Loganberry News September 2024 |
Cleveland Rocks. Cleveland Writes. I think that should be the new city motto. Did you see all the authors who participated in Author Alley?! (There were 75 of them, and we still have their books on hand!) Now, hot on the heels of Author Alley, September brings us Inkubator and the Anisfield-Wolf Awards, and reprise events with Laura Meckler and Cleveland Noir authors at Shaker Public Library. At Loganberry, we have a triple event this week with Lauren Pacini: a history talk about the Van Swerigan brothers, a photography exhibition, and a book signing. (Speaking of the Van Swerigans, please attend the Shaker Square Vision Plan on 9/19 4-7PM in the former Dewey’s on the Square.) We’ll also have 3 authors in-store for a talk on new nonfiction, and a Community Book Club Open House at the end of the month. Hope to see you there! |
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Lauren Pacini: Empire Builders: An Illustrated History of the Rise and Fall of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers Thursday, September 5, 6PM ~in-store~ |
There will be a meet and greet with in the Gallery from 6-7pm, followed by a talk about the process of researching and writing this book about Shaker Heights' famous founding brothers in LitArts from 7-8PM. |
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Laura Meckler: Dream Town Thursday, September 5, 7PM ~at the Shaker Heights Main Library (16500 Van Aken Boulevard)~ |
Cosponsored by the Shaker Historical Society and Shaker Heights Public Library, Laura Meckler will discuss the process of researching her book, now available in paperback, Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity. Laura will focus on primary source materials she used from Shaker Library’s Local History Collection and elsewhere, and will discuss the methods she used in researching the story. Attendance is free but please register in advance. |
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Jennifer Kabat & Laura Marris: The Eighth Moon & The Age of Loneliness Friday, September 6, 7PM ~in-store~ |
Jennifer Kabat's memoir The Eighth Moon intertwines the story of her move to the Catskills with her new home's history. Laura Marris's debut essay collection, The Age of Loneliness explores isolation between and among species. Side by side, both books plumb deep questions of how we might both survive and make a more survivable future in the face of ecological and social catastrophe. |
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Eve Driver: What We Can't Burn Thursday, September 12, 3:30-5:30PM ~in-store~ |
Drop by for a meet-and-greet signing with author Eve Driver. Come when you can, leave when you must.
Eve was a fossil fuel divestment activist from Massachusetts; Tom was a clean energy entrepreneur from a rural village in Kenya. They met at Harvard, launching a journey in which their conflicting perspectives almost tore their unlikely friendship apart. Set in both Kenya and the United States, What We Can't Burn is a singular testament to the power of dialogue, humor, and friendship to help us find our place among the many currents of change-making that cut across the world today. |
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Cleveland Noir: One Year Later Wednesday, September 18, 6:30PM ~at the Shaker Heights Main Library (16500 Van Aken Boulevard)~ |
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Inkubator Keynote Edwidge Danticat, "Create Dangerously" Saturday, September 21st, 11AM ~at the Cleveland Public Library-Louis Stokes Wing (525 Superior Avenue)~ |
Edwidge Danticat is the author of several books, including Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection, Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist, Everything Inside, a Reese’s Book Club selection and is a National Book Critics Circle Awards winner, among many other awards. She teaches at Columbia University. |
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Book Clubs & Discussion Groups |
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Murmurations Yoga Book Club Friday, September 6, 6PM ~at Abide Yoga (13001 Larchmere Blvd)~ |
Our neighbors at Abide Yoga (2 doors down from us on Larchmere) host Murmurations, a monthly hybrid yoga class and book club, and we offer participants 10% off featured titles!
What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte (published by Cleveland-founded Belt Publishing!) tackles stereotypes of Appalachian people that center whiteness and conservatism, showing the region to be more diverse and complicated than certain politicians claim. |
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Story Time for Toddlers Wednesday, September 11th, 11AM ~in-store, second Wednesdays~ |
For kids ages 1-4 years old, Story Time for Toddlers will feature classic picture books old and new, read aloud by Morgan (subbing for Nanny Patricia). Story Time for Toddlers is a completely free event and all are welcome to attend. This month, we'll be reading City Beet by Tziporah Cohen. |
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Rebel Readers Book Club Sunday, September 15, 3PM ~in-store, third Sundays~ |
September's discussion looks at the book chosen for the postponed July meeting.
Join hosts Dahlia Fisher & Felicia Haney, women from different backgrounds with shared values, lifting the voices of diverse authors writing about race, religion, culture, sexuality, and intersectionality through a variety of genres including poetry, essays, short story collections, fiction and memoir. |
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Queer Book Club Thursday, September 19, 7PM ~in-store and via Zoom~ |
This month, we will be reading Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H, about a queer hijabi Muslim immigrant surviving her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from stories in the Quran. All are welcome to attend in person or via Zoom - Please register for Zoom participation before 5PM on the day of the meeting. |
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Book Club Open House Sunday, September 29, 1-3PM ~in-store~ |
For solo readers looking for a club, or looking to start a new club! For closed book clubs looking for new titles & tips! For open book clubs looking for new members! Attendance is free but please register in advance by 9/27.
