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"Suspect Thoughts Books (NOT Press!) is closing May 11, 2008. Thanks for the love, everyone!"

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heart of Alt City district, Cleveland, Ohio
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the big kahuna
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, City Lights, San Francisco, CA

luminaries one and all

Sylvia Beach, Shakespeare & Company, Paris, France

Suzanne Corson, Boadecia's, Kensington, CA

Richard Labonté, A Different Light (LA, NYC, San Francisco)

Deacon Maccubbin, Lambda Rising, Washington, DC; Rehoboth Beach, DE; Richmond, VA

Michael & Walter Powell, Powell's Books, Portland, OR

Craig Rodwell, Oscar Wilde Bookshop, NYC, NY

Carol Seajay & Paula Wallace, Old Wives Tales, San Francisco, CA

PUBLISHERS


the big kahuna
Barney Rosset, Grove Press

a rogues gallery of some of the publishers we carry at Suspect Thoughts Books

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Arsenal Pulp Press
Attagirl
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F-Word
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Other
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Suspect Thoughts Press
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About me:

Thank you, Cleveland!

Suspect Thoughts Books (not the press or AlternaQueeerBooks.com!) is now closed...and we're California bound. We'll miss you...

Our address as of mid-May (2008) will once again be:

Suspect Thoughts Press
2215-R Market Street, #544
San Francisco, CA 94114-1612
www.suspectthoughtspress.com
www.AlternaQueerbooks.com




First, an introduction...

My full name is Suspect Thoughts Books. I had to scrunch it down to fit in the wee MySpace window.

I'm the brazen lovechild of Suspect Thoughts Press and a whole slew of other progressive publishers and zinesters and pranksters and tricksters (see heroes).



Yes, I'm an independent ("look, ma, no chains!") new and used bookstore, and I hope to be all that that word implies to people—safe haven, breathing room, ticket booth to anywhere in the universe.



To see all the new titles I hold within, please go visit our online sister store, AlternaQueerBooks.com. To see all the used ones, well, you're just going to have to come and visit me in Cleveland.



What does alternaqueer really mean?

We use "queer" in the broadest sense possible. That means the continuum of identities that range from gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender to intersex, genderqueer, same-gender-loving (SGL), and beyond. It also includes heterosexuals who see sexuality as fluid as the dark matter and strings of energy that make up our flesh.

"Alternative" covers a lot of ground as well. Everything from progressive, populist politics to polyamory and BDSM play parties to neo-paganism worldviews to good clean anarco-feminist/punk living.

So, "alternaqueer" is pretty much everybody save the small hidebound fragment of the US population that still thinks Bush is the second coming...of Reagan, Jebus, [YOUR APOCALYPTIC ICON GOES HERE].



Where are you located? When are you open?

Suspect Thoughts Books is located at 4903 Clark Ave, between W 48th and W 50th Streets, the heart of the up-and-coming Alt City district, in Cleveland, OH. Our hours are 11am-7pm Wed-Sun. We're open afterhours for workshops and scheduled events.



Once more in a nice handy info-nugget:

4903 Clark Ave
Cleveland, OH 44102
216-631-BOOK (2665)
11am-7pm Wed-Sun



I've lived in Cleveland all my life and never heard of "Alt City." "Ohio City," sure. What gives? Did you just make that up?

Busted. We wanted a cool, semi-demi-ironic name for our little strip of Clark Avenue, other than "that stretch between Tremont and...um...Oberlin."

We're reclaming it. Won't you help us make it a hot-bed of all kinds of alternative goings-on?

Who I'd like to meet:
EVENTS:


Saturday, January 5, 7-9 pm
"Hothouse Saturday" Erotica Open No-Mic
Featured Author: Greg Wharton, author of Johnny Was & Other Tall Tales

Bring five minutes of your sexiest, daring, most perverse, or downright raunchiest work to read. Or read something from one of your favorite authors. This is a pansexual event—all are welcome! Sign up by 6:45 pm. There are ten open slots. Five minutes maximum each reader.


Saturday, January 19, 7-9 pm
“Alt-City Poetry” Open No-Mic
Featured poet: Kate Sopko, author of Stewards of the Lost Lands

Bring five minutes of your work to perform. Sign up by 6:45 pm. There are ten open slots. Five minutes maximum each reader.


