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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.

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Wildest: Poems

This National Poetry Series–winning debut collection asks how we can make meaning in our lives during a time of ecological crisis and rampant social injustice

Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before December 1, 2026.

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Providential

Best-selling writer Colin Channer’s debut poetry collection tackles the unlikely literary figure of the Jamaican policeman.

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Justine Bateman — Book Soup (West Hollywood, CA)

6/4/26, 7:00pm

Justine Bateman presents Fame, in conversation with Steve Agee.

Adam Mansbach — Newtonville Books (Newton, MA)

6/8/26, 7:00pm

Adam Mansbach presents Go the Fuck to College, in conversation with Melissa Mohr, author of Holy Shit: A Brief History of Swearing.

The Thinning

What You Should Worry About

Fame: The Hijacking of Reality (Paperback edition)

Go the Fuck to College

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Grace

The reissue of Elizabeth Nunez’s moving exploration into trust, family, redemption, and love.

House of the Rising Sun

When Artie Howell moves with his wife back to her sleepy hometown, he must protect their son Nicky from the skeletons coming out of the closets from both of their pasts.

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