Peter Sotos & Publisher Chip Smith Discuss Controversy in Publishing 3/23

Published on February 2, 2013 0 Comments
Mar ’13
23
7:00 pm

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Marking the roughly simultaneous re-release of Peter Sotos’ Tool  and Mine, Sotos will appear at Quimby’s Bookstore with his publisher Nine-Banded Books founder, Chip Smith, to discuss the continuing role of independent publishers in curating controversial and overlooked literature.

“Peter Sotos is one of those rare writers who can say, ‘The words I write are me,’ or at least as close as anyone can come to communicating who they are in words.” –Thomas Ligotti, author of The Conspiracy against the Human Race

“For this latter-day homo sacer, wounds are not to be healed but poked and worried until they bleed. Sotos is literature’s outcast, carrying stigma like a rat carries plague.” –Mikita Brottman, author of Thirteen Girls

“…among the most important writing being done today.”
–Dennis Cooper, author of The Marbled Swarm

Peter Sotos is a Chicago-born writer whose work focuses on criminal psychology, sexual abjection, and the myriad aspects of pornography. (He was also an early member of the noise group Whitehouse.) Noted his unique literary style and his frank and insightful engagement with deeply disturbing subjects, Sotos’ writings are considered by many to stand as oblique social criticism. Sotos is the author of 11 published novels, including Index, Tick, Lordotics, Comfort and Critique, and Selfish, Little: The Annotated Lesley Ann Downey. He is also the editor of the Pure Filth, an annotated collection transcripts culled from the underground pornography of the late Jamie Gillis. Sotos’ writing has appeared in ANSWER Me!, Apocalypse Culture II, Funeral Party, and Ritual Sex.

And oh yeah, he often comes in to Quimby’s (always wearing a long coat) with records he bought around the corner at Reckless Records. One time it was a greatest hits from The Smiths, prompting us to fun of him.

For more info: ninebandedbooks.com and quimbys.com

Sat, March 23rd, 7pm – Free Event

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February Quimby’s Newsletter

Published on February 1, 2013 0 Comments

February News

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Quimby’s Podcast Episode #7 With Authors Adam Levin & Tim Kinsella

Published on January 30, 2013 0 Comments

Quimby’s Podcast Episode #7 With Authors Adam Levin & Tim Kinsella is now available for your listening pleasure. Adam you might know from his books Hot Pink and The Instructions Tim you might know from his book The Karaoke Singer’s Guide to Self-Defense, or because he’s in bands like Joan of Arc and Cap’n Jazz (among others). Adam and Tim did an event here. Then we conned them into talking to us about their work and each other, while trapped in the mysterious Quimby’s basement. You can listen to the podcast in a variety of places like finding it on I-Tunes, or download it or even stream it, with links at the the Quimby’s podbean site here.

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New Stuff This Week

Published on January 26, 2013 0 Comments

Public Life of Bees by Jessica Campbell (Oily Comics) $1.00 – Honey, hive got a feelin’ the whole town will bee buzzin’ about this new lil zzzzzzzzine from Jessica Campbell! -EF

Zines & Zine-Related
Alamo Igloo #11 by Keith G. Herzik $5.00
I Was Born With a Plastic Spoon in my Mouth by KE Bleier $5.00
Basic Paper Airplane #6 by Joshua James Amberson $3.00
Doom Spiral #5 Jan 13 by P. and Spaz $3.00
Vagina the Zine #7 Win 13 $4.00

Comics & Comix
Gray is Not a Color: True Tales From the Basement of the Mutter Museum at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia by Sally Madden $5.00
Accidental Salad by Joe Decie $7.99
RL Rosalie Lightning Comic by Tom Hart $4.00
86d vol 1 #1 $10.00
Boots and Pup #1 $2.99
Lights Please by Budnik $2.00
Sock by Box Brown $3.00
Lou #9 by Melissa Mendes (Oily Comics) $1.00
End of the Fucking World #14 by Charles Forsman $1.00
Blood Visions Part 1 by Zach Worton $1.00
Moose #14 by Max De Rodrigues (Oily Comics) $1.00
Islands #2 Brown Cover by Brendan Monroe $8.00

Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Tales Designed to Thrizzle vol 2 by Michael Kupperman (Fantagraphics) $24.99
Grammar of Rock: Art and Artlessness in 20th Century Pop Lyrics by Alexander Theroux (Fantagraphics) $28.99
Freddie Stories by Lynda Barry (D&Q) $19.95 – Reprinted in gorgeous hardcover.
Medusa by Kacy McKinney and Milissa Orzolek $17.00
Books of Magic Deluxe Edition by Neil Gaiman et al. $24.99
Feminism In the Worlds of Neil Gaiman: Essays On the Comics, Poetry and Prose by Tara Prescott et al. (McFarland) $35.00

Art & Design Books
Sheetz by Joe Roarty $20.00
Black Antoinette: The Work of Olaf Hajek (DGV) $60.00
Curiosity and Method:Ten Years of Cabinet Magazine $40.00
Metalheads: The Global Brotherhood by Jorg Bruggeman (DGV) $60.00
Mati and the Music: 52 Record Covers 1955-2005 A Book About Mati Klarwein $45.00

Fiction
Umbrella by Will Self $25.00
Pharmacists Mate and 8 by Amy Fusselman (McSweeneys) $14.00 – Two books in one!
Hot Pink by Adam Levin (McSweeneys) $14.00 – Don’t miss Hot Pink author Adam Levin on the most recent episode of the Quimby’s Podcast.
Last Girlfriend on Earth and Other Love Stories by Simon Rich $19.99 – This author is hilarious. For reals.
Tenth of December by George Saunders $26.00
Good Kids by Benjamin Nugent $23.00

Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
Lydia Lunch Interviews (Re/Search) $9.99 – Jump to the top of my winter reading list! -EF
Henry Rollins Interview (Re/Search) $9.99 – “…he got a Black Flag tattoo and some man who didn’t know who that was at some truck stop said, “Are you covering up your ex-wife’s name?” And he was like, “This is my ex-wife’s name.” And I was like “Oh damn, that’s what I’m talkin’ about.””
Full Service: My Adventures In Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars by Scotty Bowers and Lionel Friedberg $16.00
East Hill Farm: Seasons with Allen Ginsberg by Gordon Ball (Counterpoint) $18.95
Drinking With Men: A Memoir by Rosie Schaap $26.95
Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures by Edward Ball $29.95
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sean Kean $14.99
Miracles of Life: Shangai to Shepperton: An Autobiography by JG Ballard $25.95
Kingdom Come by JG Ballard $15.95

Druuuuuuuuugs
Cannabis Sativa vol 2 Essential Guide to the Worlds Finest Marijuana Strains by ST Oner and Mel Thomas (Green Candy Press) $20.00
Entheogens: Myth and Human Consciousness by Carl AP Ruck et al. (Ronin) $16.95

Magazines
Black Velvet #75 $9.00
Razorcake #72 $4.00
Mojo #231 Feb 13 $9.99
Hyphen #26 Spr 13 $7.95

Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
The Believer #96 $8.00
Literary Review vol 55 #4 Fall 12 $8.00
Specimen Magazine #4 $6.00
Midwestern Gothic #8 Win 13 $12.00
St Petersburg Review vols 4 and 5 $20.00
Ninth Letter vol 9 #2 Fall Win 12 13 $14.95
Flower and the Plough by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright $8.00

Politics & Revolution
Lucy Parsons: An American Revolutionary by Carolyn Ashbaugh (Haymarket) $16.00
Mexican Revolution: A Short History 1910-1920 by Stuart Easterling (Haymarket) $14.00
Occupy the Future by David B. Grusky et al. (MIT/Boston Review) $14.95
It’s No Good: poems / essays / actions by Kirill Medvedev (NPlusOne/Ugly Duckling Press) $16.00 – The author is a young Russian poet who in 2003 rejected the Moscow literary world for its corruption and irrelevance. In the years since, he has protested the Putin regime on the streets of Moscow, written long essays about the post-Soviet intelligentsia, and taken his poetry in new directions.
Adventures of Ed Tuttle, Associate Justice and Other Stories by Jay Wexler $10.00 – Don’t miss author Jay Wexler here at Quimby’s on March 30th! Stay posted to Quimbys.com for info. We also have his book Odd Clauses: Understanding Constitution Through 10 of Its Most Curious Provisions.

Gender Studies, Sex Guides & Culture
Queering Anarchism Addressing and Undressing Power And Desire by CB Daring et al. (AK Press) $19.95
The Feminine Mystique: 50 Years by BEtty Friedan $25.95

Sexy Sexy
Candid: How Do You Expose Yourself? by Benji Bright (Queer Young Cowboys) $5.99 – Ten anonymous interviews regarding gays and sex – a compulsive read in a satisfyingly voyeuristic pocket-paperback format.

Adult Movie Superstars vol 2 Eurozone Photos by Jack Hunter (Wet Angel) $24.95
The Big Book of Bondage Sexy Tales of Erotic Restraint by Alison Tyler (Cleis) $15.95
Handbook vol 7 #1 2013 $6.00

Other Stuff
Serious Business Celebrity Death Calendar 2013 $20.00

Justin Maurer Reads From Seventeen Television with Cassandra Troyan and Dave Roche 2/19

Published on January 24, 2013 0 Comments
Feb ’13
19
7:00 pm

In Justin Maurer’s new book Seventeen Television (Vol 1 Brooklyn), these mostly true stories ebb, flow and burn through heart breaking and illuminating moments in his life. Seven humor-filled tales delve into family crisis, dead-end jobs and international exploits. Through these lucid stories and their incendiary cast of characters, we follow him into equally dangerous and touching territory.

The work of Justin Maurer has been featured in such places as: The L.A. Record, Color Magazine, The Rumpus, Faster Times, Vice Spain, Maximumrocknroll, Razorcake and Vol 1. Brooklyn. He has been featured on podcasts and radio shows such as Life Before Wartime (KBOO), Cherry Blossom Clinic (WFMU) and Skid Row Radio. His first book, Don’t Take Your Life (Future Tense Books) received much critical acclaim. He has recorded and toured extensively with his punk bands Clorox Girls, Suspect Parts, LA Drugz and Maniac. He works and lives in Los Angeles.

Cassandra Troyan is an artist, writer, and filmmaker who is interested in getting blunted. She is the author of THRONE OF BLOOD (Solar Luxuriance 2013), and forthcoming in Fall 2013, The Things We Embody Are The Things We Destroy (Tiny Hardcore Press 2013). She curates the reading and performance series EAR EATER in Chicago, IL where she currently lives and works.

Dave Roche is the author of On Subbing and the zine About My Disappearance (among other things).

For more info:

justin-maurer.com

cassandratroyan.com

Tues, Feb 19th, 7pm – Free Event

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