Book Beat
@bookbeat.bsky.social
Art, children’s books, zines, & quality lit. A metro Detroit indie bookstore serving the collective unconscious since 1982. Visit us at 26010 Greenfield, Oak Park, MI 48237 or call (248) 968-1190.
Monthly newsletter online at: http://thebookbeat.com/
Monthly newsletter online at: http://thebookbeat.com/
Available just in time for the Destroy All Monsters retro-spectacle Mythic Chaos opening at the Cranbrook Museum November 1st… “Like a Vampire, you’re gonna be one too!!!”
#destroyallmonsters #artistbook #zine #noisemusic #stickers
#destroyallmonsters #artistbook #zine #noisemusic #stickers
Monster Masher Trading Cards: Vampire Edition
Monster Masher trading cards were released in 2009 in an edition of 250 numbered sets made for the Destroy All Monsters Hungry for Death exhibition at Printed Matter in NYC. The cards are double sided...
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November 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Available just in time for the Destroy All Monsters retro-spectacle Mythic Chaos opening at the Cranbrook Museum November 1st… “Like a Vampire, you’re gonna be one too!!!”
#destroyallmonsters #artistbook #zine #noisemusic #stickers
#destroyallmonsters #artistbook #zine #noisemusic #stickers
Our October newsletter is packed with literary delights. Happy Readings! www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202...
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October 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Our October newsletter is packed with literary delights. Happy Readings! www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202...
“What fresh hell is this?”
—Dorothy Parker
—Dorothy Parker
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“What fresh hell is this?”
—Dorothy Parker
—Dorothy Parker
Wonderful seeing graphic novelist and educator Nick Sousanis back in his town —his book Unflattening is an absolute mind-bending gem!
Stopped in for a quick visit to my favorite bookstore back home - the fabulous @bookbeat.bsky.social - pleased to see copies of Unflattening hanging out on their shelves (which are now signed)! If you’re in the Detroit area - go visit, such a treasure trove - makes me want to read all the books!
August 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Wonderful seeing graphic novelist and educator Nick Sousanis back in his town —his book Unflattening is an absolute mind-bending gem!
Candy Darling, Hanuman books, VF, first printing 1992
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“You must always be yourself, no matter what the price. It is the highest form of morality.”
― Candy Darling
Available in store , at Book Beat gallery online, or DM for more info. $150/📚💙#candydarling #hanumanbooks
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“You must always be yourself, no matter what the price. It is the highest form of morality.”
― Candy Darling
Available in store , at Book Beat gallery online, or DM for more info. $150/📚💙#candydarling #hanumanbooks
June 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Candy Darling, Hanuman books, VF, first printing 1992
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“You must always be yourself, no matter what the price. It is the highest form of morality.”
― Candy Darling
Available in store , at Book Beat gallery online, or DM for more info. $150/📚💙#candydarling #hanumanbooks
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“You must always be yourself, no matter what the price. It is the highest form of morality.”
― Candy Darling
Available in store , at Book Beat gallery online, or DM for more info. $150/📚💙#candydarling #hanumanbooks
A compilation on the foundation, dreamers and revolutionaries of the Surrealist movement in its 100 year anniversary. www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202... 💙📚 #booksky #surrealism
The Book Beat
A new post was just added to the Book Beat website and newsletter.
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May 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A compilation on the foundation, dreamers and revolutionaries of the Surrealist movement in its 100 year anniversary. www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202... 💙📚 #booksky #surrealism
“Art exists to make sense of the chaos within us and around us.”
Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker #tomrobbins
Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker #tomrobbins
Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92
He blended pop philosophy and absurdist comedy in best-selling books like “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Skinny Legs and All.”
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“Art exists to make sense of the chaos within us and around us.”
Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker #tomrobbins
Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker #tomrobbins
Alice Coltrane fan club alert! The facsimile reproduction of Monument Eternal and the lavish oversized devotional Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal have landed. Essential accoutrements for your shrine. Om, Shanti, Shanti Om. #alicecoltrane #booksky #spiritualjazz #freejazz @akashicbooks.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Alice Coltrane fan club alert! The facsimile reproduction of Monument Eternal and the lavish oversized devotional Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal have landed. Essential accoutrements for your shrine. Om, Shanti, Shanti Om. #alicecoltrane #booksky #spiritualjazz #freejazz @akashicbooks.bsky.social
German exhibition on the Surrealist response to Anti-fascism. hyperallergic.com/984916/surre...
