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.
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Monthly newsletter online at: http://thebookbeat.com/
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
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
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
❄️🌬️☃️
“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
“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
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.
“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
The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington (1974) 💙📚 #books #bookchallange #booksky #surrealism #leonoracarrington
November 18, 2024 at 1:09 AM
The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington (1974) 💙📚 #books #bookchallange #booksky #surrealism #leonoracarrington
A favorite: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston 💙📚 #booksky #bookchallange #zoranealhurston #qualitylit
November 17, 2024 at 4:50 AM
A favorite: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston 💙📚 #booksky #bookchallange #zoranealhurston #qualitylit
A Favorite book: Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector #booksky #bookchallenge
November 16, 2024 at 6:11 AM
A Favorite book: Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector #booksky #bookchallenge
November 15, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Book faves: The Master and Margarita #booksky #bookchallenge #booksilove #inspiration #masterpiece #epic #lifechanging
November 14, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Book faves: The Master and Margarita #booksky #bookchallenge #booksilove #inspiration #masterpiece #epic #lifechanging