WE WILL BE CLOSED A FEW DAYS IN THE END OF JUNE:

                              WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22
                              THURSDAY, JUNE 23

                              TUESDAY, JUNE 28
                              WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29
                              THURSDAY, JUNE 30

SO I CAN ATTEND A LONG OVERDUE FAMILY REUNION.  IF YOU'VE MET MY FRIEND RYAN IN THE STORE BEFORE, HE'LL BE IN THE BOOKSTORE AGAIN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JUNE 24TH AND 25TH, AND I'LL BE BACK IN THE STORE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JULY 1ST AND 2ND, AND REGULAR HOURS WILL RESUME.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE!

JOIN US FOR THESE TERRIFIC UPCOMING EVENTS!

SERIAL READERS
TRUE CRIME
BOOK CLUB
WITH AUTHOR
SALLY DENTON
TUESDAY, JULY 12TH
7:00 p.m.
at The Printed Garden

Author Sally Denton has graciously agreed to sit in on the July meeting held by our true crime book club, The Serial Readers, and they have very kindly agreed to open the evening up to anyone else who would like to sit in and discuss the book with them!

If you're interested, they will be meeting with Sally Denton at The Printed Garden on Tuesday evening, July 12th, at 7:00 p.m. This book will release on Tuesday, June 28th, and we'll have copies at the bookstore.
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On the morning of November 4, 2019, an unassuming caravan of women and children was ambushed by masked gunmen on a desolate stretch of road in northern Mexico controlled by the Sinaloa drug cartel. Firing semi-automatic weapons, the attackers killed nine people and gravely injured five more. The victims were members of the LeBaron and La Mora communities—fundamentalist Mormons whose forebears broke from the LDS Church and settled in Mexico when their religion outlawed polygamy in the late nineteenth century. The massacre produced international headlines for weeks, and prompted President Donald Trump to threaten to send in the US Army.
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In The Colony, bestselling investigative journalist Sally Denton picks up where the initial, incomplete reporting on the attacks ended, and delves into the complex story of the LeBaron clan. Their homestead—Colonia LeBaron—is a portal into the past, a place that offers a glimpse of life within a polygamous community on an arid and dangerous frontier in the mid-1800s, though with smartphones and machine guns. Rooting her narrative in written sources as well as interviews with anonymous women from LeBaron itself, Denton unfolds an epic, disturbing tale that spans the first polygamist emigrations to Mexico through the LeBarons’ internal blood feud in the 1970s—started by Ervil LeBaron, known as the “Mormon Manson”—and up to the family’s recent alliance with the NXIVM sex cult, whose now-imprisoned leader, Keith Raniere, may have based his practices on the society he witnessed in Colonia LeBaron.
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The LeBarons’ tense but peaceful interactions with Sinaloa deteriorated in the years leading up to the ambush. LeBaron patriarchs believed they were deliberately targeted by the cartel. Others suspected that local farmers had carried out the attacks in response to the LeBarons’ seizure of water rights for their massive pecan orchards. As Denton approaches answers to who committed the murders, and why, The Colony transforms into something more than a crime story. A descendant of polygamist Mormons herself, Denton explores what drove so many women over generations to join or remain in a community based on male supremacy and female servitude. Then and now, these women of Zion found themselves in an isolated desert, navigating the often-mysterious complications of plural marriage—and supported, Denton shows, only by one another.

BOOK SIGNING & DISCUSSION WITH AUTHOR
TRICIA LEVENSELLER
TUESDAY, JULY 26TH
​7:00 p.m.
at The Springville
​Public Library
45 S. Main Street, Springville

In Master of Iron, the conclusion to Tricia Levenseller’s exciting Bladesmith YA fantasy duology that began with Blade of Secrets, a magically gifted blacksmith with social anxiety must race against the clock to save her beloved sister and stop a devastating war.

Eighteen-year-old Ziva may have defeated a deadly warlord, but the price was almost too much. Ziva is forced into a breakneck race to a nearby city with the handsome mercenary, Kellyn, and the young scholar, Petrik, to find a powerful magical healer who can save her sister’s life.

When the events that follow lead to Ziva and Kellyn’s capture by an ambitious prince, Ziva is forced into the very situation she’s been dreading: magicking dangerous weapons meant for world domination.

The forge has always been Ziva’s safe space, a place to avoid society and the anxiety it causes her, but now it is her prison, and she’s not sure just how much of herself she’ll have to sacrifice to save Kellyn and take center stage in the very war she’s been trying to stop.

