McNally Jackson Bookmongers

Some call me a flake because I believe in the mysteries of the...

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:15:35 -0400

Some call me a flake because I believe in the mysteries of the universe, but c’mon— aisthēsis this— the alchemy of new nonfiction shelving. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

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Wed, 15 May 2013 13:44:43 -0400

Opening today, McNally Jackson Store: Goods for the Study 234...

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:17:04 -0400

Opening today, McNally Jackson Store: Goods for the Study

234 Mulberry St, 10012

Monday Through Saturday: 11am - 7pm

Sunday: 10am - 6pm

Thx @VanessaHudgens, #SelenaGomez, @AshBenzo, and...

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:03:00 -0400

Thx @VanessaHudgens, #SelenaGomez, @AshBenzo, and @DisneyChannelPR 4 helping get @harmfulkorine’s classic Crackup at the Race Riots back IP!

I know it’s kind of obvious to say that Paul Bowles missed...

Sat, 04 May 2013 15:40:10 -0400

I know it’s kind of obvious to say that Paul Bowles missed his true calling as a Greeting Card writer, but when somebody makes you a Sheltering Sky birthday card, this lamentable fact strikes you afresh. Oh what a loss to the world of culture, that this great artist never arrived at his proper medium!

One of these book titles is less incentivized than the rest.

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:28:04 -0400

One of these book titles is less incentivized than the rest.

slaughterhouse90210: “Whatever. Being neurotic seemed to be a...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:38:26 -0400

slaughterhouse90210:

“Whatever. Being neurotic seemed to be a kind of wild card, an all-purpose explanation.”
—Renata Adler, Speedboat

1. lol

2. Renata Adler will be speaking at your friendly (Park Slope) neighborhood bookshop, Community, tonight at 7pm. I’ll see you there, k?

3. Do you subscribe to our newsletter? Yes? You’re awesome. No? You should! Because if you did, you would have received, in your inbox this morning, “Our Choral Ode to Renata Adler”:

That bemused countenance, that horsewhip braid, that penchant for looking awry. Yep, we’re aswoon for Renata. Re-na-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Re. Na. Ta. We sketch her likeness in our spiral notebooks, adopt her patterns of speech, attempt her confident stance, wear belt-less jeans. We’d launch a 1,000 speedboats in her honor, if we had them. We don’t.

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And at independent booksellers like McNally Jackson in SoHo,...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:37:05 -0400

And at independent booksellers like McNally Jackson in SoHo, customers who want “The Great Gatsby” can purchase only the original: not a single copy of the new, cinematic edition will be for sale.

“It’s just God-awful,” Kevin Cassem, a bookseller at McNally Jackson, said on Tuesday. “ ‘The Great Gatsby’ is a pillar of American literature, and people don’t want it messed with. We’re selling the classic cover and have no intention of selling the new one.”

-http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/business/media/new-great-gatsby-book-carries-a-hollywood-look.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

(We love you Kevin.)

The book world seems to be taking a page from Hollywood these...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:34:54 -0400

The book world seems to be taking a page from Hollywood these days—our front table is full of sequels:

-Autobiography of Red 2: Pushing Maroon

-My Struggle 2: Still Strugglin’

-The Idea of Communism 2: Still Strugglin’

-The Orphan Master’s Son (Sequel to The Orphan Master)

Don’t worry, I’ve heard that it’s totally fine if you skip the first ones in the series.

Shit My Cats Read: The Evening Interviews: Sam Lipsyte

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:08:00 -0400

Shit My Cats Read: The Evening Interviews: Sam Lipsyte:

ATTENTION EVERYBODY THE GREATEST BOOK REVIEWERS/INTERVIEWERS OF OUR TIME ARE A PAIR OF INDOOR CATS BLOGGING FROM BEDSTUY, NY.

HERE THEY ARE (BELOW, REBLOGGED) INTERVIEWING GREAT CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN NOVELIST SAM LIPSYTE.

HERE THEY ARE INTERVIEWING GREAT CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN NOVELIST CHRIS KRAUS.

RICK MOODY, MEG WOLITZER.

THE BEST WORDS ON MARTIN AMIS YOU’LL EVER READ.

THE ONLY REVIEW OF INFINITE JEST THAT DOESN’T MAKE ME WANNA HURL.

