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Perelandra Bookshop at Wolverine Farm

The bookselling arm of Wolverine Farm, a nonprofit literary arts publisher in Fort Collins, CO. Here, genre is fluid and permeable.

Perelandra is the bookselling arm of Wolverine Farm, a 501(c)3 nonprofit publisher in Fort Collins' river district. We believe that holding space for literature is key to building a diverse, engaged, healthy, and resilient community. Perelandra is home to the largest collection of contemporary poetry and art books in northern Colorado, with over 300 linear feet of shelving dedicated to poetry, alo

ne. We are unabashedly enthusiastic about books of literary, scholarly, and revelatory character. In addition to celebrating great literature, Perelandra funds a monthly Reader in Residence; collaborates regularly with schools, nonprofits, breweries, and artists; and hosts the Wild Carrot Society for Technological Disobedience.

11/01/2022

I spy… a beacon of patient, intentional, and inclusive energy whose name is Morgen. Existing as readers / as a bookshop in the digital realm is complicated— where do we draw the lines between our selves and our devices, our “likes” and our attention, and where are such lines drawn for us, by interests and infrastructures with violent/oppressive agendas and histories? Morgen has been quietly addressing these questions and more with great clarity and generosity, on behalf of Perelandra’s tentative digital self, and we are just so grateful for it. - Joe

10/21/2022

To dive into the nuances of social media and its impact on our body image is an impossible task but one I’ve tried to master over the last month. The most I’ve been able to come up with is that I am grateful Instagram didn’t exist when I was in high school and it wasn’t what it is today when I was in college. The harm the yearly Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show caused my mind, and ultimately my body, was enough for a 5 year battle with an eating disorder that nearly ended my life. I’m not saying this to get sympathy, I’m saying this to remind everyone of the impact that media has. Once a year a fashion show would air on television and I was impacted, now imagine that impact when it’s not on TV once a year but on our phones where the average person picks up their phone 344 times a day.

When we think of influence, we think of blatant forms of it such as fitness accounts and models but what we may not be aware of is the more insidious nature of 'That Girl Routine' and 'Day in the Life' videos. These videos typically star thin, white, wealthy women who live this "ideal" life in their $4,000/month apartments in NYC or LA, their full-time job as an influencer allows them to work from home and make their own schedule giving them time to make meals from scratch, workout, clean their spaces, and post about it online for profit. She is selling an ideal along side a lifestyle that seems almost obtainable.

It's almost obtainable because they spell it out for you. They post videos on YouTube, TikTok and IG showing you how they spend their days and what they eat almost every single day. If you follow along you too can procure thinness and a lifestyle of your dreams. Imagine yourself at 15 years old, uncomfortable emotionally and physically, and following along a person's 'What I Eat in a Day' helps you gain control with a promise of living her life.

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10/07/2022

I spy…

Etel Adnan, Alan Watts, D.O. Fagunwa, Ursula Le Guin, Ralph Ellison, Kent Nerburn, Mary Oliver, Jos Charles, Hannah Emerson, Samuel Delany, Philip Pullman, Jorge Luis Borges, Francesco Dimitri, Patti Smith, Wendell Berry, Edward Hoem, Gabi Abrão, Werner Herzog, Ada Limón, Paul Kingsnorth, Carlo Rovelli, Howard Zinn, Leonard Cohen, Barry Lopez, Allison Adair, and Adrienne Maree Brown.

09/02/2022

Social media has given us a front row seat to the brutality that Black people face in America. It hasn’t saved lives but it certainly has brought awareness to the cruelty, hatred and fear white people have towards Black people. You can't say it is "a few bad apples" when there are thousands of videos circulating of Black people being targeted by law enforcement and other white people who have dubbed themselves neighborhood crime watch.

There have been millions of witnesses to the violence that rains down on Black people on a daily basis and you cannot deny the racism of this country when you've seen it with your own eyes on Instagram/Facebook/TikTok. It cannot be rebuffed, it cannot be unseen, and it cannot be forgotten. This access is valuable to the shift of white peoples denial of racism but why do we need evidence? White people have been denying the violence towards Black people since the inception of that violence and now that it is hard to deny, white people are putting their activist card on the table and saying, "Look at this Black man being murdered. Can you hear him? He can't breathe!"

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08/25/2022

Dear friends—We are seeking bookshop volunteers interested in helping sustain a wild, welcoming, community-informed space for literature :)

Many of you remember Wolverine Farm from its time as a volunteer-run bookstore at the Bean Cycle. Now, with a new literary wilderness established at the Publick House, we are both returning to form and reinventing what it means to celebrate literature in northern Colorado.

Stewardship of Perelandra’s environment takes many forms—observation, acquisitions, outreach, accessibility—and we are eager for your particular genius as it may apply to any/all of the above.

