Free poetry office hours continue at Open Books: A Poem Emporium this September, this time with Lena Khalaf Tuffaha! Upcoming dates: 9/12, 9/24, and 9/26. Sign-up for an appointment in person (on the sheet outside the Parlor door) or try your luck at a drop-in ✨

Wow! We're up to 175 participants & more than $10k in pledges/direct contributions!

Let’s keep the momentum going ❤️‍🔥 You can still join the #sealeychallenge Poetry Pledge Fundraiser for Gaza, as a participant or sponsor, at any time. Details here: mailchi.mp/openpoetrybo...

Introducing the Sealey Challenge Poetry Pledge Fundraiser for Gaza!

Details & sign-up form available here ✨ mailchi.mp/openpoetrybo...

“I lived. Lived again. Wrecked, / hungover. Swerved in the dark”

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“I put a period in the middle of your sentence. / I put a period in the middle of your sidewalk.”

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“The song wants to be light.”

-The Dream of Apples: Selected Poems of Federico García Lorca, translated by Rebecca Seiferle open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/lor...

“impossible is everything.”

-Mikael Johani, Mongrel Kampung (@uglyducklingprs) open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/joh...

“You began to govern yourself by modes of wit.”

-Aditi Machado (@aditimachado), Material Witness (@nightboatbooks) open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/mac...

If you purchase Lena Khalaf Tuffaha’s award-winning collection SOMETHING ABOUT LIVING or any of Lena's other incredible collections from Open Books, all proceeds will go straight to HEAL Palestine, a humanitarian organization chosen by Lena ♥️ open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/tuf...

We’ve got a really special poetry event coming up at the bookstore this Friday (11/22): TRANSLATING SURREALISM with C. Francis Fisher and Alice Yang ✨ Join us at 7pm for a reading of two eminent French Surrealists by their brilliant translators!

Gift yourself or someone you love an incredible treasury of Palestinian poetry and art! Select from an a la carte list of titles or give the whole 12-book suite. Available for a limited time, through our website ♥️ open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/cop...