Join us for the book launch event for Tricia Levenseller's Master of Iron on the day of its release.  This event will be held at the Springville Public Library, and will begin at 7:00 p.m.

SIGNED &
PERSONALIZED
COPIES OF
BOOKS BY
LINDSAY EAGAR
BY REQUEST!

We've sold out of the signed copies of Lindsay's books, but she has kindly agreed to swing by the store soon to sign more just for stock.  Lindsay has also very generously agreed to sign and personalized books on request.  If you'd like a signed copy of any of Lindsay's books, or would like signed copies to gift to a loved one, just let us know, and we'll help make that happen!

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THE SUM OF
​HER PARTS
BY
SIAN GRIFFITHS
SIGNED COPIES STILL AVAILABLE
at The Printed Garden

The Sum of Her Parts explores how women’s body parts and the roles/parts that women play have been deployed toward political ends. One essay examines Sarah Winchester and the lore that sprung up around her most famous—and most falsely mythologized—home, the Winchester Mystery House, to suggest that the woman and her house have been used as vessels to hold the nation’s ongoing gun guilt. Another essay springboards from a personal encounter into etymological history, tracing how the word “cunt” went from being a relatively benign description of a body part to the word the Oxford English Dictionary cites as the most vile invective in the English language. Connecting topics as diverse as bra shopping, Wonder Woman, and a Metallica rockumentary, Griffiths explores what women’s parts mean in contemporary America.

Griffiths uses humor and sincerity to approach the topic of the female body through a wide variety of essay forms, blending lyric and narrative modes. Using fragmentation as well as traditional argumentation, the collection invites the reader to think ambiguously and explosively, allowing complication rather than easily connected dots. The result is a discussion of the female body that is varied, complex, nuanced, and thoughtful.
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A big shout-out to Sian and everyone who came to participate in this discussion.  I've been working my way into this collection, and they're thought-provoking, beautifully written, and important, particularly given our current political climate.  I'll continue to keep signed copies in the store while supplies last.

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Brittany Shepler's wonderful piece of sidewalk art featuring the original dust jacket artwork for a book we share an affinity for:  T. J. Klune's Under the Whispering Door.  If you enjoy light fantasy that revolves around found family, you'd enjoy both this book and his previous work, The House on the Cerulean Sea, both of which we keep in stock!

A DAY OF SIDEWALK ART!

SATURDAY, MAY 21ST - ALL DAY

These four extremely talented chalk artists created some terrific book related artwork in front of The Printed Garden last Saturday.  Check them out the next time you drop by.  More artwork by these four artists can be found on the following Instagram accounts!

Camille Grimshaw -  @grimshawgirlschalkart
Nicole Kleinman -  @thechalkprincess
Sarah Gardiner -  No social media
Brittany Shepler -  @bretagne.mae

A big THANK YOU to Camille, Nicole, Sarah, and Brittany!

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​DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING!

BIG BIG BIG NEWS!  It was supposed to still be a secret, but someone in the UK let the secret out - then the New York Times made the announcement early.  Now it can be talked about and (better still) pre-ordered!

Since the 2009 auctioning of his typewriter, we've been lamenting the fact that McCarthy was probably ready to walk away from the keys.  After all, he had written all of his exquisitely crafted books on the same heavily weathered light blue Lettera 32 Olivetti manual typewriter that he bought in 1963 for $50 (the typewriter brought $254,000 at auction, which McCarthy donated to a nonprofit).

​But this fall . . . 

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WE NOW HAVE AUTHOR SIGNED COPIES OF THESE THREE GREAT NEW BOOKS!

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ONE OF OUR FAVORITES!
SMALL WORLD
BY JONATHAN EVISON

Jonathan Evison's Small World will likely be one of the best books you'll read in 2022!  I've been reading Evison's books for about ten years and Small World is his finest work to date.  In his most refined prose and a Dickensian cast of characters, Evison has produced what is, in ever sense of the expression his "Great American Novel."  Don't miss this one! - Aaron

​From Kirkus Reviews:

A train accident reveals the connections among a host of people across race, class, history, and the country in this ambitious epic.

