Karen Lillis
@bookstorememoir
Artist. Writer. Bookseller. Pro-democracy. Save the USPS. 🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦☂️☂️☂️ Buy me a coffee:
Pittsburgh: TONIGHT at the bookshop! Stop by for feminist fiction at 20% off, shots of Gatorade to keep cool, & sign a postcard to your rep while you’re here. We’ll be open on Craig Street til 8:30pm!
The bookstores are open today! 11am to 6pm. Stop by, browse new arrivals in books, LPs, DVDs, CDs, & postcards. Soak up the AC & have a shot of Gatorade on us!
It seems very much to be an AI post that has stolen the talking points from my essay & regurgitated them as slop. Here in this screenshot I can see that what they call “5 stages in the Development of Pittsburgh Hotels” are just five things I talked about in my essay. 2/3
June Thursdays! Take 15% off all books, postcards, and stickers at Karen's Book Row, from 5:30 to 8:30pm on Late Nite Thursdays. See you soon! #Pittsburgh #everymonthisPride
Wow, I’ve never heard of a root beer milkshake! Lou’s has a great look, thanks for the pics. Here’s one for you:
Turns out the GOP is in a TIZZY about DJT's $lu$h fund! The top 3 stories at The Hill are fallout from this toxic move: thehill.com/homenews/hou... 👀🍿👀🍿👀🍿👀🍿👀🍿👀🍿👀🍿👀🍿👀🍿👀
"Jan. 6 Officers Sue Trump Over ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund" thehill.com/regulation/c... Thank you @libradunn1.bsky.social & @semperwry.bsky.social!
When I see a headline like this, I think, "We are not a morally serious country."
I was searching for more info on voting protections i.n Pennsylvania, and look what AI told me---
Remember when the rationale for giving corporations so many tax breaks was "because they're job creators"? What's the excuse in the age of AI? How does Dave McCormick justify championing AI when it's coming for the jobs of his constituents? #AIkillsjobs
Saturday at 1pm in Oakland: "An Afternoon with Author Brian O’Hare on Demythologizing the American Hero" Reading & author talk for the book of short stories SURRENDER by veteran & native Pittsburgher Brian O’Hare: www.carnegielibrary.org/event/an-aft...
New month, new discount! Take 15% off all books at Karen's Book Row on Late Nite Thursdays in April, 5:30 to 8:30pm. 😍😍 Explore titles in Feminist Fiction, LGBTQ Literature, Counterculture Classics, Resistance Reads, and more. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 See you soon!
Pittsburgh, this weekend in Oakland! The merchants of South Craig Street are throwing our bi-annual sale! Find deals & discounts, specials & sales at some of your favorite shops up & down the block!! www.calibanbooks.com/craig-street...
House Rep Kevin Kiley (CA) just went from GOP to Independent. (!!!)
I'm old enough to remember Ann Richards in the Governor's Mansion of Texas. Texas has a heart of Blue underneath all that gerrymandering & voter suppression.
"A federal judge on Thursday said that the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey had lost its credibility and was intentionally violating immigration-related orders…."
Welcome to all the booksellers and publishers coming to Pittsburgh for Winter Institute this week. Looking forward to meeting some of you on Craig Street! #pittsburgh #bookstores #booksellers #winterinstitute #americanbooksellersassociation