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October 5, 2011
Largehearted WORD Books of the Week - October 5th, 2011
In the Largehearted Word series, the staff of Brooklyn's WORD bookstore highlights several new books released this week.
WORD is an independent neighborhood bookstore in Greenpoint, the northernmost neighborhood of Brooklyn, that celebrated its fourth anniversary this March. Our primary goal is to be whatever our community needs us to be, which currently means carrying a lot of paperback fiction (especially classics), cookbooks, board books, and absurdly cute cards and stationery. In addition, we're fiends for a good event, from the classic author reading and Q&A to potlucks and a basketball league (and anything set in a bar). We're a small operation, just 1000 square feet and four people, but we read too much, so it all works out. If a weekly dose of WORD here isn't enough for you, follow us on Twitter: @wordbrooklyn.
WORD also hosts the monthly Largehearted Lit reading series, featuring authors who participated in this blog's Book Notes series and musical guests.
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
by David Sedaris
The book that made Christine laugh out loud on a cross-country flight and scare her seatmates is now in paperback!
Apothecary
by Maile Meloy
Vetted by the best-read pre-teen in Greenpoint, if not all of North Brooklyn, we are delighted to report that "You'd never guess this book was so good by looking at it."
The Warmth of Other Suns
by Isabel Wilkerson
The ultimate "I don't know what to get for my dad for his [insert occasion here]" book is also now available in paperback.
MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic
by Art Spiegelman
Completist fans rejoice! Art Spiegelman delves into the whys and wherefores of Maus, with chapters on everything from "Why Mice" to his family tree and a bonus DVD with more backmatter than you could shake a stick at, so don't even try.
WORD Brooklyn links:
WORD website
WORD blog
WORD on Twitter
WORD's Facebook page
WORD's Flickr photos
also at Largehearted Boy:
other Largehearted Word Books of the Week (weekly new book highlights)
List of online "best of 2010" book lists
52 Books, 52 Weeks (my yearly reading project)
Antiheroines (interviews with up and coming female comics artists)
Atomic Books Comics Preview (weekly comics & graphic novel highlights)
Book Notes (authors create music playlists for their book)
guest book reviews
musician/author interviews
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
