Open Stacks brings you conversations with scholars, poets, novelists and activists on subjects as eclectic as the books on our shelves, from under-the-radar debates in the academy to pressing contemporary social issues, and from bestselling works of fiction to avant-garde poetics. Recorded live at Chicago's Seminary Co-op Bookstores, Open Stacks invites listeners to sit in on the kind of candid di... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 100 | Founded | 9 years ago |
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| Categories | BooksSociety & CultureArts | ||||
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On this special episode of Open Stacks, we hear from Jeff Deutsch, the Director of the Seminary Co-op Bookstores. Jeff's book, In Praise of Good Bookstores, came out from Princeton University Press this Spring, and Jeff has been traveling the country... more
On this episode of Open Stacks, the last of the fourth season, Mikki Kendall remembers a childhood at 57th Street Books and the reading that shapes her writing. We also hear from old friends Jack Cella and Colin McDonald, and from booksellers on the ... more
This time on Open Stacks, with Philip Leventhal, Elizabeth Branch Dyson, Paul Yamazaki, and Dan Wells, we ask what makes a book "serious." Booksellers Amélie, Annie, and Artemie share scholarly favorites.
We're releasing this episode during Univers... more
This time on Open Stacks: We explore the rabbit warren of the Co-op's original location in the old Chicago Theological Seminary with manager emeritus Jack Cella and veteran bookseller Katy O'Brien Weintraub, then emerge from the underground with arc... more
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- I LOVE THIS SHOW
I live in Virginia and this show helps me feel closer to this bookstore that I love so very much.
Apple Podcasts5jje2105
United States3 years ago - Outstanding!
Finally a way to hear the amazing conversations happening at one of the world’s best independent book stores, the cultural gem, Sem Coop!
Apple Podcasts5JonnyfyveUnited States7 years ago - One of a kind bookstore
Continue doing what you doing. It is great.
Apple Podcasts5HufjyjhvjhvjhUnited States9 years ago - So glad this exists
Just found out about this podcast after a visit to the bookstore. As a north side resident I'm so glad I can conveniently tune in to the great events seminary co-op bookstore is having.
Apple Podcasts5JxconnoUnited States9 years ago - always a joy
Top notch content!
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