Surrealism’s Legacy of Antifascist Activism
A show at Munich’s Lenbachhaus museum is an urgent study in the meaningful art-political networks that stressed solidarity and unity over isolation.
hyperallergic.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
German exhibition on the Surrealist response to Anti-fascism. hyperallergic.com/984916/surre...
Some favorite reading that survived the wreckage of 2024📚💙 #booksky
“The ideal or the dream would be to arrive at a language that heals as much as it separates.”
― Susan Sontag
#bookstores are magic
“The ideal or the dream would be to arrive at a language that heals as much as it separates.”
― Susan Sontag
#bookstores are magic
January 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Some favorite reading that survived the wreckage of 2024📚💙 #booksky
“The ideal or the dream would be to arrive at a language that heals as much as it separates.”
― Susan Sontag
#bookstores are magic
“The ideal or the dream would be to arrive at a language that heals as much as it separates.”
― Susan Sontag
#bookstores are magic
Happy Winter Solstice everyone.
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“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.”
—William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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Illustration from Wintercake by Lynne Rae Perkins
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“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.”
—William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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Illustration from Wintercake by Lynne Rae Perkins
December 21, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Happy Winter Solstice everyone.
❄️🌬️☃️
“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.”
—William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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Illustration from Wintercake by Lynne Rae Perkins
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“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.”
—William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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Illustration from Wintercake by Lynne Rae Perkins
Happy Holidays!
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"Books may well be the only true magic."
~Alice Hoffman
Illustration: a Christmas card by Edward Gorey 💙📚 “A Future Unremembered Poet of the Seventeenth Century Accepts a Christmas Cookie From the Great Veiled Bear” #booksky #edwardgorey #indiebookstore
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"Books may well be the only true magic."
~Alice Hoffman
Illustration: a Christmas card by Edward Gorey 💙📚 “A Future Unremembered Poet of the Seventeenth Century Accepts a Christmas Cookie From the Great Veiled Bear” #booksky #edwardgorey #indiebookstore
December 17, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Happy Holidays!
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"Books may well be the only true magic."
~Alice Hoffman
Illustration: a Christmas card by Edward Gorey 💙📚 “A Future Unremembered Poet of the Seventeenth Century Accepts a Christmas Cookie From the Great Veiled Bear” #booksky #edwardgorey #indiebookstore
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"Books may well be the only true magic."
~Alice Hoffman
Illustration: a Christmas card by Edward Gorey 💙📚 “A Future Unremembered Poet of the Seventeenth Century Accepts a Christmas Cookie From the Great Veiled Bear” #booksky #edwardgorey #indiebookstore
Reposted by Book Beat
Toni Morrison's words from 2015, as timely as ever:
“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”
#art #writing #courage #booksky
“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”
#art #writing #courage #booksky
December 12, 2024 at 4:04 AM
“Forgiveness is the only way to reverse the irreversible flow of history.”
—Hannah Arendt, author of The Origins of Totalitarianism 💙📚#books 🌶️ #booksky #hannaharendt
—Hannah Arendt, author of The Origins of Totalitarianism 💙📚#books 🌶️ #booksky #hannaharendt
December 11, 2024 at 4:19 PM
“Forgiveness is the only way to reverse the irreversible flow of history.”
—Hannah Arendt, author of The Origins of Totalitarianism 💙📚#books 🌶️ #booksky #hannaharendt
—Hannah Arendt, author of The Origins of Totalitarianism 💙📚#books 🌶️ #booksky #hannaharendt
Vanity Fair: “What is your idea of perfect Happiness?”
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David Bowie: “Reading”.
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Bowie was known to always travel with a trunk filled with books. A collection of his top 100 books is at the NYPL. Are any of these a favorite? #booksky, #bookchallenge #davidbowie #books www.nypl.org/blog/2016/01...
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David Bowie: “Reading”.
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Bowie was known to always travel with a trunk filled with books. A collection of his top 100 books is at the NYPL. Are any of these a favorite? #booksky, #bookchallenge #davidbowie #books www.nypl.org/blog/2016/01...
In Memoriam: David Bowie's Top 100 Favorite Books | The New York Public Library
Though one of his songs is titled "I Can't Read", David Bowie was actually quite the voracious reader.
www.nypl.org
December 5, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Vanity Fair: “What is your idea of perfect Happiness?”
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David Bowie: “Reading”.
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Bowie was known to always travel with a trunk filled with books. A collection of his top 100 books is at the NYPL. Are any of these a favorite? #booksky, #bookchallenge #davidbowie #books www.nypl.org/blog/2016/01...
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David Bowie: “Reading”.
