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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · 6d

Tomorrow (Friday)! I'll be talking with Naomi Washer about her wonderful new book MARGINALIA at @skunkcabbagebooks.bsky.social in Chicago. Would love to see you.

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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · 20d

Design and book people: you might want to check out this interview with super-talented designer Matthew Jacobson, who came up with the cover for Watching the Detective, the next B-Side Editions book (out soon)
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Print Is Not Dead

Talking with designer Matthew Jacobson about book covers, records and music, DIY sensibilities, magic, and more

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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · 25d

Chicago, come hear/see Donato read as part of this great lineup. Today!

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Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social · Aug 21

First time at @roscoebooks.bsky.social, picked up the new one by @tvayyyy.bsky.social and finally got one by @bside-editions.bsky.social - enjoying the patio at Soul & Smoke (I swear this isn’t a paid ad)

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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · Aug 22

Hope you enjoy and thanks!

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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · May 27

I love that he speaks in paragraphs, he speaks like he writes, which nobody really does anymore (and I so admire his prose).

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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · May 27

Such a fun event and a great lineup! Thanks @ignatius2u.bsky.social and @roscoebooks.bsky.social ❤️

Ignatius Valentine Aloysius @ignatius2u.bsky.social · May 27

What a night! SundaySalonChicago happened yesterday 5/25 at 7pm CT at @roscoebooks.bsky.social in Roscoe Village, Chgo. A fine night of prose & poetry! I hosted Afabwaje Kurian,
@bside-editions.bsky.social, @thejs3.bsky.social, Zak Mucha, & Chris Solís Green🔥❤️👏 www.sundaysalon-chicago.com

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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · May 27

I've seen it and it's great.

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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · May 22

See you Sunday?

Ignatius Valentine Aloysius @ignatius2u.bsky.social · May 22

SundaySalonChicago is 4 days away! Join us @roscoebooks.bsky.social in Roscoe Village, Chgo, this Sun. May 25, 7 pm for a fine night of prose & poetry. I'm excited to host Afabwaje Kurian, @bside-editions.bsky.social, @thejs3.bsky.social, Zak Mucha, & Chris Solís Green🔥❤️👏 www.sundaysalon-chicago.com

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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · May 17

Such a fun time at Exile in Bookville, talking about The Golden Hour, with @specktor.bsky.social

Stuart Ross @myskypager.bsky.social · May 16

Deborah Shapiro (@bside-editions.bsky.social) in conversation with Matthew Specktor (@specktor.bsky.social) at Exile in Bookville last night. Lovely!

Specktor: "There are no minor characters."

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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · May 17

Thanks, Stuart!

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Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · May 13

This is gonna be so good! Chicago, come through!

B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · May 13

This Thursday, 7pm, at Exile in Bookville in Chicago! I'll be talking with @specktor.bsky.social, whose new book, The Golden Hour, is just so great. So much to talk about.

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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · May 13

It's free but pls register here to give the bookstore a heads up: www.eventbrite.com/e/authors-on...

Authors on Tap: Matthew Specktor and Deborah Shapiro

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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · May 13

This Thursday, 7pm, at Exile in Bookville in Chicago! I'll be talking with @specktor.bsky.social, whose new book, The Golden Hour, is just so great. So much to talk about.

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Ignatius Valentine Aloysius @ignatius2u.bsky.social · May 12

I'm excited to host Sunday Salon Chicago's next in-person reading event @roscoebooks.bsky.social on May 25 at 7 pm CT, w/ Afabwaje Kurian, @bside-editions.bsky.social Deborah Shapiro, @thejs3.bsky.social, Zak Mucha, & Chris Solís Green🔥❤️👏 Bios are up at www.sundaysalon-chicago.com. Come join us!

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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · May 6

I'll be reading in Chicago, 5/25 at @roscoebooks.bsky.social with this great line-up. Would love to see you there.

Ignatius Valentine Aloysius @ignatius2u.bsky.social · May 6

Sunday Salon Chicago is pleased & excited to announce its next in-person reading event @roscoebooks.bsky.social on May 25 at 7 pm CT, featuring Afabwaje Kurian, @bside-editions.bsky.social, Zak Mucha, @thejs3.bsky.social, & Chris Solis Green 👏💗🔥 Pls join us.
www.sundaysalon-chicago.com

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RoscoeBooks @roscoebooks.bsky.social · May 2

We donated a private party at the bookstore for the fundraiser for our friends at @storystudiochicago.bsky.social. Win a two-hour party at the store with all your friends, wine and snacks included! Bid now here:

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Private Party at RoscoeBooks

Host your own private bookstore party at RoscoeBooks! The winner of this auction will receive a two-hour party in the bookstore with their friends or

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · Apr 23

The next Neon Night Mic is in two weeks! So excited for this stacked lineup

🎤 @danikastegeman.bsky.social
🎤 @parkeryoung.bsky.social
🎤 @simonemuenchie.bsky.social
🎤 Scott Daughtridge DeMer
🎤 Hedgie Choi (@uwiscpress.bsky.social)
🎤 Donato Loia (@bside-editions.bsky.social)

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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · Apr 15

If you're in Chicago, I'll be in conversation with @specktor.bsky.social at Exile in Bookville, Thurs 5/15 at 7pm. It's such a great book, there's so much to talk about. Would love to see you there.

Samantha Culp @samanthaculp.bsky.social · Apr 14

For anyone interested in the history of Hollywood and the eternal battle between art, commerce, and labor, check out "The Golden Hour" (out 4/22 from Ecco Press). I'm biased because the author is my husband, but I genuinely think you'll love it 😎 www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

The Golden Hour

A personal and cultural exploration of the struggles between art and business at the heart of modern Hollywood, through the eyes of the talent that shaped i...

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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · Apr 5

Had the chance to talk books, writing, small press publishing and more on the Preserving Disorder radio show/podcast. Fun, entertaining, maybe even insightful?? www.mixcloud.com/lumpenradio/...

Preserving Disorder - 3-30-2025

Preserving Disorder is the new book show at Lumpen Radio. Hosted by Jeremy Kitchen, author, and purveyor of all that is weird, offensive, and obscene, amateur literary scholar Susie Swanton, the curio...

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Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social · Apr 2

THE GOLDEN HOUR is out in three weeks! I'm really excited about this book, which I put everything I had into. You can order from an indie store and get a better discount than Am*zon's here (use the code GOLDEN):

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The Golden Hour: A Story of Family and Power in Hollywood, by Matthew Specktor

A personal and cultural exploration of the struggles between art and business at the heart of modern Hollywood, through the eyes of the talent that shaped itMatthew Specktor grew up in the film indust...

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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · Mar 22

lol Flaubert

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Stuart Ross @myskypager.bsky.social · Mar 16

Loving this all the time, keep it around me when I go.

www.bsideeditions.com/shop/p/1095-...

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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · Mar 17

❤️❤️❤️

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B-Side Editions @bside-editions.bsky.social · Mar 14

Feel better soon!

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