Christian witches claim the Bible is a “work of sorcery”
Rev. Valerie Love, an ordained minister of spiritual consciousness, founder of the Covenant of Christian Witches Mystery School, and member of a group of “Christian witches,” is about to host… Read more »
Of witchcraft, Jack the Ripper, the University of Nebraska, and three very late library books
Last month, we reported on a torn-up Soul on Ice returned to the San Francisco Public Library forty-seven years overdue. Forty-seven years is a long time. For a sense of scale, ask yourself just how dead… Read more »
Harry Potter and the Missing Books of Kansas City
We recently wrote about how the types of books most often stolen from certain bookstores might not surprise you. Those oft-purloined Kerouacs, Bukowskis, and Hemingways are clearly a case of… Read more »
Cowards and boring people want to ban books on magic from schools
The market research firm YouGov recently conducted a poll on the subject of “Book Banning.” They asked a thousand respondents wether or not certain types of books (categorized by content and… Read more »
The skeletons (and rare and extremely overdue books) in your closet
Last Friday was Melville House’s bi-annual Librarian Preview Day. It’s a great time — we close the office and bookstore early, pop some corks, eat some cookies, and talk about all… Read more »