Seminary Co-op Bookstores & 57th Street Books
@seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social
The Seminary Co-op & sister store 57th Street Books are valued places of discovery and cultural institutions. Known for our academic books and our award winning children's book section, we became the United States' first not-for-profit bookstores in 2019.
We are hiring two Assistant Managers! Visit semcoop.com/careers-co-op for more information and how to apply. Applications are due Nov. 2nd.
October 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We are hiring two Assistant Managers! Visit semcoop.com/careers-co-op for more information and how to apply. Applications are due Nov. 2nd.
We can't wait for you to meet our new Executive Director, Kevin Bendle!
Please join us for a Meet & Greet with Kevin on Saturday, September 20th from noon-2pm at the Co-op, and from 2pm-4pm at 57th Street Books.
Join us for light refreshments, conversation, and 50% off on all sale books!
Please join us for a Meet & Greet with Kevin on Saturday, September 20th from noon-2pm at the Co-op, and from 2pm-4pm at 57th Street Books.
Join us for light refreshments, conversation, and 50% off on all sale books!
September 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
We can't wait for you to meet our new Executive Director, Kevin Bendle!
Please join us for a Meet & Greet with Kevin on Saturday, September 20th from noon-2pm at the Co-op, and from 2pm-4pm at 57th Street Books.
Join us for light refreshments, conversation, and 50% off on all sale books!
Please join us for a Meet & Greet with Kevin on Saturday, September 20th from noon-2pm at the Co-op, and from 2pm-4pm at 57th Street Books.
Join us for light refreshments, conversation, and 50% off on all sale books!
Join our team as a Seasonal Event Bookseller!
The Seasonal Event Bookseller is a team member who primarily assists with offsite events while also supporting in-store staffing when needed.
Apply by emailing mgmt@semcoop.com by Sept. 13th
Find out more at www.semcoop.com/careers-co-op
The Seasonal Event Bookseller is a team member who primarily assists with offsite events while also supporting in-store staffing when needed.
Apply by emailing mgmt@semcoop.com by Sept. 13th
Find out more at www.semcoop.com/careers-co-op
September 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Join our team as a Seasonal Event Bookseller!
The Seasonal Event Bookseller is a team member who primarily assists with offsite events while also supporting in-store staffing when needed.
Apply by emailing mgmt@semcoop.com by Sept. 13th
Find out more at www.semcoop.com/careers-co-op
The Seasonal Event Bookseller is a team member who primarily assists with offsite events while also supporting in-store staffing when needed.
Apply by emailing mgmt@semcoop.com by Sept. 13th
Find out more at www.semcoop.com/careers-co-op
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Congratulations to our partners on the Cundill History Prize Longlist! 🎉
@harvardpress.bsky.social
@princetonupress.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
@uchicagopress.bsky.social
We're proud to support the work these presses do in bringing essential scholarship to the libraries across the globe!
@harvardpress.bsky.social
@princetonupress.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
@uchicagopress.bsky.social
We're proud to support the work these presses do in bringing essential scholarship to the libraries across the globe!
August 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Congratulations to our partners on the Cundill History Prize Longlist! 🎉
@harvardpress.bsky.social
@princetonupress.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
@uchicagopress.bsky.social
We're proud to support the work these presses do in bringing essential scholarship to the libraries across the globe!
@harvardpress.bsky.social
@princetonupress.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
@uchicagopress.bsky.social
We're proud to support the work these presses do in bringing essential scholarship to the libraries across the globe!
We are thrilled to welcome Kevin Bendle as the Executive Director of the Seminary Co-op Bookstores!
For more information, please visit: www.semcoop.com/welcoming-ke...
For more information, please visit: www.semcoop.com/welcoming-ke...
August 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We are thrilled to welcome Kevin Bendle as the Executive Director of the Seminary Co-op Bookstores!
For more information, please visit: www.semcoop.com/welcoming-ke...
