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Kenny Stills Limited Edition Package

This exclusive limited edition package includes an autographed copy of Still Growing, Still Learning, Still Me and a custom Comfort Colors T-Shirt.

This page is for the exclusive package. To order a regular copy of the book, follow this link.

Please be sure to select your T-shirt size in the drop-down menu below before selecting ADD TO CART. The default T-shirt option is small. If you don’t select an option from the drop-down menu below, you will get a small T-shirt!

Bedrock Faith

A deeply engaging debut novel about a morality clash in an insular Chicago neighborhood.

The Wishing Pool and Other Stories

Now in paperback, this blockbuster story collection further cements Tananarive Due’s status as a leading innovator in Black horror and Afrofuturism; featuring the 2023 World Fantasy Award–winning story, “Incident at Bear Creek Lodge,” and two new stories!

*While supplies last, books ordered through the website will include a bookplate SIGNED by Tananarive Due!

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Robyn Hitchcock — Exile in Bookville (Chicago, IL)

8/30/26, 5:00pm

Robyn Hitchcock presents Stranded in the Future, in conversation with Lior Phillips.

Virgin Islands Noir

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Day One: 2024 Was 1984 FAFO

Stranded in the Future

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Nairobi Noir (Kenya)

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o anchors this truly fascinating first East African installment in the Akashic Noir Series.

Day One: 2024 Was 1984 FAFO

The latest “naphic grovel” by rap legend Chuck D of Public Enemy explores how the year 2024 became the new, Orwellian 1984 in a large format, limited edition hardcover.

All preorders will ship on or before the November 10, 2026 publication date.

This page offers two LIMITED EDITION OPTIONS for Day One, one of which includes a priceless, one-of-a-kind original portrait of YOU by CHUCK D.

—Option 1. Choose the default option in the drop-down menu below for a $100 signed and numbered edition of Day One (only 800 available)

—Option 2. Choose the second option in the drop-down menu below for a $200 signed & numbered book PLUS an original “Sketchograph” portrait of YOU by Chuck D. All “Sketchograph” orders are nonreturnable.