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Bowie was known to always travel with a trunk filled with books. A collection of his top 100 books is at the NYPL. Are any of these a favorite? #booksky, #bookchallenge #davidbowie #books www.nypl.org/blog/2016/01...
Today, Dec 1st from 12-5 PM is our 10th annual fundraiser for the Gesu school in Detroit. 20% of your purchase may be donated to buy new books for the library. 💙📚 #booksky www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202...
December 1: Gesu School Library Fundraiser - The Backroom
Sunday, December 1st, from 12-5 p.m. will be our Tenth Annual Bookraiser for the Library of Gesu School at Book Beat (26010 Greenfield Dr., Oak Park, MI 48237). 20% of purchases can be donated to the ...
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December 1, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Today, Dec 1st from 12-5 PM is our 10th annual fundraiser for the Gesu school in Detroit. 20% of your purchase may be donated to buy new books for the library. 💙📚 #booksky www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202...
Just a Snowy Day (1962) by Ezra Jack Keats was a Caldecott Award winning picture book in 1963.
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The beloved, innovative, award-winning children’s story—was the most checked out book in The New York Public Library’s 125-year history. ☃️ #booksky #bookchallenge #ezrajackkeats 💙📚
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The beloved, innovative, award-winning children’s story—was the most checked out book in The New York Public Library’s 125-year history. ☃️ #booksky #bookchallenge #ezrajackkeats 💙📚
November 29, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Just a Snowy Day (1962) by Ezra Jack Keats was a Caldecott Award winning picture book in 1963.
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The beloved, innovative, award-winning children’s story—was the most checked out book in The New York Public Library’s 125-year history. ☃️ #booksky #bookchallenge #ezrajackkeats 💙📚
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The beloved, innovative, award-winning children’s story—was the most checked out book in The New York Public Library’s 125-year history. ☃️ #booksky #bookchallenge #ezrajackkeats 💙📚
“Don't show me frogs and snakes
And listen for my scream,
If I'm afraid at all
It's only in my dreams.”
—Maya Angelou
💙📚 #booksky #mayaangelou
And listen for my scream,
If I'm afraid at all
It's only in my dreams.”
—Maya Angelou
💙📚 #booksky #mayaangelou
November 27, 2024 at 1:02 AM
“Don't show me frogs and snakes
And listen for my scream,
If I'm afraid at all
It's only in my dreams.”
—Maya Angelou
💙📚 #booksky #mayaangelou
And listen for my scream,
If I'm afraid at all
It's only in my dreams.”
—Maya Angelou
💙📚 #booksky #mayaangelou
Illustration by Maurice Sendak from A Hole Is to Dig by Ruth Krauss, 1952 #mauricesendak #ruthkrauss #booksky 💙📚
November 24, 2024 at 4:01 AM
Illustration by Maurice Sendak from A Hole Is to Dig by Ruth Krauss, 1952 #mauricesendak #ruthkrauss #booksky 💙📚
Against Interpretation was a book read in high school that helped change my life. I‘m not always in agreement with Sontag but she sparked a love of books and underground culture that continues.
November 22, 2024 at 5:36 AM
Against Interpretation was a book read in high school that helped change my life. I‘m not always in agreement with Sontag but she sparked a love of books and underground culture that continues.
Tips on surviving the broligarchy in a post-truth world.
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 3:51 AM
Tips on surviving the broligarchy in a post-truth world.
“The helpful thought for which you look
Is written somewhere in a book.”
― Edward Gorey
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #edwardgorey 💙📚
Is written somewhere in a book.”
― Edward Gorey
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #edwardgorey 💙📚
November 20, 2024 at 4:14 AM
“The helpful thought for which you look
Is written somewhere in a book.”
― Edward Gorey
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #edwardgorey 💙📚
Is written somewhere in a book.”
― Edward Gorey
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #edwardgorey 💙📚
“His contempt for humanity deepened. He reached the conclusion that the world, for the most part, was composed of scoundrels and imbeciles.”
—― Joris-Karl Huysmans, Against Nature (1884) 💙📚 #books #booksky #bookchallange
—― Joris-Karl Huysmans, Against Nature (1884) 💙📚 #books #booksky #bookchallange
November 19, 2024 at 4:45 PM
“His contempt for humanity deepened. He reached the conclusion that the world, for the most part, was composed of scoundrels and imbeciles.”
—― Joris-Karl Huysmans, Against Nature (1884) 💙📚 #books #booksky #bookchallange
—― Joris-Karl Huysmans, Against Nature (1884) 💙📚 #books #booksky #bookchallange