For more information, please visit: www.semcoop.com/welcoming-ke...
QOTD: What's a book that re-programmed your brain or gave you a new perspective? Jina's pick is "The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion. Let us know in the comments! #booksky
August 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
QOTD: What's a book that re-programmed your brain or gave you a new perspective? Jina's pick is "The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion. Let us know in the comments! #booksky
Join us tomorrow at 3pm at the Co-op for an event with Payton McCarty-Simas! Payton will discuss her new publication "That Very Witch" and will be joined in conversation by Megan Fariello.
For more information and to RSVP visit: www.semcoop.com/event/payton...
For more information and to RSVP visit: www.semcoop.com/event/payton...
August 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Join us tomorrow at 3pm at the Co-op for an event with Payton McCarty-Simas! Payton will discuss her new publication "That Very Witch" and will be joined in conversation by Megan Fariello.
For more information and to RSVP visit: www.semcoop.com/event/payton...
For more information and to RSVP visit: www.semcoop.com/event/payton...
QOTD: What's a "bucket list" book you think that everyone should read? Jina's pick is "The Crying of Lot 49" by Thomas Pynchon. Let us know in the comments! #booksky
July 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
QOTD: What's a "bucket list" book you think that everyone should read? Jina's pick is "The Crying of Lot 49" by Thomas Pynchon. Let us know in the comments! #booksky
QOTD: What's your favorite book to re-read? Nahin loves "Pizza Girl" by Jean Kyoung Frazier. Let us know in the comments which title you keep coming back to! #booksky
July 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
QOTD: What's your favorite book to re-read? Nahin loves "Pizza Girl" by Jean Kyoung Frazier. Let us know in the comments which title you keep coming back to! #booksky
Our amazing marketing interns for the summer! Welcome to Jina, Stone and Cielo from the UChicago Metcalf program!
July 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Our amazing marketing interns for the summer! Welcome to Jina, Stone and Cielo from the UChicago Metcalf program!
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Chicago friends! I'll be in your city Tuesday, July 22 talking Karl Marx in America at the @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social. I'll be in conversation with the great Cedric Johnson, Professor of Black Studies and Political Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. www.semcoop.com/event/andrew...
Andrew Hartman - "Karl Marx in America" - Cedric Johnson | Seminary Co-op Bookstores
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July 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Chicago friends! I'll be in your city Tuesday, July 22 talking Karl Marx in America at the @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social. I'll be in conversation with the great Cedric Johnson, Professor of Black Studies and Political Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. www.semcoop.com/event/andrew...
Valentine’s Day has passed, but love still lingers on our shelves—just as Black history extends beyond a single month. Stop in to see our ode to Black Love stories—the romantic, the communal and the self-affirming—at 57th Street Books today.
February 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Valentine’s Day has passed, but love still lingers on our shelves—just as Black history extends beyond a single month. Stop in to see our ode to Black Love stories—the romantic, the communal and the self-affirming—at 57th Street Books today.
We are SO excited to announce our event with Tracy Deonn who will be here discussing her new book, OATHBOUND, on March 7th, 6pm! Tickets are now on sale on eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversation-with-tracy-deonn-tickets-1228079281189
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#tracydeonn #oathbound #hydepark
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#tracydeonn #oathbound #hydepark
February 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
We are SO excited to announce our event with Tracy Deonn who will be here discussing her new book, OATHBOUND, on March 7th, 6pm! Tickets are now on sale on eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversation-with-tracy-deonn-tickets-1228079281189
@tracydeonn.bsky.social
#tracydeonn #oathbound #hydepark
@tracydeonn.bsky.social
#tracydeonn #oathbound #hydepark
Thank you to the Black revolutionaries, both then and now, who remind us that our freedom is a birthright. Happy Black History Month!
February 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Thank you to the Black revolutionaries, both then and now, who remind us that our freedom is a birthright. Happy Black History Month!
