Readings

Poetry Reading Featuring Courtney Faye Taylor in Conversation with Mercedes Lucero

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Concentrate: Poems (Paperback)

By Courtney Faye Taylor
$17.00
ISBN: 9781644452103
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Published: Graywolf Press - November 1st, 2022

Winner of the 2021 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, selected by Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Juliet Patterson, author of "Sinkhole," in conversation with Nikita Imafidon

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Content warning: Suicide and suicidal ideation, domestic violence

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Sinkhole: A Legacy of Suicide (Hardcover)

By Juliet Patterson
$25.00
ISBN: 9781571311764
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Published: Milkweed Editions - September 13th, 2022

Finalist for the 2023 Minnesota Book AwardA sublimely elegant, fractured reckoning with the legacy and inheritance of suicide in one American family.In 2009, Juliet Patterson was recovering from a serious car accident when she learned her father had died by suicide. His death was part of a disturbing pattern in her family.

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Threnody (Paperback)

By Juliet Patterson
$15.95
ISBN: 9781937658557
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Published: Nightboat Books - November 1st, 2016

Part lamentation, part ode, Threnody (the word originates from the Greek, threnos, "wailing" and oide "ode."), examines the beauty and violence of our present ecological moment with a lyric and meditative eye.

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The Truant Lover: Poems (Paperback)

By Juliet Patterson
$14.95
This book is hard-to-find or out of print and we may not be able to get it. Email for more details.
ISBN: 9780976718529
Published: Nightboat Books - March 15th, 2006

Poetry. Juliet Patterson incorporates the voices of Emily Dickinson, Lorine Niedecker, and Wallace Stevens, drawing into her stunning debut a fascination with the difficult, the improbable, and the uneasy. There is a quiet ferocity to mourn the world's injustice and a passion in her work expressing the perplexities of love, grace, and consciousness.

RESCHEDULED: Kenneth Spencer Lecture: An Evening With Ross Gay at Liberty Hall

This event has been rescheduled to April 24 at 7:00 p.m. Thank you for your patience!


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The Raven Book Store is partnering with The Commons at the University of Kansas for the Kenneth Spencer Lecture featuring Ross Gay! Book sales will be made available at this event by the Raven Book Store. This event is in-person only. Masks are recommended.

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Inciting Joy: Essays (Hardcover)

By Ross Gay
$27.00
ISBN: 9781643753041
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Published: Algonquin Books - October 25th, 2022

“BRILLIANT.” —Ada Limón, U.S.

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The Book of Delights: Essays (Paperback)

By Ross Gay
$17.99
ISBN: 9781643753287
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Published: Algonquin Books - August 16th, 2022

The New York Times bestselling book of essays celebrating ordinary delights in the world around us by one of America's most original and observant writers, award-winning poet Ross Gay.

As Heard on NPR's This American Life

“Ross Gay’s eye lands upon wonder at every turn, bolstering my belief in the countless small mir

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Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (Pitt Poetry Series) (Paperback)

By Ross Gay
$18.00
ISBN: 9780822963318
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Published: University of Pittsburgh Press - January 7th, 2015

Winner, 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award, poetry category
Winner, 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Prize
Finalist, 2015 National Book Award, poetry category
Finalist, 2015 NAACP Image Awards, poetry category

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude is a sustained meditation on that which goes away—loved ones, the seasons, the earth as we know it—

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Be Holding: A Poem (Pitt Poetry Series) (Paperback)

By Ross Gay
$17.00
ISBN: 9780822966234
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Published: University of Pittsburgh Press - September 8th, 2020

Winner, 2021 PEN/Jean Stein Award
Winner, 2021 Ohioana Book Award in PoetryWinner, 2022 Indiana Author Award in Poetry
Be Holding is a love song to legendary basketball player Julius Erving—known as Dr. J—who dominated courts in the 1970s and ‘80s as a small forward for the Philadelphia ‘76ers.

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Bringing the Shovel Down (Pitt Poetry Series) (Paperback)

By Ross Gay
$18.00
ISBN: 9780822961352
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Published: University of Pittsburgh Press - January 23rd, 2011

Bringing the Shovel Down is a re-imagination of the violent mythologies of state and power.