Evison’s seventh novel opens by giving away the climax: Walter, a train operator working his final run for Amtrak, is at the center of a wreck on the way to Seattle. But despite making the worlds-in-collision setup clear early, Evison has still crafted a suspenseful novel, as he shuttles between the train’s riders in 2019 and their forebears in the 1850s. Walter is a descendent of Nora and Finn, Irish twins orphaned in Chicago. Malik, a rising high school basketball star, is a descendent of George, an escaped slave. Jenny, a hard-charging corporate fixer (she supervised Amtrak buyouts that, it’s implied, led to the crash), descends from Wu Chen, a Chinese immigrant who parlayed a small stash of gold into a thriving business. And Laila, escaping her abusive husband, is descended from Luyu, a Miwok woman who’s absorbed White people's condescension or brutality. Bouncing among the characters in brief chapters, Evison gives the story a sprightly, page-turner feel despite the sizable cast he’s assembled. And the story thrives because his eye for the particulars of each character’s life is so sharp: Finn’s work on farms and railroads, Laila’s anxiety over escaping her husband, Malik’s mother’s desperate efforts to make ends meet for her son’s sake. So when their lives do wind up intersecting on the train, Evison’s novel feels less like we’re-all-connected sentimentality than a compassionate vision of a pluralistic country that ought to dignify everybody. Though politics aren’t explicit in the novel, it’s plainly a response to an era that’s created dividing lines across the country. Without being simplistic or wearing rose-colored glasses, Evison suggests a fresh way of recognizing our relationships without melting-pot clichés.

A bighearted, widescreen American tale.

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ORDER ANY TRICIA LEVENSELLER BOOK FROM THE PRINTED GARDEN,
AND HAVE IT PERSONALIZED BY THE AUTHOR!

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SOME OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022

NOW AVAILABLE

JULY 12

AUGUST 2

OCTOBER 4

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SOME SUGGESTED READING LISTS

IF, WHILE SAFE-DISTANCE LIVING, YOU'VE BEEN POWERING THROUGH BOOKS AT A BETTER PACE THAN NORMAL, AND ARE STILL BIDING YOUR TIME UNTIL YOU FEEL IT'S SAFE TO BE OUT, WE'VE COMPILED A FEW READING LISTS FOR ANYONE WHO FEELS LIKE PURSUING A FOCUSED READING PROJECT.  ENJOY!
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RUSSIAN WRITERS
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MY CHILDHOOD
BY MAXIM GORKY

WE
BY YEVGENY ZAMYATIN

THE MASTER AND MARGARITA
BY MIKHAIL BULGAKOV

FATHERS AND SONS
BY IVAN TURGENEV

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
BY BORIS PASTERNAK

A HERO OF OUR TIME
BY MIKHAIL LERMONTOV

THE FUR HAT
BY VLADIMIR VOINOVICH

OMON RA
BY VICTOR PELEVIN

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
BY FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

DEAD SOULS
BY NIKOLAI GOGOL

THE BIRTH OF THE NOVEL
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OROONOKO
BY APHRA BEHN

ROBINSON CRUSOE BY DANIEL DEFOE

LOVE IN EXCESS
BY ELIZA HAYWOOD

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS BY JONATHAN SWIFT

THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY BY LAURENCE STERNE

PAMELA
BY SAMUEL RICHARDSON

A MAN OF FEELING BY HENRY MACKENZIE

THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO
BY HORACE WALPOLE

THE ITALIAN
BY ANNE RADCLIFFE

TOM JONES
BY HENRY FIELDING

TERRIFIC SCIENCE FICTION

A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE
BY ARKADY MARTINE

FAHRENHEIT 451 
BY RAY BRADBURY

A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ
BY WALTER MILLER

ALL SYSTEMS RED 
BY MARTHA WELLS

HOW HIGH WE GO IN THE DARK
​BY SEQUOIA NAGAMATSU

DUNE
BY FRANK HERBERT

THE DOG STARS
BY PETER HELLER

THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY
BY EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL

GOOD MORNING, MIDNIGHT
BY LILY
BROOKS-DALTON

THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
BY DOUGLAS ADAMS

UTAH WRITERS
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REFUGE
BY TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS

DESERT SOLITAIRE
BY EDWARD ABBEY

ANGLE OF REPOSE
BY WALLACE STEGNER

WHALE SONG
BY KENNETH BREWER

MY ABSOLUTE DARLING
BY GABRIEL TALLENT

THE WORLD'S STRONGEST LIBRARIAN
BY JOSH HANAGARNE

DREAM HOUSE ON GOLAN DRIVE
BY DAVID G. PACE

STONEBEARER'S BETRAYAL
BY JODI MILNER

NIGHTINGALE
BY PAISLEY REKDAL

THE VOICE OF THE RIVER
BY MELANIE
​RAE THON

SOMETHING SCARY
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FRANKENSTEIN
BY MARY SHELLEY

DRACULA
BY BRAM STOKER

PET SEMATARY
BY STEPHEN KING

THE EXORCIST
BY WILLIAM PETER BLATTY

BOOKS OF BLOOD
BY CLIVE BARKER

LET THE RIGHT
ONE IN
BY JOHN AJVIDE LINDQVIST

THE HUNGER
BY ALMA KATSU

A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS
BY PAUL TREMBLAY

THE LESSER DEAD
BY CHRISTOPHER BUEHLMAN

THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS
BY STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES

