Open Stacks Podcast
1) Havens for the Heterodox: Seminary Co-op Director Jeff Deutsch on Good Bookstores
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 th...Show More
Havens for the Heterodox: Seminary Co-op Director Jeff Deutsch on Good Bookstores
11:42 | Jun 30th, 2022
2) Meeting Again: Mikki Kendall, Jack Cella, & Colin McDonald
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 Cell...Show More
3) Curiosity Is a Skill: On Reading Seriously
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 favori...Show More
4) A Cave with Windows: Bookstore as Building
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 We...Show More
5) At All Costs: Dave Eggers, Dan Wells, Ann Kjellberg, & Paul Yamazaki
On this episode, authors, publishers, editors and booksellers reflect on the value of their work, and what it takes to make a great bookstore thrive. Plus, an out-of-the-way reading list from our book...Show More
6) What's There and What's Not: A Visit to the Front Table
On this episode of open stacks: a ghostly tour of the Co-op's Front Table, from the hauntings of american history to life (and death) advice from Spinoza. For a list of books featured in this episode,...Show More
7) Escape Tunnel: Philip Leventhal on The Front Table
This time on Open Stacks we hear from Philip Leventhal, editor at Columbia University Press and veteran Co-opian, about the history of the famous Front Table catalog, in its print and digital forms. T...Show More
8) Place to Place: Katarzyna Bartoszyńska & Reuben Jonathan Miller
On this episode of Open Stacks with Katarzyna Bartoszyńska and Reuben Jonathan Miller, we trace paths between: academia and bookselling; Poland and Ireland; animal navigation and interpersonal knowled...Show More
9) A Land Without Trees: A Visit to the Front Table
On this episode of Open Stacks, books from the land of the ice and snow, from the midnight sun, where the hot springs flow. In the middle of the Summer, a stack of Front Table books from the heart(...Show More
10) Washing a Book: Elizabeth Branch Dyson, Eve Ewing, and Ann Kjellberg
On this episode of Open Stacks: a prismatic exploration of new releases at the Front Table, an editorial dialogue with Elizabeth Branch Dyson and Eve Ewing, and Ann Kjellberg on a life in publishing, ...Show More