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If you're one of the millions dying to learn
how the seventh and final Harry Potter book
turns out, we can help. We'll be open at
midnight on July 21, so that you can get Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows as soon as
possible.
We're taking advance orders for the seventh
and final Harry Potter title, Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Our price
is $20.99, down from the list price of
$34.95. Stop in today and reserve your copy.
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Every month we like to draw some special
attention to a particularly worthy book, one
that really makes even jaded bookstore
employees want to stay up late reading. This
month our pick is Sara Gruen's novel Water
for Elephants.
Set during the Great Depression of the 1930s,
Water
for Elephants tells the story of a young
man who leaves his life as a Cornell
University veterinary student and joins the
circus after his parents are killed in an
automobile accident. The story is told as a
series of memories. The main character, Jacob
Jankowski, is in a nursing home and
reminisces about his time with the circus.
Water
for Elephants will also be the August
title for our Books & Bars meeting. Unlike
most months, August's meeting will be in our
store. Stop in for a lively discussion,
Tuesday, August 14, at 7 o'clock.
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What do you do with old books? If you don't
keep them or sell them, you might consider
throwing them in the tub and taking a
picture. At least you might if you're
photographer Cara Barer.
Barer soaked some old tomes and has posted two
series of the resulting photographs on her
website (here
and here.)
There are also some samples below.
Says the artist: "A random encounter on Drew
Street with the Houston Yellow Pages was the
primary inspiration for this project. After
that chance meeting, I began the search for
more books, and more methods to change their
appearance. I realized I owned many books
that were no longer of use to me, or for that
matter, anyone else. Would I ever need
Windows 95? After soaking it in the
bathtub
for a few hours, it had a new shape and purpose."
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It's an odd name for a literary prize--IMPAC;
and odder still when you know that it stands
for Improved Management Productivity and
Control. But the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
is a big deal. At 100,000 euros (about
$135,000), it's the richest award out there
for an author.
This year, 169 libraries around the world
nominated 138 novels for the prize. Nominees
included Slow
Man by J.M. Coetzee, Extremely
Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan
Safran Foer, No
Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy,
and Shalimar
the Clown by Salman Rushdie. But the
winner was a little-known Norwegian author
Per Petterson, for his novel Out
Stealing Horses.
And to bring it all back home, Petterson is
published in the US by the Twin Cities' own
Graywolf
Press. While they won't see any of the
money, the award again reminds the literary
world just how good Graywolf's judgment is.
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This month we have to bid a fond farewell to
our longtime neighbor Orr Books. After thirty
years, Charlie Orr has called it quits, and
Uptown is a little poorer for his leaving.
As the bookbuying options in Uptown narrow,
we're trying mightily to keep the
neighborhood's literary residents supplied
with all the reading material you need. We
already stock a large array of spiritual and
self-help titles, and would welcome your
suggestions for more titles in these areas.
Please let us know what you'd like to see on
our shelves. What did Orr Books stock that you'd
like us to put on the shelves? Email your
suggestions to us at books@magersandquinn.com
with what you'd like us to consider stocking.
Or tell us the next time you're in the area.
We need your input to help make this an even
better store for our customers.
In the meantime, we've just gotten a shipment
of over 1200 Orr-ish titles from Inner
Traditions, Bear & Co, Healing Arts, and
other similar publishers. These are great
books on yoga, spirituality, and health, and
they'll be on the shelves soon--and heavily
discounted, too.
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Join us in the store Wednesday, July 25, at
7:30pm, when Jonis Agee reads from her new
novel The
River Wife.
The
River Wife richly evokes the
nineteenth-century South at a time when lives
changed with the turn of a card or the flash
of a knife. Jonis Agee vividly portrays a
lineage of love and heartbreak, passion and
deceit, as each river wife comes to discover
that blind devotion cannot keep the truth at
bay, nor the past from haunting the present.
Jonis Agee is the author of ten books,
including four novels--Sweet
Eyes, Strange
Angels, South of Resurrection, and
The
Weight of Dreams--and five collections of
short fiction--Pretend
We've Never Met, Bend
This Heart, A .38 Special and a Broken
Heart, Taking
the Wall, and her most recent, a volume
of new and selected stories, Acts
of Love on Indigo Road, which won the
Gold Award from ForeWord magazine in 2004.
She is Professor of English and Creative
Writing at The University of Nebraska--Lincoln.
Jonis Agee owns twenty pairs of cowboy boots,
some of them works of art, loves the open
road, and believes that ecstasy and hard work
are the basic ingredients of life and
writing. Jonis Agee lived in St. Paul
Minnesota in the 70's and 80's. She taught
writing and English at the College of Saint
Catherine and was instrumental in the
building of the writing and publishing
culture of the Twin Cities.
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Join the Twin Cities' most unusual and
interesting book club. Books & Bars meets at
Bryant Lake Bowl, 810 W Lake St, in
Minneapolis. The next meeting is Tuesday,
July 10. Doors open at 6:00 and the
discussion begins
at 7:00. Come early for $2 beers and $3 wines
and food specials.
 This month's book is Pretty
Little Mistakes by Heather McElhatton.
Like the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books of
your youth, this book contains hundreds of
possible endings. Pick your favorite, debate
with your friends, and even meet the author
at this month's book club.And this month's event is particularly
special, because we will be joined by the
author herself. Meet Heather McElhatton, and
get your book signed.
Books &
Bars is not your typical book club. We
provide a unique atmosphere for a lively
discussion of interesting authors, fun
people, good food and drinks. You're welcome
even if you haven't read the book.
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There's always something new at Magers & Quinn. Stop in today or check our inventory on our website any time. We'll be back next month with more book news.
Until then,
David Enyeart
Magers and Quinn Booksellers
Write us:
info@magersandquinn.com
Call us:
612/822-4611
Or visit our website:
http://www.magersandquinn.com
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