YA NOT? takes on sex, drugs, vampires, and other fun stuff
L to R: Libba Bray, Robin Wasserman, and Carolyn MacCullough Last night we had our fourth installment of YA NOT?: a literary salon for not-so-young adults, and hosted not one, not two, but THREE fantastic YA authors. It was the sort of evening that started with the reveal that originally the authors had intended to name the evening “Hookers and Blow,” and ended with Robin recommending that everyone in the audience eat fruit. Some highlights: Robin, on being

WORD on Wednesdays: 4 November 2009
WORD on Wednesday, 4 November 2009. New this week on WORD’s front table! Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer. I loved this book, as a fellow vegetarian who sometimes caves and eats me. It’s basically The Omnivore’s Dilemma

WORD on Wednesdays: 28 October 2009
  WORD on Wednesday 28 October 2009 Maintaining a berth on the table this week: Lethem (Chronic City), Kalman (The Principles of Uncertainty), Gardam (The Man in the Wooden Hat), Eggers (

November is Participatory Events Month at WORD!
Philosophizing, interviewing, debating, eating, writing and crafting – Each event we have planned at WORD for November has some special interactive component to it that puts YOU dear friend, in the driver’s seat so to speak. Was this intentional? Not exactly. But we do strive to serve as more than just your local independent bookstore – we are a gathering place for all sorts of community events, and we love hosting programs that offer you a chance to get involved with goings-on in the neighborhood. We’re a hub for great books, plus so much more – thanks often to you – re

WORD on Wednesdays: 21 October 2009
WORD on Wednesday, 21 October 2009. The Lethem still towers. Thanks for that, Michiko. But it’s getting a rave from the NYTBR on Sunday, so here’s hoping it starts to move after that. Niffenegger shines on from the middle of the table, and In The First Circle is apparently very intimidating, but I know it will find its readers soon! There