a>. Follow Books & Whatnot on Twitter at <a href= "https://twitter.com/booksandwhatnot">@booksandwhatnot</a>.</p> <hr /> <h2>Introduction</h2> <p><em>In which we apologize profusely for the delay in our episode posting, bond over Kelly Link, and get excited about books that are... already out</em></p> <p>We had the pleasure of chatting with Javier nearly every week for a month while trying to record this episode (#techfail), then ran into a few other delays (#lifefail), but WE HAVE PREVAILED. That said, we talk about books that are already out as if they're forthcoming and we're drinking a nice "summer" drink because it was, you know, still summer when we first started this wild ride of an episode. Just pretend you're a time traveler visiting the halcyon days of late August 2017. </p> <p> </p> <h4>We’re Drinking</h4> <p>Vodka & Tonics with NO FRUIT</p> <p><img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/xj3Ie4rLNuLSM/giphy.gif" alt="" width="300" height="169" /></p> <h4>Javier's Reading</h4> <ul> <li> <p>a bunch of nonfiction for the <a href= "https://www.kirkusreviews.com/prize/2017/finalists/nonfiction/">Kirkus Nonfiction Prize</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780062435590">The Sun in Your Eyes</a> by Deborah Shapiro</p> </li> <li> <p><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780374536060">Heartbreaker</a> by Maryse Meijer</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780374261566">The Seventh Function of Language</a> by Laurent Binet</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780385538435">Ranger Games</a> by Ben Blum</p> </li> </ul> <h4>Kim's Reading</h4> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781608467402">Mother of All Questions</a> by Rebecca Solnit</p> <ul> <li> <p>(and check out the <a href= "http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/womans-post-about-being-manterrupted-while-reading-men-explain-things-to-me-goes-viral_us_59887007e4b0cb15b1bfc19e"> Huffington Post article</a> about being mansplained to while reading about Solnit's <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781608464661">Men Explain Things to Me</a>)</p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780316270755">You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me</a> by Sherman Alexie</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780316395458">The Store</a> by James Patterson... 'cause Patterson is awesome, gives booksellers (including your grateful hosts) money for fancy things like student loan debt and ridiculous urban rent, trolls Amazon for funsies, and rocks a photoshopped Santa hat like a boss:</p> </li> </ul> <p><img src="cid:72F8AC73-0554-4185-9AC9-BD2228C493BD" /><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/67882/JamesPattersonHolidayBonusannounce750x250-121216.jpg" width="300" height="100" /></p> <ul> <li> <p>Kim's reading aloud: <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780141312422">My Side of the Mountain</a> by Jean Craighead George</p> </li> </ul> <h4>Emma's Reading</h4> <ul> <li> <p><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781501162107">MIS(H)Adra</a> by Iasmin Omar</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781555977887">Her Body and Other Parties</a> by Carmen Maria Machado... Emma's favorite story from the collection is “Inventory”</p> </li> <li> <p><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781419727252">Lumberjanes: Unicorn Power!</a> by Mariko Tamaki</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780385347150">Spinster</a> by Kate Bolick</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <h3>Forthcoming Titles We're Excited For</h3> <p><strong>Kim's Epic List of Titles that Are Already Out</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780399592805">The Golden House</a> by Salman Rushdie</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781501126062">Sing, Unburied, Sing</a> by Jesmyn Ward</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780544409996">Miss Kopp’s Midnight Confessions</a> by Amy Stewart</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781501175565">What Happened</a> by Hillary Rodham Clinton</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780735224292">Little Fires Everywhere</a> by Celeste Ng</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780802127099">Afterglow</a> by Eileen Myles</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781572841925">Never Stop</a> by Simba Sana</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780674976450">The Origin of Others</a> by Toni Morrison</p> </li> </ul> <h4 dir="ltr">Javier's Excited About</h4> <ul> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781524760786">The Heart’s Invisible Furie</a>s by John Boyne</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780062403193">Release</a> by Patrick Ness (if you haven't read Ness before, Javier recommends you start with The Chaos Walking series, which beginning with <a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780763676186" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Knife of Never Letting Go</a>)</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781524732738">Dinner at the Center of the Earth</a> by Nathan Englander (also mentioned <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780375704444">The Ministry of Special Cases</a> and <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780307949608">What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank</a>)</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780399167508">The Gone World</a> by Tom Sweterlitsch (pubs 2/6/18)</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780374536916">The Grip of It</a> by Jac Jemc</p> </li> </ul> <p><img src= "https://images.macmillan.com/folio-assets/macmillan_us_frontbookcovers_1000H/9780374536916.jpg" alt="" width="206" height="300" /></p> <h4 dir="ltr">Emma's Excited About</h4> <ul> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781481476966">The Glass Town Game</a> by Catherynne M Valente</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781618731203">In Other Lands</a> by Sarah Rees Brennan</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781558614338">We Were Witches</a> by Ariel Gore (<a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780307346483">How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead</a>)</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9781936787579">A Loving, Faithful Animal</a> by Josephine Rowe</p> </li> </ul> <hr /> <h2>Chapter I [26:50]</h2> <p dir="ltr"><em>In which Javier conquers the Chicago bookselling scene</em></p> <p dir="ltr">Javier started at Tower Records (<a href= "http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/10/20/450038047/the-life-and-death-of-tower-records-revisited" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RIP</a>)</p> <p dir="ltr">He currently manages the <em>Fiercely Independent </em>Chicago-area bookstore, The Book Table.</p> <p dir="ltr"><img src= "http://www.booktable.net/sites/booktable.net/files/notepaper-banner_0.png" alt="" width="500" height="73" /></p> <p dir="ltr">Javier has worked at pretty much every bookstore in Chicago. Other than the OG Powell's. Unless you're talking time travel.