Open Stacks

Open Stacks

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Open Stacks brings you conversations with scholars, poets, novelists and activists on subjects as eclectic as the books on our shelves, from under-the-radar debates in the academy to pressing contemporary social issues, and from bestselling works of fiction to avant-garde poetics. Recorded live at Chicago’s Seminary Co-op Bookstores, Open Stacks invites listeners to sit in on the kind of candid discussions and lively debates made possible by the participation of readers in a public space, with the aim of expanding and encouraging a broader community of ideas. Turn up the volume, pull up a chair, and let’s start a conversation.

Recent Episodes

  • Havens for the Heterodox: Seminary Co-op Director Jeff Deutsch on Good Bookstores

    1 year ago
  • Meeting Again: Mikki Kendall, Jack Cella, & Colin McDonald

    2 years ago
  • Curiosity Is a Skill: On Reading Seriously

    2 years ago
  • A Cave with Windows: Bookstore as Building

    2 years ago
  • At All Costs: Dave Eggers, Dan Wells, Ann Kjellberg, & Paul Yamazaki

    2 years ago
  • What's There and What's Not: A Visit to the Front Table

    2 years ago
  • Escape Tunnel: Philip Leventhal on The Front Table

    2 years ago
  • Place to Place: Katarzyna BartoszyƄska & Reuben Jonathan Miller

    2 years ago
  • A Land Without Trees: A Visit to the Front Table

    2 years ago
  • Washing a Book: Elizabeth Branch Dyson, Eve Ewing, and Ann Kjellberg

    2 years ago