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Against Which (Paperback)

By Ross Gay
$16.00
ISBN: 9781933880006
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Published: CavanKerry Press - October 31st, 2006

An exploration of the various ways language can help us transcend both the banal and unusual cruelties which are inevitably delivered to us, and which we equally deliver unto others. These poems comb through violence and love, fear and loss, exploring the common denominators in each.

Tales of Diyonsus: An Evening of Reading and Translation with Stanley Lombardo, William Levitan, et al.

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Tales of Dionysus: The Dionysiaca of Nonnus of Panopolis (Paperback)

By William Levitan, Stanley Lombardo
$39.95
ISBN: 9780472038961
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Published: University of Michigan Press - August 15th, 2022

Tales of Dionysus is the first English verse translation of one of the most extraordinary poems of the Greek literary tradition, the Dionysiaca of Nonnus of Panopolis. By any standard, the Dionysiaca is a formidable work.

Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking with Author and Journalist Marianne Eloise

This is a virtual event! Register for the Crowdcast here.

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Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking (Hardcover)

By Marianne Eloise
$22.95
ISBN: 9781785788154
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Published: Icon Books - July 19th, 2022

Obsessive was, still is, my natural state, and I never wondered why. I didn't mind, didn't know that other people could feel at peace. I always felt like a raw nerve, but then, I thought that everyone did.

Writer and journalist Marianne Eloise was born obsessive.

An Inconvenient Apocalypse: Virtual Author Talk with Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen

Note: this is a virtual event! Click here to register. 

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An Inconvenient Apocalypse: Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity (Paperback)

By Wes Jackson, Robert Jensen
$24.00
ISBN: 9780268203665
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Published: University of Notre Dame Press - September 1st, 2022

Confronting harsh ecological realities and the multiple cascading crises facing our world today, An Inconvenient Apocalypse argues that humanity's future will be defined not by expansion but by contraction.

On Wanderlust and Vagabonding with Kansas Travel Author Rolf Potts

Legendary travel writer and Kansas native Rolf Potts returns to the Raven for the first time in years to share his brand new book The Vagabond's Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel. Audience Q&A will follow an author presentation; copies will be available for sale and signing. 

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The Vagabond's Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel (Hardcover)

By Rolf Potts
$28.99
ISBN: 9780593497456
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Published: Ballantine Books - October 4th, 2022

“Thought-provoking, encouraging, and inspiring” (Gretchen Rubin) reflections on the power of travel to transform our daily lives—from the iconoclastic travel writer, scholar, and author of Vagabonding

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Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel (Paperback)

By Rolf Potts, Timothy Ferriss (Foreword by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780812992182
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Published: Ballantine Books - December 24th, 2002

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • With a new foreword by Tim Ferriss • “Vagabonding easily remains in my top-10 list of life-changing books. Why? Because one incredible trip, especially a long-term trip, can change your life forever.

The Raven's 35th Birthday Bash: Release party for the 2nd edition of Danny Caine's "How to Resist Amazon and Why"

We're celebrating our birthday with a booked September events calendar!

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How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future! (Paperback)

By Danny Caine
$14.95
ISBN: 9781648411236
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Published: Microcosm Publishing - September 20th, 2022

RESCHEDULED: A virtual family event with Jordannah Elizabeth, author of "Astrology for Black Girls"

If you thought you missed this event, then think again! It's been rescheduled! RSVP here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/astrologyforblackgirls

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Astrology for Black Girls: A Beginner's Guide for Black Girls Who Look to the Stars (Hardcover)

By Jordannah Elizabeth, Chellie Carroll (Illustrator)
$14.99
ISBN: 9780762478576
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Published: Running Press Kids - September 13th, 2022

Astrology for Black Girls is a charming introduction to the wonders of self-discovery and empowerment through the Zodiac.

Astrology for Black Girls gives young girls information and context for the core foundations of the Zodiac. This book provides the perfect introduction to the sun, moon, rising signs, and more.

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