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New Developments At Labyrinth Books
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A lot is changing at Labyrinth Books:
At the beginning of November, we are opening a new store in Princeton. This will be the largest of our stores yet.
We are excited about having found a shared vision at Princeton of the
importance of an independent bookstore to intellectual and cultural
life. Like our store in New Haven,
the Princeton store is a fully independent community bookstore
celebrating thought, debate, and the life of the imagination and
serving all readers from child to seasoned scholar.
Also important news is the fact that we have sold our interests in
the store at Columbia University in order to concentrate on our new
projects. Our former partner, Chris Doeblin, now owns and
has taken on full responsibility for the store in Morningside Heights
under the new name of Book Culture.
This change will allow us to continue the work of what we
have been building and to keep our commitment to reading and the
printed word vital. Our two other stores (New Haven & Princeton), our
catalog, our website, and our wholesale book business are owned and
run exclusively by us. We wish Chris and Book Culture every success
in the still shared enterprise of creating and maintaining
independent bookstores against all odds as part of the fabric of
civil society.
1908
Birthday of French writer Simone de Beauvoir.
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Companion to Simone De Beauvoir by Card, Claudia, ed.
Simone de Beauvoir, Gender and Testimony by Tidd, Ursula
Tete-a-Tete by Rowley, Hazel
Long March by Beauvoir, Simone de
What Does a Woman Want? by Felman, Shoshana
America Day by Day by Beauvoir, Simone de
Ethics of Ambiguity by Beauvoir, Simone de
Philosophical Writings by Beauvoir, Simone De & Margaret A. Simons, ed.
Second Sex by Beauvoir, Simone de
Woman Destroyed by Beauvoir, Simone de & Patrick O'Brian, trans.
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1903
Birthday of African American novelist Zora Neale Hurston.
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Growing up Poor by Coles, Robert, et al.
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Hurston, Zora Neale
Lies and Other Tall Tales by Hurston, Zora Neale
Dust Tracks on a Road by Hurston, Zora Neale
Moses, Man of the Mountain by Hurston, Zora Neale
Mules and Men by Hurston, Zora Neale
Novels and Stories by Hurston, Zora Neale
Impossible Women by Rohy, Valerie
Harlem Renaissance and Beyond by Roses, Lorraine E.
Harlem Renaissance Reader by Lewis, David Levering, ed.
Signifying Monkey by Gates, Henry Louis
Cambridge Companion to the African American Novel by Graham, Maryemma, ed.
Sweat by Hurston, Zora Neale
Jonah's Gourd Vine by Hurston, Zora Neale
Seraph on the Suwanee by Hurston, Zora Neale
Cultures in Babylon by Carby, Hazel V.
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| Here, we feature books by authors whose freedom of expression has at one time or another faced a serious challenge. We also post news items concerning the urgent issue of First Amendment rights today. |
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James Baldwin
"Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated and this was an immutable law." -J.B.
"It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have." -J.B.
In 1963, Another Country was banned from the New Orleans Public Library because it was considered obscene. It was restored the following year. Blues for Mr. Charlie was challenged in 1980 in South Dakota because, it was claimed, "it tears down Christian principles." Go Tell it on the Mountain was challenged twice as recently as in the 1990s for its sexual content.
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Go Tell It on the Mountain by Baldwin, James
Going to Meet the Man by Baldwin, James
Just above My Head by Baldwin, James
No Name in the Street by Baldwin, James
Burning All Illusions by Giddings, Paula, ed.
Cambridge Companion to the African American Novel by Graham, Maryemma, ed.
Crisis of the Negro Intellectual by Cruse, Harold
Evidence of Things Not Said by Balfour, Lawrie
Exiled In Paris by Campbell, James
Father Songs by Wade-Gayles, Gloria, ed.
Homosexual by Altman, Dennis
Love in a Dark Time by Toibin, Colm
Native Sons: A Friendship That Created One of the Greatest Works of the 20th Century by Stein, Sol & James Baldwin
New Essays on "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by Harris, Trudier, ed.
Steve Schapiro by Shapiro, Steve
Stranger in the Village by Griffin, Farah J. & Cheryl J. Fish, eds.
Sweet Home by Scruggs, Charles
Talking at the Gates by Campbell, James
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