Saturday, January 26, 7-9 pm
“Queerland Rocks”
Reading/performance followed by question and answer
Lineup:
Corissa, singer and songwriter
Gregg Shapiro, author of Protection
and TBD...
Sponsored by The LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland
There are four-six slots each time. Are you a LGBTIQ author, poet, storyteller,rapper, songwriter, actor, performer, or instigator? Call 216-631-2665 or email gregw@suspectthoughts.com and tell us why you should be in the lineup.


Saturday, February 2, 7-9 pm
"Hothouse Saturday" Erotica Open No-Mic
Featured Author: Ian Philips, author of Satyriasis: Literotica 2

Bring five minutes of your sexiest, daring, most perverse, or downright raunchiest work to read. Or read something from one of your favorite authors. This is a pansexual event—all are welcome! Sign up by 6:45 pm. There are ten open slots. Five minutes maximum each reader.


Sunday, February 3, 3-5 pm
“Divination Club”
Practice your divination skills, dazzle your friends, share your skill and gift with others.

Give and receive a reading for the month. Runes, tarot, tea leaves, coffee grounds…


Thursday, February 14, 7-9 pm
“My Crazy Valentine”
A storytelling party.
Valentine’s Day can suck. Come spend this one with us. Tell us a horrible first date, crummy lover from hell, or scary one-night stand that stayed way too long tale, and we’ll share our pink cupcakes with you.


Saturday, February 16, 7-9 pm
“Alt-City Poetry” Open No-Mic
Featured poet: Jim Lang

Bring five minutes of your work to perform. Sign up by 6:45 pm. There are ten open slots. Five minutes maximum each reader.


Saturday, February 23, 7-9 pm
“Queerland Rocks”
Reading/performance followed by question and answer
Lineup: Cleveland poet The B Word Poet,
Denver author Jerry Wheeler, and TBD…
Sponsored by The LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland
There are four-six slots each time. Are you a LGBTIQ author, poet, storyteller,rapper, songwriter, actor, performer, or instigator? Call 216-631-2665 or email gregw@suspectthoughts.com and tell us why you should be in the lineup.


Saturday, March 1, 7-9 pm
"Hothouse Saturday" Erotica Open No-Mic
Featured Author: Jeff Mann, author of A History of Barbed Wire

Bring five minutes of your sexiest, daring, most perverse, or downright raunchiest work to read. Or read something from one of your favorite authors. This is a pansexual event—all are welcome! Sign up by 6:45 pm. There are ten open slots. Five minutes maximum each reader.


Saturday, March 8, 7-9 pm
“Home Grown”
Featuring: singer/songwriter Corissa, poet Jessica Julian, poet J. Makkos, and singer/songwriter Gordon Robertson

Local authors/artists
Performance and meet and greet


Saturday, March 15, 7-9 pm
“Alt-City Poetry” Open No-Mic
Featured poet: Robert Walker

Bring five minutes of your work to perform. Sign up by 6:45 pm. There are ten open slots. Five minutes maximum each reader.


Thursday, March 20, 7-9 pm
Alistair McCartney, author of The End of the World Book
Tim Miller, author of 1001 Beds
A special reading followed by question and answer.


Friday, March 21, 7:30 pm
1001 Beds
a performance by Tim Miller
Tim Miller’s 1001 Beds is a raucous and rowdy exploration of Miller’s adventures in a performer’s life fiercely lived in his travels through love, politics, and art. From a gay teen’s head-on collision with life in a sleazy hotel across the street from the Hollywood Bowl to an ecstatic vision of a sex-positive future on a mattress in a police holding cell, Miller’s 1001 Beds is a fiercely funny, sexy and inspiring story about the transforming power of art and the richness of gay identity lived out loud.
$15 (No one turned away for lack of funds.)
C-Space
4323 Clark Avenue / 216-631-2233
Sponsored by The LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland and Suspect Thoughts Books


Wednesday, March 26, 7-9 pm
Robyn Ochs, activist and editor of Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World
A special reading and meet and greet.
Sponsored by The LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland.