Calling all book lovers! Share your love affair with literature by supporting Seminary Co-op Bookstores with a financial gift. We've been playing matchmaker between readers and their perfect books for 60 years.
Ready to make it official? Donate today and be our Valentine!
semcoop.com/give
Ready to make it official? Donate today and be our Valentine!
semcoop.com/give
February 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Calling all book lovers! Share your love affair with literature by supporting Seminary Co-op Bookstores with a financial gift. We've been playing matchmaker between readers and their perfect books for 60 years.
Ready to make it official? Donate today and be our Valentine!
semcoop.com/give
Ready to make it official? Donate today and be our Valentine!
semcoop.com/give
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This is a great book! I was thrilled to have a chance to discuss it with Mike recently at @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social.
February 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is a great book! I was thrilled to have a chance to discuss it with Mike recently at @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social.
On this week’s Front Table, explore humanity’s evolution, the power of beauty standards, feminist resistance in Mexico, and examine the case for Black reparations through a rigorous, multidisciplinary lens. Find these titles and more at semcoop.com.
February 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
On this week’s Front Table, explore humanity’s evolution, the power of beauty standards, feminist resistance in Mexico, and examine the case for Black reparations through a rigorous, multidisciplinary lens. Find these titles and more at semcoop.com.
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just bought my first eBook on @bookshop-org.bsky.social for @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social. what book was it? A romance, of course. The Co-op by Tarah DeWitt. Seems like a perfect choice title wise, and plus I saw her dunking on a fascist on Threads.
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January 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
just bought my first eBook on @bookshop-org.bsky.social for @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social. what book was it? A romance, of course. The Co-op by Tarah DeWitt. Seems like a perfect choice title wise, and plus I saw her dunking on a fascist on Threads.
bookshop.org/a/5779/97812...
bookshop.org/a/5779/97812...
Great news! Find us on Bookshop.org!
Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books.
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January 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Great news! Find us on Bookshop.org!
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Thank you @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social for including When Freedom is the Question in your picks for Notable Books of 2024!
An honor to be included!
An honor to be included!
We are so pleased to join this community and share with you all our stores' Notable Books of 2024! Unscientifically gathered, based on unquantifiable criteria, and compiled by our team - these are the books that helped define 2024. Find the whole list at: simplebooklet.com/notables2024...
Notables 2024
Notables 2024
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January 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Thank you @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social for including When Freedom is the Question in your picks for Notable Books of 2024!
An honor to be included!
An honor to be included!
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We're excited to host Atossa Araxia Abrahamian at Seminary Co-op Books next week for a discussion of THE HIDDEN GLOBE, exploring the spread of extraterritorial "zones" of exception to national laws.
https://humanrights.uchicago.edu/news/2025/1/atossa-araxia-abrahamian-give-tour-hidden-globe
https://humanrights.uchicago.edu/news/2025/1/atossa-araxia-abrahamian-give-tour-hidden-globe
January 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We're excited to host Atossa Araxia Abrahamian at Seminary Co-op Books next week for a discussion of THE HIDDEN GLOBE, exploring the spread of extraterritorial "zones" of exception to national laws.
https://humanrights.uchicago.edu/news/2025/1/atossa-araxia-abrahamian-give-tour-hidden-globe
https://humanrights.uchicago.edu/news/2025/1/atossa-araxia-abrahamian-give-tour-hidden-globe
We are so pleased to join this community and share with you all our stores' Notable Books of 2024! Unscientifically gathered, based on unquantifiable criteria, and compiled by our team - these are the books that helped define 2024. Find the whole list at: simplebooklet.com/notables2024...
Notables 2024
Notables 2024
simplebooklet.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
We are so pleased to join this community and share with you all our stores' Notable Books of 2024! Unscientifically gathered, based on unquantifiable criteria, and compiled by our team - these are the books that helped define 2024. Find the whole list at: simplebooklet.com/notables2024...