Featured: Two By George Saunders

Pastoralia
Paperback

“Artful and sophisticated. . . .truly unusual. Imagine Lewis’s Babbitt thrown into the back seat of a car going cross-country, driven by R. Crumb, Matt Groening, Lynda Barry, Harvey Pekar or Spike Jonze. That’d be a story Saunders could tell.” —The New York Times




The Very Persistent Gappers Of Frip
illustrated by Lane Smith
Hardcover

"Three families live in the seaside village of Frip—the Romos, the Ronsens, and a little girl named Capable and her widowed father. The townspeople of Frip make their living raising goats, but they must fight off a daily invasion of gappers, bright orange, many-eyed creatures that cover goats and stop them from giving milk. When the gappers target Capable’s goats, the Romos and the Ronsens turn their backs on the gapper-ridden Capable. What will Capable do about her gapper plague? An imaginative tale accented with haunting illustrations, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip is an adult story for children, a children’s story for adults, an oceanside fable for the irremediably landlocked, a fish story for loaves, and a fable about the true meaning of community."




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Featured: Two By Dick Higgins & Bern Porter

Two collections of Dick Higgins Fluxus tomfoolery, illustrated by Bern Porter




Die Fabelhafte Getraume Von Taifun Willi (out of print)
Abyss Press, 1970 (1970)
Paperback






City With All The Angels (out of print)
Unpublished Editions, 1974
Paperback




These books, and thousands of others, can be purchased from:

Brickbat Books
709 South Fourth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147

215 592 1207

Open:
Tuesday: thru Saturday, 11am to 7pm
Sunday: 11am to 6pm
Closed Monday

New Arrivals: Classic Children's Books

The Dead Bird
Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Remi Charlip
Hardcover, illustrated boards (out of print)




Moose, Goose & Little Nobody
Written & illustrated by Ellen Raskin
Hardcover, illustrated boards (out of print)




Sam And Emma
Donald Nelson, illustrated by Edward Gorey
Hardcover, illustrated boards (out of print)




Seeds & More Seeds
Millicent Selsam, illustrated by Tomi Ungerer
Hardcover, illustrated boards (out of print)





These books, and thousands of others, can be purchased from:

Brickbat Books
709 South Fourth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147

215 592 1207

Open:
Tuesday: thru Saturday, 11am to 7pm
Sunday: 11am to 6pm
Closed Monday

Featured: Aspen Magazine In A Box 5+6: The Minimalism Issue

Aspen Magazine In A Box Issue 5+6
All 28 listed items are present including all advertisements.
Rare and out of print

New Arrivals: Two Classic Penguin Thurbers

The Thurber Album






The Thurber Carnival




These books, and thousands of others, can be purchased from:

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215 592 1207

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Tuesday: thru Saturday, 11am to 7pm
Sunday: 11am to 6pm
Closed Monday

Event: Madonna & Me

Sunday, March 25th,6 pm
at
Brickbat Books:

Madonna & Me,
A Reading

Come hear old Brickbat buddy Kristin McGonigle & pals get all reflective about the Queen of Pop!

Editor Laura Barcella hosts five readings from the new anthology, Madonna & Me. Readers include Kristin McGonigle, Shawna Kenney, Kelly Keenan Trumpbour, Dana Rossi, and Maria Raha.

"For nearly 30 years, Madonna has been at the center of the media spotlight. She has sold more than 200 million records worldwide, launched her own record label, headlined an Oscar-award-winning film, authored bestselling books for both adults and children, inspired global street-fashion trends, and instigated international debates over a range of feminist issues from sexual fetish to adoption ethics. Masterfully harnessing her talent and power to navigate her ascent to stardom, she has become the very definition of iconic.
She has also been a constant companion. In "Madonna and Me, " more than forty women write about Madonna's influence on their lives. No subject goes unexplored--from sex and money to fashion and identity, the stories are just as brazen, bold, and balls-to-the-wall as Madonna. They explore the evolution of her chameleonlike personas--material girl and "boy-toy" tartlet, kooky Kabbalist and savvy businesswoman, siren and mother--and her impact on culture as a groundbreaking feminist.
Of course, not all women worship at her altar, and likewise the essays in "Madonna and Me" are brutally honest, funny, engaging, and real. They delve into the hearts, souls, memories, and moments of contemporary women, celebrating the ways in which Madonna has inspired us and challenged us, pushing us to be bolder, edgier, braver versions of ourselves."

New Arrivals: McSweeney's

...just got in about a dozen back issues of McSeeney's Quarterly Concern, all priced between $10-15.