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Welcome to the Seminary Co-op Bookstores! Since 1961 we have been providing the discriminating readers of the Hyde Park community and beyond with a venue for browsing the best the publishing world has to offer. Stop by one of our stores or order by phone, fax, e-mail, or through our website. We ship worldwide.
Since September 2008, we've been pleased to offer The Front Table, a web magazine carrying short essays from literary and university press editors, book reviews, and more.
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Recently, the Chicago Theological Seminary agreed to sell its long-time home at the corner of 58th and University to the University of Chicago. The U of C and the Seminary Co-op Bookstore have since received countless inquiries as to how this might affect the Co-op in the future. As of now, the best answer can be found at the University's FAQ for the purchase. There is also a follow-up article here.
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames
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Sedaris, David
"David Sedaris's ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art," ("The Christian Science Monitor") is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this remarkable new book.
Trying to make coffee when the water is shut off, David considers using the water in a vase of flowers and his chain of associations takes him from the French countryside to a hilariously uncomfortable memory of buying drugs in a mobile home in rural North Carolina. In essay after essay, Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life-having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow passenger on a plane or armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds-to the most deeply resonant human truths. Culminating in a brilliant account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris's sixth essay collection is a new masterpiece of comic writing from "a writer worth treasuring" ("Seattle Times").
Praise for When You Are Engulfed in Flames:
"Older, wiser, smarter and meaner, Sedaris...defies the odds once again by delivering an intelligent take on the banalities of an absurd life." --"Kirkus Reviews"
This latest collection proves that not only does Sedaris still have it, but he's also getting better....Sedaris's best stuff will still--after all this time--move, surprise, and entertain." --"Booklist" |
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The Seminary Co-op Bookstores are renowned for our tradition of excellence, our local focus and our selection. This webzine is intended as an online extension of that tradition, a lifeline to our members & friends throughout the world.
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