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The Weekly Urchin Recap
By Geo Ong This weekend marks yet another annual anniversary of one of my favourite books, Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, which was first published in 1851. Three independent bookstores in the Brooklyn/Manhattan area are hosting marathon readings of the behemoth book, … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Geo, Literature
Tagged anniversary, books, bookstores, brooklyn, herman melville, manhattan, moby-dick, novels, readings, whales
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The Urchin Bookshelf – Fall 2012
Let the leaves fall and the pages turn! Sarah’s books Fun Home by Alison Bechdel After months of reading Geo’s continuously high praise for cartoonist and graphic novelist Alison Bechdel (see here, here, and here), I decided it was time, … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Literature
Tagged alice walker, alison bechdel, amy goodman, angel nafis, Bill Bryson, blackgirl mansion, books, bookstores, dave eggers, democracy now!, denis moynihand, essential dykes to watch out for, fun home, glitter in the blood, graphic memoirs, matt weiland, mindy nettifee, novels, poetry, revolutionary road, richard yates, sam mendes, sean wilsey, state by state, the color purple, the silenced majority, Vermont
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Ann Patchett and Independent Bookstores Get the Colbert Bump
By Geo Ong Ooh, independent bookstores! I should buy one of those on Amazon! —Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, 20 February 2012 Stephen Colbert, how we’ve missed you. While the other Urchins and I wish you and your family much … Continue reading
Now’s Your Chance! Meet an Urchin (and Some Other Cool People) at the Brooklyn Indie Party!
Dear Brooklynites, Manhattanites, New Yorkers, New Englanders, East Coasters, Passers-Through, & People Who Drive Long Distances for One-Night Events, You are officially invited to the Brooklyn Indie Party! (No invitations needed.) Where? Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. When? Friday, … Continue reading
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Tagged a public space, akashic books, books, bookstores, brooklyn, brooklyn book festival, brooklyn indie party, community, electric literature, events, free things to do in brooklyn, greenlight bookstore, independent business, melville house publishing, new york, new york city, tin house, ugly duckling presse
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A Thank-You Letter to DIESEL, A Bookstore
By Geo Ong Alison Reid, co-owner of DIESEL, A Bookstore and my boss for the past two years, once told me a story that I thankfully will never forget. She was, as it were, lamenting the slow demise of another … Continue reading
Independent Bookstores Level the Playing Field
By Geo Ong I wish that, just once, an author promoting her book on a talk show would say right after the talk show host repeats the book title at the end of the interview, ‘And buy my book from … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Money, Geo, Literature
Tagged amazon, books, bookstores, diesel bookstore, e-books, e-readers, google, google e-books, independent bookstores, indie bound, kindle, reading, shopping
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Learning by the Book: Why Picture Books Are Important (Despite What They May Say)
By Geo Ong The New York Times recently published an article titled ‘Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children’, where the article’s author Julie Bosman explores the recent decline in popularity of children’s picture books. Though there may be … Continue reading
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Tagged books, bookstores, candlewick press, child development, children, children's books, college, creativity, dara la porte, education, flower fairies, Harvard, high school, imagination, in the night kitchen, jodi picoult, julie bosman, karen lotz, learning, maurice sendak, mitch albom, munro leaf, nicholas sparks, noodle, parenting, picture books, picture books no longer a staple for children, politics and prose, pressure, reading, school, stephanie meyer, the new york times, twilight, university, Washington D.C., william shakespeare, young readers
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An Afternoon at the Northshire Bookstore
By Geo Ong While Sarah is busy raising money for the Urchin cause, i.e. going to work, Margaret and I drive from Bennington to Manchester Center, Vermont, to spend the day at the Northshire Bookstore. The Northshire Bookstore, established in … Continue reading
