An independent bookshop since 2014
We carry new and used fiction, host a weekly reading series with writers we actually admire, mail out a monthly essay from the staff, and pull a stubborn espresso at the back of the room. Pull up a chair.
What happens inside
We are small on purpose. Everything we do, we do because a regular asked for it or a bookseller could not stop talking about it.
Two thousand novels hand-sorted by the staff. We group them by feeling, not just alphabet, so the book you did not know you wanted is the one next to the one you came for.
Every Thursday at seven, a poet, essayist, or novelist reads from a book we love. No mic-checking, no passed hors d'oeuvres — just the work, a Q&A, and a signing table that takes as long as it takes.
A long letter from the booksellers about what we have been reading, returning to, and arguing over. Twelve pages, one a month, since 2017.
Six seats, one pastry that changes weekly, and coffee strong enough to carry you through chapter nine. The mugs do not match and we are not going to fix that.
“I have read in bookstores from Brooklyn to Boise, and Marrow & Page is the only one where the booksellers have actually finished my book — and told me, kindly, which chapters to cut.”
“I came in for a birthday present in 2019 and now I have a favorite chair. The staff has never once recommended a book they did not love themselves.”
“If you want to know what is actually being read in American letters right now, skip the bestseller list and read this shop's monthly letter.”
Next reading begins in
Theo Vance reads from his new novel, A Slow Country. Thursday, February 5 at 7:00 PM. Twenty seats, no RSVP required — though the regulars tend to fill them by 6:45.
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Tuesday through Saturday, 11 to 8. Sunday, noon to 6. Closed Mondays — that is when we shelve, take inventory, and argue about the displays.
Yes. If it is in print we can usually have it in three to five days. If it is out of print, we will dig — give us a week and a rough idea of what you are after.
Bring in books you would like to find a new home for. We will offer you store credit based on condition and demand, usually 25 to 50 percent of cover price, sometimes more for the right novel.
Send a paragraph and a short sample to readings@marrowandpage.com. We read everything that comes in. We book four to six months out, so plan ahead.
Card or cash, your choice. The espresso is from a roaster two blocks over, the pastry from the bakery across the street, and the cups are whatever we found that week.
Leashed, well-behaved dogs are welcome on the floor. There is a water bowl by the front register. Cats are welcome at the discretion of the cat in residence.