Our new Book Club Open House is a special afternoon for social readers: a meet-and-greet for many clubs, with book recommendations, special discounts, networking & a keynote talk by Danny Caine, poet, bookseller, Lit Cleveland staffer, and author of How to Resist Amazon and Why and How to Protect Bookstores and Why. |
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NOBS Forums Charles Dickens in America: Bringing to Light a Previously Unrecorded Gem at the Kelvin Smith Library Thursday, September 26, 7PM ~in-store and via Zoom~ |
William Claspy, team leader for University Archives and Special Collections at the Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western Reserve University, will give an overview of the manuscript letters in the library's collection, and a detailed description of one recent addition to their holdings: a previously unpublished letter written by Charles Dickens, which he wrote during his first visit to America in 1842. |
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Broadsides & Ephemera Featured Reader: John Kropf Thursday, September 12, 7PM ~in-store~ |
Midwestern Heart is John Kropf's first collection of poetry. He is the author of two previous books, Color Capital: Growing Up With The Legacy of a Crayon Company, winner of BGSU's Local History Award, and Unknown Sands: Travels in the World's Most Isolated Country. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Middle West Review, and elsewhere. He is a member of the Society of Midland Authors. He was born and raised in Erie County, Ohio and now works in the DC area where he lives with his wife and daughter. |
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Lit Cleveland Inkubator: Create Dangerously Free Writing Conference Friday, September 20-Saturday, September 21 ~at the Cleveland Public Library-Louis Stokes Wing (525 Superior Avenue)~ |
Literary Cleveland's Inkubator Writing Conference is one of the largest free writing conferences in the country, providing workshops, craft talks, panel discussions, readings, and more to empower writers, celebrate literary excellence, and amplify diverse voices. Loganberry will be there, and we hope to see you, too.
The theme of the 10th annual Inkubator is “Create Dangerously." The main event is a two-day in-person conference, featuring writing workshops, craft talks, panel discussions, a book fair with regional literary presses and organizations, breakout meetings by genre, an evening dinner and open mic, and an afterparty reading. |
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Collectible Pick Player-Manager by Lou Boudreau |
Lou Boudreau was not only the manager of the Cleveland's manager during their 1948 World Series championship, he was also a star player. His memoir of a life in baseball offers an exciting behind-the-scenes look at the making and running of a winning team.This signed first edition is a perfect pick for fans of Cleveland baseball!
Browse our ever-expanding collectible listings here, or email wendy@logan.com for a personalized suggestion for any budget! |
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This September, books in our Cooking section are 20% off. Spanning the globe, these range from traditional recipes, to updates on old classics, to vintage volumes, and more. They're all on sale! |
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Indie Press Highlight Two Lines Press |
Two Lines Press is the publishing arm of the nonprofit org Center for the Art of Translation (CAT -- hence their cute logo!). Two Lines takes their name from their commitment to giving the hard-working, expert translators who translate books into English a credit line on the covers of all their books, right alongside the author's name. Two Lines is committed to bringing exciting, daring works of literature from around the world to English-language readers in the US, and their list offers a treasure trove for the adventurous reader looking to read beyond our borders! |
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Loganberry booksellers' favorite Narrative Nonfiction reads |
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Devon recommends Tar Hollow Trans by Stacy Jane Grover. "This is a collection of essays, by an Ohio author, about culture and identity regarding queerness and Appalachia. The essays cover topics like coming out, justifying one's identity, different types of grief, and transformation of both the land and the body." |
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Elisabeth recommends Traces of Enayat by Iman Mersal (trans. Robin Moger). "I was utterly enchanted by this gem of a twined biography-memoir about long-forgotten Egyptian feminist novelist Enayat al-Zayyat by Egyptian poet Iman Mersal, translated from the Arabic by Robin More. It offers a personal, refracted look at life in a time and a place I know little about--post-Revolutionary Egypt in the 1950s. But it also offers the precious intimacy of translated nonfiction, where a great thinker, rather than trying to educate (or convince) a foreign audience, writes with the complexity and ambiguity of one at home with her readers." |
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Harriett recommends The Great River by Boyce Upholt. "The history of the Mississippi River is as long and winding as the river itself. Boyce Upholt unpacks this history from early CE days with indigenous peoples who lived along side the river, the European settlers who tried to traverse and map it, Americans who made their living off of it, and the Army Corps of Engineers who try to control it. The saga is a sublime history of the United States itself, as well as a natural history and climate study. It's also an excellent read to follow Percival Everett's James." |
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Julie recommends Meaty by Samantha Irby. "Irby is a fabulous humorist - I had so much laughter while reading this and her other books. For someone who's looking for something less serious to read!" |
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Preeya recommends A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid. "Kincaid's lyrical, flowing prose doesn't disguise that this book has teeth; it's an unflinching narrative that you can't look away from. She effortlessly moves from reflecting on her own life and childhood to pointing an analytic eye towards the inner workings of contemporary Antigua, all under the ever present, ever evolving shadow of global colonialism." |
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Sarah recommends The Quickening by Elizabeth Rush. "I could not put it down. It’s a memoir about a woman journalist on a ship going to Thwaites, an enormous glacier in the Antarctica, where they hope to do tests that will help determine how quickly climate change is affecting us. Along with narrative story-telling, fascinating details, and interviews with the scientists and crew, are Rush’s thoughts about becoming pregnant, and how having a child might (or might not) affect global warming." |
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Toni recommends The Dead Don't Need Reminding by Julian Randall. "Bojack Horseman + Jordan Peele + the search for a charismatic white-passing grandfather + frank discussion of mental illness + humor, joy, and a supple, inventive poetic voice (and so much more) = this compulsively readable collection of braided essays about being a "Living Queer Black author" in America today." |
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Wendy recommends My Broken Language by Quiara Alegría Hudes. "Hudes peels back the curtain on life in a tight-knit Puerto Rican family whose members express their love for each other in music, dance, and food, and where broken language is made whole by music and rhythm, by writing and reading, and by cherishing the bodies we inhabit. Truly one of the best books I have read in a long time!" |
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Thanks for reading, Harriet & all the Loganberries |
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