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Tintin and the Somerville Polyculeans @jamtoday.bsky.social · 1h

Look at my fancy package from @portersqbooks.bsky.social!

A book, wrapped in brown paper wrapping with a stylish postcard affixed to it featuring an illustration of Cambridge, Massachusetts with the city of Boston in the background, and Porter Square Books Cambridge & Boston written on it. The book is resting on the back of a couch that is covered with an orange paisley Indian bedspread. There is a little black and white cat snoozing next to the book.

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you!

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NowBaxter (she/her) @nowbaxter.bsky.social · 4h

Tip #1 for #antiAmazon days- get your audiobooks at Libro.FM! Huge selection AND yiu can choose to support your favorite brick/mortar indy store - mine’s @portersqbooks.bsky.social apps.apple.com/app/id105777...

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 4h

Happening now through Oct 11 for ##BannedBooksWeek all purchases from our Prison Book Program wish list will trigger a matching donation! share.google/O57nqZ9oQ2eM...

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #BookSky Are you still figuring out what you're doing for #BannedBooksWeek We'll help! Here's a framework for you:
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Here's what we mean...

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 1d

This Sunday, @mutualaidmamas.bsky.social is holding a workshop about mutual aid at @portersqbooks.bsky.social (Cambridge):

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Be the Change Workshop: What is Mutual Aid and How Do We Practice It?

Come as you are—no required materials—but if you would like some additional context, here are some supplementary materials we might reference in our conversation:

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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 1d

If you've been sighing and agreeing with @karenho.bsky.social's posts about how it's extremely goofy that we have to do laundry and run errands amid All This, you might like this thread.

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 1d

I know you're pretty much all experiencing this too, but I was working through a check list of stuff I need to promote (in this Banned Books Week of 2025) & just thrown for a minute at the dissonance of needing to keep the gears moving during this whole series of crises we're living through..

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Will A Vow in Vengeance be the next big thing in romantasy? Will it live up to all the glowing early reviews? Will you get a beautiful tarot-inspired tasseled bookmark if you preorder it from us? We don't know about the first two, but the third one is a definite yes!

A Vow in Vengeance by Jaclyn Rodriguez

Deadly tarot, wicked schemes, dangerous alliances . . . can you survive the Forge? Sexy, action-packed, and brimming with magic, A Vow in Vengeance is an unputdownable romantasy debut.

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 1d

So where I've landed in this moment (and then back to the to do list!) is that we are trying to run the store so that keeping the gears moving IS the fight for a better world. Don't know if we're doing it, but we're trying. Thanks for your support!

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 1d

and all of those attempts are made with the attitude that helping to build a just & equitable community in which all members have the opportunity to thrive AND selling enough books to pay the bills are not separate efforts. They're really just two angles towards the same potential abundance...

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 1d

just a series of attempts that have varying impacts on our community and our business. Some of those attempts will be visible to you, some won't, some will be more direct, others more about finding new ways to get great books to the readers who need them...

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 1d

PSB spends a lot of time talking about how best to serve our community both generally & in this specific moment knowing that it doesn't matter a whole lot what we want to contribute if we can't pay bills. Also knowing that there isn't really an answer to that problem...

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 1d

I know you're pretty much all experiencing this too, but I was working through a check list of stuff I need to promote (in this Banned Books Week of 2025) & just thrown for a minute at the dissonance of needing to keep the gears moving during this whole series of crises we're living through..

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

If you're looking to expand your reading horizons a bit, check our our Decolonize Your Reading book club. It's amazing how meaningful a conversation around a book can be. Next meeting is Saturday 10/18 at 11AM. RSVPs appreciated! portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-1...

Book Club: Decolonize Your Reading

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Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.myatproto.social · 2d

So you want to support living marginalized banned authors but your local banned books week displays and events are full of famous dead people?

Not to worry: your helpful non-binary bookseller is here to help!

A thread!

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2d

It's #BannedBooksWeek We had our Right to Read event last week, but there's tons of other stuff happening in Mass & around the country. Follow @massaabb.bsky.social & @authorsabb.bsky.social for events, actions, & other info!

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 4d

ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Of course, if you can't make it in, you can always order the weirdest book Josh read this year (maybe ever) here: portersquarebooks.com/book/9780811...
or a book about creating culture & community in the face of oppression here: portersquarebooks.com/book/9781964...

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 4d

What's the worst that could happen? You discover a book that completely shakes your understanding of reality revealing a powerful interconnectedness with the broader human project of meaningful life calling into question a number of received foundational values?

Brian's Ghostly Visage @priorplanning.life · 4d

Seems sus...

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 4d

It just seems like your weekend would be best served by taking a stroll (however you define "stroll") to your local bookstore, browsing for a bit, & chatting with a bookseller about what you should read next.

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Well, I'm sure you'll have it finished by the time we get ours on Tuesday!

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Wait. You got Shadow Ticket BEFORE we did? But, he's our guy!?!?!

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you! Hope you dig it!

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Saw a nice bump in orders for Close Reading from #BookSky (thank you!). Let's see if we can do that for Gendertrash from Hell. Do I need to articulate why a collection of zines made by radical trans activists is absolutely vital for our political moment? Well, not to you. :) Order this! Make zines!

Gendertrash from Hell: The First Print Collection of the Zen that Change Everything

"A breathtaking archive of our community ... An absolute vital work for a precipitous time." --Lilly Wachowski, co-director of The Matrix "Everything here is still relevant, vital, even crucial. Also? What a potent reminder to make a zine. You. Today. Interview your friends. Make a zine. What a gift." --Imogen Binnie, author of Nevada

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