</p> <p dir="ltr">Javier's epic Tour de Bookselling (chronologically):</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Records" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tower Books</a> --> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Books" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Crown Books</a> --> <a href= "http://www.barbarasbookstore.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Barbara's Bookstore</a> --> <a href= "http://www.bookcellarinc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Book Cellar</a> --> <a href="https://www.semcoop.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Seminary Co-op Bookstores</a> --> <a href="https://57th.semcoop.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">57th Street Books</a> --> <a href= "https://www.newberry.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newberry Library Bookstore</a> --> <a href="http://www.thebookstall.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Book Stall</a> --> <a href= "http://www.citylitbooks.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">City Lit Books</a> --> <a href="http://www.booktable.net/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Book Table</a> </p> <hr /> <h2>Chapter II [33:45]</h2> <p dir="ltr"><em>In which we talk Publishing Cocktails and how to network IRL in the internet age</em></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://booksandwhatnot.com/marginalia/publishing-cocktails/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Publishing Cocktails,</a> created by Javier and Keir Graff (senior editor at <a href= "https://www.booklistonline.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">BookList</a>) brings Chicago-area book industry folk from around the country together. They have two primary <a href= "http://www.forestavenuepress.com/main-street-the-story-of-chicagos-publishing-cocktails-series/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meetup</a> events: Book Swap & Cash Mob.</p> <p dir="ltr"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/67882/PubNiteLogo.jpg" alt= "" width="240" height="240" /></p> <p dir="ltr">Follow Publishing Cocktails on Twitter at <a href= "https://twitter.com/pubnite?lang=en">@PubNight</a>.</p> <p dir="ltr">Sign up for the Publishing Cocktails <a href= "http://eepurl.com/hLIGM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email list</a> for future updates. </p> <hr /> <h2>Chapter III [38:20]</h2> <p dir="ltr"><em>In which Emma is, once again, deeply disappointed</em></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Book Description Guaranteed to Get You Reading</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Anything not blurbed by <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780812985177" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Lena Dunham</a> (shout out to <a href= "https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/gary-shteyngart-blurbs/2013/01/04/f0bf38ac-56bc-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_blog.html"> Gary Shteyngart’s epicly excessive blurbing</a>). Anything blurbed by <a href="http://www.booktable.net/search/site/kelly%20link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelly Link</a> or <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/search/site/george%2520saunders" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">George Saunders</a>. Check the blurbs on Patrick Rothfuss’s <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780756404741" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Name of the Wind</a>. Plus time travel! Kim and Javier bond over <a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780765379955" target="_blank" rel="noopener">All the Birds in the Sky</a> by Charlie Jane Anders (shout out to the <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/events/903619526481270" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Booze and Lasers Book Club</a> at <a href= "https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/seward-park" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Third Place Books Seward Park</a>), with references to Michael Crichton’s <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780345539014" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Timeline</a> and, you know, <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780545791342" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Harry Potter</a>. Emma ruins the ending of one of the stories in <a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781594632686" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Guide to Being Born</a> by Ramona Ausubel.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Desert Island Pick</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">The entire body of work of <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/search/site/Agatha%20Christie" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Agatha Christie</a></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Station Eleven Pick</strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781451673319" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fahrenheit 451</a> by Ray Bradbury, which has Javier’s favorite first line: It was a pleasure to burn.</p> <p dir="ltr">In case you were wondering, Emma’s favorite first (and second) line(s) come from Shirley Jackson’s <a href= "http://www.booktable.net/book/9780143039983" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Haunting of Hill House</a>. Javier’s posting staff’s favorite lines from literature in his store and he drunkenly promised Emma that he’d post hers too. Pics or it didn’t happen, Javier.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Wild Pick</strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781771642484" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hidden Life of Trees</a> by Peter Wohlleben</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Bookseller Confession</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">HAS ANY BOOKSELLER ACTUALLY READ HARRY POTTER? JESUS, YOU GUYS.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Go-To Handsell</strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780375713347" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Geek Love</a> by Katherine Dunn</p> <p dir="ltr">Here's Javier's blurb, blatantly stolen from The Book Table's website:</p> <p dir="ltr">When confronted with the "What is your favorite book of all time?" query, most people will often pause, looking over the inquisitors head while thoughtfully scratching his or her chin. I, on the other hand, will not hesitate when I tell you this. Geek Love is my favorite book. Of all time. Period. This oddball masterpiece (a National Book Award Finalist in 1989) shaped me as a reader and more importantly as a bookseller 20+ years ago. It's one of those reading experiences that make you feel like you're in on some life-changing secret. A novel that will chill you, move you and make you laugh, often at the same time. Help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the publication of Geek Love, quite possibly the best novel you've never read.</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780143108276" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Master & the Margarita</a> by Mikhail Bulgakov: There's a cat](https://us-central1-podcastguru-217d6.cloudfunctions.net/gcf_get_image?image_url=https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/41949674/25756e50662c2af3.png&width=300&height=300&api_key=xqFmUFX5BHLBTA)