Saturday, March 29, 7-9 pm
release party for
The Rapture for Big Sinners by Ian Philips
Easter’s come and gone. If we’re all still here, come join us for a special evening of sin to celebrate the release of The Rapture for Big Sinners: 66+6 Things to Do Before and After the Righteous Lift Off by Ian Philips. Ian will show off his original artwork and then we’ll have storytime about Kirk Cameron and the anti-Christ. The “Who’s the sexiest satyr?” contest-winner gets a free signed book. Perhaps something bubbly to drink and something sugary to eat.


Saturday, April 5, 7-9 pm
"Hothouse Saturday" Erotica Open No-Mic
Featured Author: Marilyn Jaye Lewis, author of Neptune & Surf

Bring five minutes of your sexiest, daring, most perverse, or downright raunchiest work to read. Or read something from one of your favorite authors. This is a pansexual event—all are welcome! Sign up by 6:45 pm. There are ten open slots. Five minutes maximum each reader.


Sunday, April 6, 3-5 pm
“Divination Club”
Practice your divination skills, dazzle your friends, share your skill and gift with others.

Give and receive a reading for the month. Runes, tarot, tea leaves, coffee grounds…


Saturday, April 12, 7-9 pm
“Home Grown”
Featuring: Christopher Barzak, author of One for Sorrow, and
Catherynne M. Valente, author of The Orphan's Tales

A special reading and meet and greet.


Saturday, April 26, 7-9 pm
“Queerland Rocks”
Featuring: Toledo's Rane Arroyo, author of Same-Sex Seances, Cleveland's Alice Baburek, author of When Lightening Strikes Back, and Toledo's Glenn Sheldon, author of Bird Scarer

A special reading and meet and greet.
Sponsored by The LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland


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Jun 7 2008 5:24 PM


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HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!
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Jun 5 2008 4:59 PM

i hope my fav fellas are back in sunny san fran safely!
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May 21 2008 9:59 AM

Recycled Rainbow 2008: Mutation
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May 19 2008 5:52 AM

Thank you for everything yesterday and during your stay in Cleveland sirs! I wish you well on your trip... we will miss you.
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PISSZINE





May 6 2008 1:17 PM



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May 1 2008 5:33 PM

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Apr 26 2008 8:13 PM


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Apr 25 2008 10:10 AM

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Apr 20 2008 3:59 PM

I'm sorry to hear your bookstore is closing, but having lived in Chicago for 20 years, I can understand your feelings about "real" winters--especially this last one.

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Apr 17 2008 7:05 AM

oh how i love thee...

hope all is grand.
Andrew Peterson





Apr 15 2008 12:46 PM

To the nice folks at ST Books: Thank you for adding me to your friends list. I’ll send you a postcard in early August with ordering info from the publisher. I hope you’ll consider getting a few copies. It’s a mass market paperback. Should you carry my book, thank you for the opportunity.
Independent booksellers are the best! Kind regards, Andy
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Apr 11 2008 9:10 PM

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Apr 10 2008 8:41 AM

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Apr 3 2008 9:41 AM

Ohhh, do so love bookstores! With hopes that you have all 39 of those presently available from my persona author William Maltese presently lined up on your shelves. --Aside from that wishful thinking, though, this is merely a short note, by way of thank-you, from the olde vampyre himself, for you having taken the time and made the effort to check in at the FAMILY DRAQUAL page to "invite us into your life." --Hugs (if you dare get that close), Vlad.
~Crystal~





Apr 3 2008 8:19 AM

Are you like me? Take my "Just for fun!" Quiz to find out!
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Apr 1 2008 1:55 PM

A poem provided in observance of National Poetry Month.

Crystal Clear Blue Skies

Towers weep on peaceful shores.
Crystal clear blue skies.
Across the water, we answered the call,
Never questioning why.

Race over the berm and down the road,
Rebuilding ancient Babylon.
Smiles, waves, and shouts of joy.
Gratuities of hidden fire and roadside bombs.

Blistering sun and mouths full of sand,
White salt stains chalk the skin.
Handshake through a turret gun sight,
Peace attempted to win.

Pain, anxiety, disillusionment,
Seek comfort in each other.
Go back again, one more time,
Only for my sister or brother.

James E.
Lewandowski
GT a.k.a. Gengoroh Tagame





Mar 31 2008 2:05 PM