tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522042293011182262024-02-19T10:12:08.112-05:00food for thought bookswe're a workers' collective. this is our blog.matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126227957015837519noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-71822869241681649722012-03-21T07:35:00.003-04:002012-03-25T15:48:01.855-04:00Happy Spring!Happy Spring everyone!As some of you might have noticed, this blog has been pretty dead as of late. To be honest, we simply have been too strapped for time & energy as of late and, really, you need both time & energy to create the kind of good writing that makes for a good blog.So, in the meantime, please visit us at our other online hangouts. If we decide to kick this thing into gear FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-86494421419532545282011-11-07T21:55:00.000-05:002011-11-12T15:57:18.575-05:00Toast & Jam: Celebrating 35 Years at Food For Thought Books!This upcoming Saturday! Be there!FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-54564784999265290702011-11-01T05:18:00.002-04:002011-11-06T06:23:20.092-05:00TRGGR Radio Fridays at FFT!Come listen to the ever-awesome TRGGR Radio in the company of friends and neighbors as we keep the bookstore open 'til 8:00pm on Fridays in November! FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-36784982401645260762011-10-18T19:20:00.001-04:002011-11-11T07:40:34.831-05:00Not Under My Roof: a reading & booksigning with Amy SchaletJoin us for a reading & discussion of Amy Schalet's new book Not Under My Roof: Parents, Teens, and the Culture of Sex on November 14th at 7:00pmFor American parents, teenage sex is something to be feared and forbidden, and sex is often a source of family conflict. In the Netherlands, where teenage pregnancies are far less frequent than in the United States, parents aim above all for family FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-73062231921424529732011-10-16T19:41:00.000-04:002011-11-11T07:43:37.683-05:00Consensus - Direct Democracy @ Occupy Wall StreetThis is how we roll... collectivity & consensus for the win!FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-17584455289149201102011-10-12T10:35:00.001-04:002011-11-11T07:37:24.805-05:00Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives - Beta TestDid you know that October is National Cooperative month? What is a cooperative, anyway?Join us to learn about cooperatives, and play Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives! Drop by and take a peek, stick around and play with your friends.Co-opoly is a creative and exciting educational game designed for the growing cooperative movement. Co-opoly is more than just a board game. It is an innovativeFFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-79383890881933725862011-10-07T07:25:00.000-04:002011-11-11T07:34:55.124-05:00Christian Parenti: Tropic of ChaosWe are excited to invite you to a reading and discussion with noted author and journalist Christian Parenti on his new book Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence on November 11, 2011 at 7:00pm.From Africa to Latin America to Asia to North America, how is climate change fueling conflict? What impacts do rising sea levels, intensifying droughts, increasing floods, FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-31704547504338042592011-10-02T05:31:00.000-04:002011-11-11T07:34:05.639-05:001493: A Reading & Talk with Charles MannJoin us for a reading and discussion with local author Charles Mann about his new book 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created this upcoming Thursday, October 27th at 7:00pm.Mann's new book picks up where his previous work, 1491—the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas— left off and presents a deeply engaging new history of the most momentous biological event since the FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-81833297156531851642011-09-30T18:05:00.001-04:002011-09-30T19:00:35.569-04:00Happy Birthday VAWC!Happy Birthday, Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives! We love you!FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-19235952960576052592011-09-25T12:00:00.005-04:002011-09-25T14:56:28.518-04:00Volunteer at Food For Thought Books!Volunteering is a fun and easy way to support Food For Thought Books. It helps keep our costs down, frees up time for staff to work on specific tasks, and builds community around the store.Volunteers also get a sweet discount on everything in the store (bibliophiles, take note!).Click here for more details!FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-30295065064264286012011-09-18T13:42:00.001-04:002011-09-25T14:07:30.729-04:00Justin Vivian Bond's Tango - A Book ReviewA good review of Bond's upcoming memoir: TangoProblematic coverage of the book aside, I loved Tango. Kate Bornstein said it best when she wrote, “…Tango is like listening to your favorite eccentric cousin or auntie tell you hair-raising tales…Justin Vivian spins a one-of-a-kind story that you won’t be able to put down.” She nailed it on both accounts: the book feels incredibly FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-48510449849073709382011-09-14T14:08:00.004-04:002011-11-12T15:58:17.962-05:00Baby's Got BookYou know it's true...Thanks, Rhymes With Orange & Lily Library! That was a good chuckle :)FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-46997468768280974092011-09-08T14:13:00.000-04:002011-09-25T14:25:36.582-04:00Call out to Local Artists!A call out to local artists: our right-side window is available to display your work! Click here to submit a proposal to our artists in the