SHIT MY CATS READ IS AWESOME. THE END.

shitmycatsread:

In this, the first in an ongoing series of interviews with contemporary authors, Uni and Chloe are joined in email-facilitated conversation by the incomparable Sam Lipsyte. (They previously reviewed his latest collection of short fiction, The Fun Parts, here. Now go buy all of…

I’m with Gwynie—everything’s fiiiiine, we all...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:57:43 -0400

I’m with Gwynie—everything’s fiiiiine, we all just need to relax, be a bit easier on ourselves. Have some kale salad! What’s everybody stressing out about?

Lolz these are our children’s section staff picks...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:08:42 -0400

Lolz these are our children’s section staff picks #soserious

“I love the laconic. Clearly, I am not of their number....

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:30:00 -0400

“I love the laconic. Clearly, I am not of their number. When animated conversations are going on, even with people interrupting one another, I have to curb an impulse to field every remark, by everybody, as though it were addressed to me. I have noticed this impulse in other people. It electrifies the room. It is resolved, sometimes by conversations in a foreign language. One thinks, it is my turn to try to say something, to make an effort. One polishes a case, a tense, a comment. The subject passes. Just as well. There are, however, people who just sit there, silent. A question is addressed to them. They do not answer. Another question. Silence. It is a position of great power. Talkative people running toward those silences are jarred, time after time, by a straight arm rebuff. A quizzical look, a beautiful face perhaps, but silence. Everyone is exhausted, drinks too much, snarls later at home, wonders about the need for aspirin. It has been that stubborn wall.”

-Renata Adler, Speedboat

Adler may not be of the laconic, but her signature definitely is. No need for sycophantic loops here, no performative dottings of i’s, no emotionally exaggerated crossings of t’s. Tight script, mostly legible, completely contained. That stubborn wall.

Autographed copies of Pitch Dark and Speedboat, on hand currently. Get them while they last.

There are times when intuition’s capacity for truth far...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:39:00 -0400

There are times when intuition’s capacity for truth far outweighs that of the intellect.

For example, according to rules, categories, and other dictates of rational thought, the Mick Jagger Biography does not belong in Science Fiction. But, at a baser, instinctual level, we know this is 100% correct.

The ripple effect. Staff picks:...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:06:00 -0400

The ripple effect. Staff picks: 10/19/12-03/15/13

10/19/12
9781584350347
I Love Dick
Chris Kraus
Semiotext(e), $15.95

“Feel like picking up a man? Read this book in public. Laugh. He has no clue what he’s walking into.” -Fiona

03/09/13
9781584350347
I Love Dick
Chris Kraus
Semiotext(e), $15.95

“Subtle, laugh out loud funny, surprisingly dark. Kraus’ nonfiction novel will make you want to fictionally stalk someone, for real.” -Rachel

03/15/13

I Love Dick

by Chris Kraus

9781584350347

MIT (Semiotexte), $15.95

“If you often think/say/feel too much then you too have probably loved a Dick.” -Landon

So many more staff picks here.

A lot of our snobbier co-workers like to play chess during their...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:59:00 -0400

A lot of our snobbier co-workers like to play chess during their breaks.

Daniel and I, on the other hand, like to take all the Biography books down and play a giant-sized game of Guess Who?

I know all you health-conscious intellects are angry that...

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:26:16 -0400

I know all you health-conscious intellects are angry that Bloomberg’s soda ban was overturned today, but the McNally Jackson fact-checkers have uncovered a correlation in the data that the liberal press may not have deigned to mention.

Looks like this is an another one of those supposedly black-and-white issues that’s actually gray.

After the second person nearly slipped, we decided it was time...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:16:32 -0500

After the second person nearly slipped, we decided it was time to put up a “Wet Stairs” sign. However, we here at McNally Jackson like to not only increase public safety, but teach people interesting facts they may not know about the elements they encounter everyday.

Check out our new display, Books on Longing. Desire being the...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:31:31 -0500

Check out our new display, Books on Longing.

Desire being the animating force of most narratives, we originally just stacked up every book in the store. But after we had to sheepishly reply to a customer’s query for Everybody Poops with “Over there, under the Sappho quote,” we decided we needed to curate a little.

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Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:03:33 -0500