The Seminary Co-op Bookstores

Join us this Sunday, November 3rd at 3:00pm CT for a conservation with Ken Krimstein on "Einstein in Kafkaland" from Bloomsbury Publishing.

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For any history buffs on your list, here's a sneak peak of some of our picks featured in our 2024 Holiday Gift Guide. Stay tuned!

Join us this Friday, November 1st at 6:00pm CT for a conversation with Emrah Yildiz on "Zainab's Traffic" from University of California Press. He will be joined in conversation by Alireza Doostdar.

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Join us this Thursday, October 31st at 6:00pm CT for a conversation with Kenny Cupers on "The Earth That Modernism Built." He will be joined in conversation with Andrei Pop and Cecilia Resende Santos.

Presented in partnership with the University of Chicago Department of Art History.

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Join us this Wednesday, October 30th at 6:00PM for a conversation with Colombe Schneck on "Swimming in Paris" from Penguin Random House. She will be joined in conversation with Aimée Laberge. A Q&A and signing will follow the discussion.

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On this week’s Front Table, consider a world of obsession and betrayal. Examine stories of adventurers from every corner of the globe in search for the unknown, then wrangle a chaotic news feed into a coherent story that singles out what we should pay attention to. Explore poetry that is full of tenderness and violence, longing and love, followed by the art and science of keeping and revealing secrets. Find these titles and more by tapping the link in our bio!
Semiotext(e) Grove Atlantic Alfred A. Knopf The MIT Press W. W. Norton & Company
Penguin Books Verso Books

Join us this Wednesday, October 30th at 6:00PM CT for a conversation with Colombe Schneck on "Swimming in Paris" from Penguin.

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Join us this Tuesday, October 29th at 6:00pm for a discussion with Jonathan Elmer about "In Poe's Wake: Travels in the Graphic and the Atmospheric" from University of Chicago Press. He will be joined in conversation by Jennifer L. Fleissner. A Q&A and signing will follow the discussion.

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Join us on Monday, October 28th at 6:00pm CT for a conversation with Celia Imrie on "Meet Me at Rainbow Corner" from Bloomsbury Publishing. She will be joined in conversation by Fidelis Morgan.

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For groundbreaking and revelatory titles from Black writers about Black life, history, and culture; keep your eyes open for our upcoming Holiday Guide 2025!

Join us on Monday, October 28th at 6:00pm for a conversation with Celia Imrie on "Meet Me at Rainbow Corner" from Bloomsbury Publishing. She will be joined in conversation by collaborator, Fidelis Morgan. They will be introduced by Sara Paretsky. A Q&A and signing will follow the discussion.

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Join us this Sunday, October 27th at 3:00PM for a conversation with Judit Prat Martí on "Chicago in Color" from Trope Publishing Co. A Q&A and signing will follow the discussion.

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Join us this Sunday, October 27th at 3:00PM CT for a conversation with Judit Prat Martí on "Chicago in Color" from Trope Publishing Co.

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From a tumultuous journey of house-sitting to Hollywood dreams, to a soulful exploration of home and belonging, to the complex emotional lives of grieving brothers, we're sure you've heard about these bestselling novels already—but we're here to remind you. Browse our annual Holiday Gift Guide for the most anticipated reads from this year (and next). Assembled by your neighborhood booksellers, stay tuned for our 2025 Holiday Gift Guide, coming to you this winter.

From a tumultuous journey of house-sitting to Hollywood dreams, to a soulful exploration of home and belonging, to the complex emotional lives of grieving brothers, we’re sure you’ve heard about these bestselling novels already—but we’re here to remind you. Browse our annual Holiday Gift Guide for the most anticipated reads from this year (and next). Assembled by your neighborhood booksellers, stay tuned for our 2025 Holiday Gift Guide, coming to you this winter.

Join us this Friday, October 25th at 6:00pm CT for a conversation with Timothy Morton on "Hell: In Search of a Christian Ecology" from Columbia University Press. He will be joined in conversation by Liam Heneghan.

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On October 28th at 7:30PM, spend an evening of nearly impossible-to-describe strangeness, whimsy, and hilarity with the one and only, Jenny Slate. As she reads you pieces from LIFEFORM – her brand new book of essays – join Jenny on a journey through all of the relatable phases of life from heartbreak to true love to pregnancy, parenthood, not to mention all of the tiny, odd details that make up a life.

The actor, comedian, co-creator of Marcel the Shell, and New York Times bestselling author will host an evening complete with a live reading, a moderated conversation, and an audience Q&A. Tickets to this event will also include a signed copy of LIFEFORM.

Purchase Tickets Here: https://athenaeumcenter.org/events/2024/jenny-slate/

Join us this Thursday, 10/25 at 6:30pm CT for a conversation with Wendy Pearlman on "The Home I Worked To Make" from Liveright Publishing. She will be joined in conversation by Chris Blattman.

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Join us this Thursday, Oct. 24th at 6:30pm for a conversation with Wendy Pearlman on "The Home I Worked To Make" from Liveright Publishing. She will be joined in conversation by Chris Blattman. A Q&A and signing will follow the discussion.

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An exciting announcement from our friends at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre!

Seminary Co-op customers can get 50% off on tickets to their new production of “Pericles” if they book before the end of October! Tap the link in our bio to learn more!

On this week’s Front Table, consider the turkey – and alternative ways of honoring the bird this season. Follow that with a discovery of the political alchemy behind 230 years of development in American foreign policy and the motley crew of thinkers, movers, and shakers behind the Oxford English Dictionary. Come back to Camus with the Eris Press print of his classic and timely analysis of modernity in postwar Europe. From poetry that tenderly uproots intergenerational trauma and loss to reviving neglected interpretations of women in iconography to the viscerally alive and preserved short stories from a groundbreaking modernist, find these titles and more by tapping the link in our bio.
Harvard University Press
Seagull Book
Princeton University Press
Columbia University Press
Vintage Books & Anchor Books
McNally Editions
Duke University Press

Check out this lineup of amazing author events this week at the Co-op and beyond!

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Join us this Wednesday, Oct. 23rd at 6:00pm for a conversation with Srikanth Reddy on "The Unsignificant" from Wave Books. He will be joined in conversation by Edgar Garcia. A Q&A and signing will follow the discussion.

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Join us this Wednesday, 10/23 at 6:00pm CT for a conversation with Srikanth Reddy on "The Unsignificant" from Wave Books. He will be joined in conversation by Edgar Garcia.

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Join us this Tuesday, October 22nd at 6:00pm CT for a conversation with August Clarke on "Metal From Heaven," his adult fantasy debut from Erewhon Books. They will be joined in conversation by Tamara Jerée.

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