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Inspiring dissertations and research worth exploring—a rotating spotlight on thoughtful scholarship.
This month at Time Being Books, a journalistic selection from: "Black Frankenstein: Race and political metaphor from Nat Turner to now" by Elizabeth Young
This article was originally published by Washington University in St. Louis's, The Common Reader, and reprinted in LAAB #4: THIS WAS YOUR LIFE!, published by Beehive Books, 2019.
LAAB Magazine is Ronald Wimberly's annual art tabloid on identity and visual culture. This issue concerns themes of death and environmental devastation, horror, hauntology, necropolitics, and the anthropocene. They ask what it means to die, and what it means to live - and what might have to die for a future to be born.
Click the link above to read the full article, or visit the shop in person to access our physical copy of LAAB #4.
Ain't No Favor: A Reading Service
In collaboration with Time Being Books, artist Sean Ripple is offering personal reading services for any title purchased from the shop’s collection for a small additional fee.
Like a personalized audiobook—that can be scheduled for your time lounging by the spring, or doing chores, or drifting off to sleep. Of course, your use of the service isn’t limited to these examples... these are merely suggestions.
Being read to is a lost luxury for many of us. Reclaim this indulgence today for a reasonable fee based on MIT’s living wage calculator. The service can be purchased in 15-minute increments ($11), or if you’d like, a full reading can be arranged for an agreed-upon rate.
Inquire during your next visit to Time Being Books.
Excerpt of the month
"The Book of Thoughts: An Encyclopedia of Laconic Quotations" by Tryon Edwards, D.D.
Published by F.B. Dickerson Co. Detroit, Mich. 1905.
Alphabetically arranged by subjects, this month's excerpt comes from page 47, under the subject, "BOOKS".