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Paper Chatter and Printed Matter Dear Readers, Spring is almost here and we're gearing up for a busy season full of readings, signings, exhibits and piles of new printed matter! IN THE GALLERY: Swing by the shop this month to see Paper Chatter by Brittany Powell and Tae Kitakata in Minikin Gallery. Coming up on April 17th -- a release party and exhibit for IS? (Intelligent Sentient?) with Luke Ramsey, extraordinary comic artist and cofounder of Islands Fold! On May 1st we'll be hosting Feminist Bookstore, an exhibit devoted to classic feminist tomes curated by Jennifer Armbrust and Michelle Blade. IN THE SHOP: Join us for a slideshow reading and signing of Rad American Women A-Z with Kate Schatz and artist Miriam Klein Stahl on April 12th! OUT & ABOUT: Say hello to Reading Frenzy and other purveyors of small press at the ACRL Conference on March 24th-27th in Portland this year (admission to vendor exhibit is free)! Coming up in April we're pleased as punch to be invited back to table at Linework NW! We'll be tabling on Saturday only and rounding up some brand new highly covetable hard to find comics and art zines for the show! ON THE SHELVES: Lately we've been seeking out books and zines about radical art/artists, DIY self care, Risograph art zines, and of course, beautiful kid's books. Check out some of our recent favorites below! Dr. Mutter's Marvels (Gotham Books, 2014) by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz: A true tale of intrigue and innovation at the dawn of modern medicine. Eventually Everything Connects (Nobrow, 2015) by Loris Lora: a gorgeous, wordless accordion book drawing connections between California Modernists like Charles and Ray Eames, Edith Head, and Sister Korita Kent. Girl in a Band: A Memoir (Dey Street, 2015) by Kim Gordon: A candid memoir by vocalist, bassist, and founding member of Sonic Youth. Home (Candlewick, 2015) by Carson Ellis: a children's picture book celebrating homes of all sorts. I Belong Only to Myself: The Life and Writings of Leda Rafanelli (AK Press, 2014) by Andrea Pakieser: A lesser know writer, publisher, anarchist, and iconoclast. Here (Pantheon Books, 20014) by Richard McGuire: This experimental and nonlinear graphic novel tells the story of one corner of the earth over the course of many millennia. Keep Reading! Your Faithful Proprietress, Chloe 10 Ways to Celebrate our 20th Anniversary! September 14, 2014: Well, we didn't get a key to the city or an official commendation but we've always been a little anti-establishment anyway. All we really want for our platinum anniversary is for our patrons to celebrate this milestone with us! To that end, here's a handy list of 10 ways to celebrate with us and launch us into our 3rd decade!!! In collaboration with Beacon Sound we're please to present Jessica Hopper to celebrate the release of her new book, The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic (Featherproof Books, 2015). Join us at Beacon Sound (3636B N Mississippi Ave) for a reading and discussion, afterward hop two doors down to Reading Frenzy for the signing. Beacon Sound will be hosting an after party! More event details coming soon... Jessica Hopper's music criticism has earned her a reputation as one of the firebrands of the form, a keen observer and fearless critic not just of music, but the culture around it, revealing new truths that often challenge us to consider what it is to be a fan. With this premiere volume, spanning from her punk fanzine roots to her landmark piece on R. Kelly's past, The First Collection leaves no doubt why the New York Times has called Hopper's work "influential." Not merely a selection of two decades of Hopper's most engaging, thoughtful and humorous writing, this book serves as a document of the last 20 years of American music making and the shifting landscape of music consumption. Through this vast range of album reviews, essays, columns, interviews, and oral histories, Hopper chronicles what it is to be truly obsessed with music, the ideas in songs and albums, how fantasies of artists become complicated by real life, and just what happens when you follow that obsession into muddy festival fields, dank basements, corporate offices or court records. Jessica Hopper is a music and culture critic whose work regularly appears in GQ, Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, and the Chicago Tribune. She is a senior editor at The Pitchfork Review and the music editor at Rookie. Her essays have appeared in Best Music Writing for 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, and 2011. Hopper was the longtime music consultant for This American Life. Her book, The Girls' Guide to Rocking, was named one of 2009's Notable Books For Young Readers by the American Library Association. She lives in Chicago with her husband and young sons.