window series!FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-15619082898975531762011-09-06T16:26:00.001-04:002011-09-25T14:35:26.021-04:00David Graeber Interview - Debt: The First 5,000 YearsExcellent interview with anarchist anthropologist David Graeber about his new book Debt: The First 5,000 YearsWhat’s been happening since Nixon went off the gold standard in 1971 has just been another turn of the wheel – though of course it never happens the same way twice. However, in one sense, I think we’ve been going about things backwards. In the past, periods dominated by virtual credit FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-54879084062644509532011-09-06T12:10:00.002-04:002011-09-25T14:57:28.976-04:00Welcome Back Students!Welcome back students! Best of luck in this upcoming semester - remember: Food For Thought Books is here for you whether it's finding a book, helping you with a project, or just a comfy couch on a rainy day.Come by & visit us soon - we've missed you!FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-72308106110667586972011-08-12T14:32:00.006-04:002011-08-14T14:54:03.638-04:00Bookfessions
read more: Bookfessions
FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-59935948037477371322011-08-04T13:03:00.008-04:002011-09-18T12:46:07.972-04:00Co-opoly: The Game of CooperativesCheck out this new cooperative board game being developed by one of our awesome volunteers, Brian Van Slyke!Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives is a creative and exciting educational game about the growing co-op movement. In order to survive as individuals and tostrive for the success of their cooperative, players make tough choices while putting their teamwork abilities to the test. This is a FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-64254033816245490302011-07-23T19:16:00.009-04:002011-09-18T13:12:38.803-04:00Like A Girl at Food For Thought BooksThank you, Food for Thought Books Collective, for letting us film at your bookstore!Thank you Blurred Divide! It was fun having you here! FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-7179434642264757512011-07-16T20:31:00.005-04:002011-07-25T16:35:59.760-04:00Charles Mann's new book: 1493Check out this article in the Amherst Bulletin about local author Charles Mann's upcoming book: 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created.A consistent theme throughout Mann's work is the idea that the trade of animals and plants between the Eastern and Western hemispheres led to a series of dramatic biological changes that forged a new world, both ecologically and economically.These changesFFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-15295204649652948462011-06-29T13:00:00.004-04:002011-08-14T15:06:23.573-04:00Michelle Tea at Food For Thought Books
Michelle Tea browsing at Food For Thought Books - we love this photo.
FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-73988978953789482502011-06-17T13:01:00.010-04:002011-07-17T14:02:47.224-04:00James Scott on The Art of Not Being GovernedExcellent talk by the author of the amazing and provocative The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia.We need more historians willing to re-vision the tired tropes of royal agency and the magic of the state. History doesn't need to follow the centralized lines of formal political organization and, as Scott shows, it misses so much when it does.FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-29243947539169088922011-06-05T15:54:00.000-04:002011-06-19T16:07:55.192-04:00Book PornFor those of you who not only love books for what they contain, but books themselves as objects of beauty and artistic expression, please check out the extraordinary online collection: Publishers Bindings, 1815-1930: The Art of Books.Everything from slave narratives to suffragists, art deco to rococo revival. A feast of beautiful book design!FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-22223660613220495662011-05-28T18:38:00.009-04:002011-06-15T17:24:52.965-04:00FFT Volunteers in the NewsCheck it out! Noalanii Karakashian (pictured) & Nathara Bailey, two valiant volunteers here at Food For Thought Books, are on the front page of the Amherst Bulletin!Race's role at Amherst Regional: How the high school is tackling a touchy subject.... Some of the students, like senior Nathara Bailey, thought teachers' expectations for students like them would rise if they were trained in FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-57711556872304170322011-05-23T13:00:00.001-04:002011-06-12T12:52:15.266-04:00Farewell Black Sheep Books!Very sad news: Black Sheep Books, a wonderful collectively-run radical bookstore and community space up in Montpelier, VT is closing up shop.On Saturday, May 28th, we will be closing our beloved bookstore. We have had a tremendous six and one-half years and we thank you for your support and involvement in this project. The fact that a radical, anti-profit organization like this has thrived FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552204229301118226.post-26059304768350613172011-05-10T20:31:00.004-04:002011-06-12T12:26:26.843-04:00A Night of Jazz with The Gary Smulyan Trio!Join us for a jazz concert with The Gary Smulyan Trio featuring Dave Arenius and Bob Weiner!Baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan is critically acclaimed as one of the major voices on the baritone saxophone today. Mr. Smulyan has recorded and performed worldwide with Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Tom Harrell. Cedar Walton, George Coleman, Joe Henderson, Joe FFT Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957192988924769960noreply@blogger.com0