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REMEMBERING AUTHORS WE LOVE

GARY PAULSEN
​1939-2021

JOAN DIDION
​1934-2021

BELL HOOKS
​1952-2021

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Even as we move out of the busy holiday shopping season, and slow down a bit, we are, as a matter of survival, still operated by a single staff member.  If you try calling during the hours above, but no one answers, we're simply working with someone who's in the store or on the other line.  Please wait ten minutes and try again.  We strive to give experienced and personal attention to everyone who visits us.
 
Thank you, so much, for your ongoing support and patience!

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THE PRINTED GARDEN STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH
BLACK LIVES MATTER

BOOKS PLACE US IN THE SHOES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT FROM OURSELVES, AND ALLOW US TO EXPERIENCE OTHER LIVES AND SEE THROUGH OTHER EYES.  HERE ARE SOME WRITERS AND BOOKS THAT HAVE ALLOWED ME THIS PRIVILEGE.

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MAYA ANGELOU

- I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS
- GATHER TOGETHER IN MY NAME
- AND STILL I RISE
- THE HEART OF A WOMAN

TA-NAHISI COATES

- BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME
- THE BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE
- THE WATER DANCER
- WE WERE EIGHT YEARS IN POWER

RICHARD WRIGHT

- NATIVE SON
- BLACK BOY
- LAWD TODAY!
- UNCLE TOM'S CHILDREN

TONI MORRISON

- BELOVED
- JAZZ
- SONG OF SOLOMON
- THE BLUEST EYE
​- TAR BABY

RALPH ELLISON

- INVISIBLE MAN
- FLYING HOME
- JUNETEENTH
- SHADOW & ACT
- GOING TO THE TERRITORY

JAMES BALDWIN

- GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
- BLUES FOR MR. CHARLIE
- GIOVANNI'S ROOM
- THE FIRE NEXT TIME
- ANOTHER COUNTRY

WALLACE THURMAN

- THE BLACKER THE BERRY
- INFANTS OF THE SPRING
- THE INTERNE

ZORA NEALE HURSTON

- THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
- MULES AND MEN
-JONAH'S GOURD VINE
-DUST TRACKS ON A ROAD
- MOSES MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN

LANGSTON HUGHES

- THE BIG SEA
- NOT WITHOUT LAUGHTER
- THE WAYS OF WHITE FOLKS
- THE WEARY BLUES
- SELECTED POEMS

COLSON WHITEHEAD

- THE NICKEL BOYS
- THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
- THE INTUITIONIST
- JOHN HENRY DAYS
- HARLEM SHUFFLE

JEAN TOOMER

- CANE

ALICE WALKER

- THE COLOR PURPLE
- IN SEARCH OF OUR MOTHERS' GARDENS
- THE TEMPLE OF MY FAMILIAR

ELDRIDGE CLEAVER

- SOUL ON ICE

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SOME OF OUR ​FAVORITE LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES ARE

Bumblebees Korean American Fusion

 Clever Octopus

Samurai Noodle

 Randy's Record Shop

Graywhale Entertainment

 Bohemian Brewery

Ying's Thai - Sushi

 Black Cat Comics

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WE'LL ANNOUNCE WHEN OUR RECREATIONAL SPACES ARE OPEN AGAIN - THANKS!

Looking for a quiet, comfortable meeting space for your book club?  There might be distractions at home, but there aren't any in this room!  Let us do the work so you can enjoy your time together.  Order and purchase your selections through our store and use our Reading Room, with our compliments!  We'll keep things organized so your members can pick up the following month's books at the current month's meeting, and save you a special trip to pick it up later in the month!

Looking for an inexpensive night out of the house?  Meet a couple friends at The Printed Garden for a friendly (or not-so-friendly) board game, and enjoy one of our complimentary hot beverages.  We also have chess, checkers, Monopoly, Jenga, and a couple decks of cards - or feel free to pack your own game in if you'd like!  If you've come by yourself to study, just let us know and we'll turn the music down or off