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The Roundtable

Book Picks: The Golden Notebook and Open Door Bookstore

By Joe Donahue
Published May 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM EDT
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This week's Book Picks come from James Conrad from The Golden Notebook in Woodstock, NY and Lily Bartels from Open Door Bookstore in Schenectady, NY.

Lily Bartels

  • Mark Twain by Ron Chernow
  • Warhol's Muses by Laurence Leamer
  • The Secret Life of a Cemetery by Benoît Gallot
  • I Seek a Kind Person by Julian Borger
  • The Last Great Dream by Dennis McNally
  • Mysteries of the National Parks by Mike Bezemek

James Conrad

  • Notes to John by Joan Didion
  • The Lost Voice by Greta Morgan
  • Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning by Peter Beinart
  • Harriet Tubman Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen
  • Perspective(s) by Laurent Binet
  • Theater Kid by Jeffery Sellers

 

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