Longfellow Books

05/24/2026

Received a visit from THE today, which means that we currently have signed copies of his books in stock! 🐦

05/24/2026

this week’s reading: comedies of errors (LOITERING WITH INTENT, EXCELLENT WOMEN), a thrillery california gothic (GODSHOT), millennial nihilism (AGNES LIVES!), baldwin’s landmark q***r novel (GIOVANNI’S ROOM), music culture in 70s new york and 90s scotland (POSTCARDS…, LOVES GOES…), a novel of delusion, art, and complicity (THE DIRECTOR), and the latest in devney perry’s romantic epic (RITES OF THE STARLING)

05/20/2026

June 2 in the store!

https://longfellowbooks.com/event/2026-06-02/dont-fight-back-meg-stone

Join us for a powerful evening of conversation, storytelling, and myth-busting with author Meg Stone at Longfellow Books.

On Tuesday, June 2 at 6 PM, Meg will discuss her book Don’t Fight Back: And 10 Other Myths About Crime, Personal Safety, and Gender-Based Violence alongside Prevention Action Change Director Clara Porter and Maine-based writer and author Margaret Grace Myers, whose recent book The Fight for S*x Ed explores the political battle over s*x education in the United States.

Drawing from decades of violence-prevention work, survivor stories, research, and lived experience, Meg challenges some of the most common narratives we’re taught about safety, danger, and gender-based violence — and explores what actually helps keep people safer.

Expect an evening of thoughtful conversation, practical insight, humor, and justice-centered dialogue about what real safety can look like in our communities.

Tuesday, June 2 • 6 PM
Longfellow Books | Portland, ME
Free and open to the public

We’d love to see you there.

05/17/2026

Join us at our event with TOMORROW night in the store!

Somewhere along the way to adulthood, we learned that play is frivolous. Childish. Something to outgrow. We treat it like a reward we have to earn, separate from our “real” lives. But denying our playfulness has a cost—it leaves us feeling drained and disconnected. We rely on pressure and perfectionism, trying to force outcomes, wondering why nothing feels fun anymore.

There’s another way.

And you can find out what it is at the event! This event will have an interactive format, so come prepared to share your own stories of playfulness and wonder (if you’re willing, of course!). We hope to see you there!

https://longfellowbooks.com/event/2026-05-18/playful-way-piera-gelardi

05/14/2026

Please join us for a special evening on June 2nd in the store with Meg Stone, Margaret Grace Myers, and Clara Porter, who will be discussing Meg’s book Don’t Fight Back: And 10 Other Myths about Crime, Personal Safety, and Gender-Based Violence!

Meg Stone, an abuse and violence prevention expert, dives deep into dangerous safety myths and helps us understand what the evidence shows and what men in positions of authority just expect us to believe because they said so.

This is going to be such an informative night—hope to see you all there!

05/12/2026

what a new release day! these and plenty more in the store now!

05/10/2026

this week’s reading! highly anticipated fall fiction (UNDER STORY, ACID GREEN VELVET); a novel of genteel southern dissipation (LIVES OF THE SAINTS); the poison of minstrelsy in america (DARKOLOGY); a celebration of children’s literature (MAKE BELIEVE); and two meditations on corruption (THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT, VIGIL)

04/27/2026

Join us in the store on May 18 to celebrate the release of The Playful Way with Piera Gelardi and friends for an evening of play and storytelling. The Playful Way is your guide to living with more whimsy, wonder, and possibility—through both the light moments and the tough ones. Because when you embrace playfulness, you don't have to go play. Play comes with you everywhere.

The event will have an interactive format with Piera and friends sharing stories of times they chose The Playful Way and saw a profound shift – attendees will be invited to reflect and jot down their own stories and have a chance to opt into sharing. Bring tales of wonder, mischief, and radical joy to celebrate the release of The Playful Way!

04/25/2026

This weekend (4/25-4/26), get 25% off all Longfellow Books t-shirts, hoodies, and onesies!

04/19/2026

this week: an obscure little memoir from a not at all polarizing author (FAMESICK); a multigenerational saga spanning two world wars (LÁZÁR); a woman raised by a viking-inflected survivalist finds herself recognizing a pattern of violence in her adult life (CHILDREN OF THE WOLF); the second in a golden girls-inspired island mystery (DEATH ON THE LANAI)