We ask volunteers to commit on a monthly basis for a minimum of two hours per week. Beyond the joy of book-forest bathing, you’ll get a free drink on your shifts and an awesome book discount :)

If you are interested, email [email protected] and mention 1) what interests you most about spending time here, and 2) your availability.

With a deep bow,
Joe

08/21/2022

Over the next few weeks I'm hoping to create dialogue around social media and how it has impacted our lives. I logged out of my personal Instagram in December of 2021 and haven't looked back since, however, taking over this space has opened my eyes to what I have missed and what I haven't. When we talk about social media's influence, it makes sense to want a black and white narrative but it is not that simple. The truth is that one must acknowledge that social media is a very grey area with many intricacies to attempt to understand it's impacts on us as individuals, as a community, and as global citizens.

Some questions to ponder during this time:

How has social media influenced social movements? How has it negatively impacted those movements? What are the disadvantages of taking in a lot of information at once? What are the advantages of having access to that information? Social media has transformed into a consumer market fueling capitalism; what are the negative implications of constantly having things sold to us? What are the benefits of having access to goods available at our fingertips?

I can't wait to dive into this subject further and see if we're able to get to a place of more understanding but, let's be honest, sometimes the more we educate ourselves the less understanding we have.

- Morgan

08/10/2022

This month we celebrate James Baldwin's birthday. When we remember James Baldwin we remember that writing was his occupation but truth-telling was his vocation. His words influenced those in his time and continues to influence those in ours.

With his words he pulled the reader/listener into his agony, his trepidation, his prostration but also his hope. His hope that we would see his exhaustion and let him rest by doing what needed to be done for a country he knew was possible.

He told us America broke his heart and we are forced to feel the unrelenting pain of that heartbreak. He demanded that white people have the courage to critically examine themselves and their country for it is our duty to build a system that protects Black people, not continue to uphold the system that protects white people from Black people.

James Baldwin spoke out against a system that requires obedience and toleration and with that he acquired a target on his back. Government surveillance, threats, and friends being assassinated yet he continued to use his voice to defy society's expectations of the "typical Black man" and arm his fellow citizens with empathy and anger to demand a world that is safe for Black people.

The optimist in me would like to think that if James Baldwin were here today he would be proud of the work that has been accomplished since his passing in 1987 but the realist in me knows that not much has changed and he would expect more because he has always expected more, as he always should.

“If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class. One goes to the unprotected – those, precisely, who need the law’s protection most! – and listens to their testimony.” - James Baldwin, No Name in the Street

To celebrate this remarkable author, orator and activist pick up a few of his books once available at the shop! A few of my personal favorite are: Nobody Knows My Name, The Fire Next Time and Notes of a Native Son

07/31/2022

Hello! My name is Morgen and I will be taking over this portion of the Perelandra space. My goal with this account is to showcase the literature Perelandra offers to help decolonize your shelf, open your mind to books not on the best sellers table or on BookTok, and create a space that is motivated to keep the voices of BIPOC authors elevated and at the forefront of conversations. I am here to assist with book recommendations, creating dialogue and offering insight on how we can use literature to create a community that is more knowledgeable and prepared to support those whose voices have been forced to the margins.

I’m looking forward to seeing what we’re able to create together!

Currently reading: The Fiery Trail: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner

06/08/2022

If you want to feel your heart change shape & your eyes turn into small oceans, all in under five minutes' time, we recommend you read the exquisite piece of nonfiction by published in Hobart a day ago—link in yon bio. It concerns Jim, an old Maine C**n. Truly a special work at the crossroads of grief, sentience, addiction, and partnership.

Perelandra was fortunate enough to have Jason as Reader in Residence in December of last year; the conversation we recorded in the wake of his tenure is well-worth a listen, if you don't mind unedited audio & in case you missed it. This can be found on our unintentially secret blog / archive of bookshop thoughts, smallimmortals.com.

If you read or listen to either of the above, drop a note here so we can admire yr great taste & exchange tiny notes of awe.

📷: don't know who took it but will credit when we find out!

05/12/2022

Been a lovely springly week hosting Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, Vauhini Vara, and Nick Marx for their book releases. Some brilliant new work done in hybrid essay poetics, literary/dystopian fiction, and politically-informed comm. theory.

Pictured here are Harrison, Vauhini, Nick, and lastly Fergus, who didn't have a book release, but who had a great week anyway :)

Onward, community, onward!

03/15/2022

starting to fill out up here! 🪐 we're still trying to figure out what story the books want to tell on this wall, but certainly a major gesture in favor of art, visual narrative, and design-related thought.

We owe a debt of gratitude & ongoing inspiration to who gave us a brilliant list of folks at work in the illustrated & photographic realms (and who is opening a print shop real soon btw!)

thanks for the patience & camaraderie everyone—

02/18/2022

New "guide to perelandra" postcards, plus signage :) Give us wilderness or give us death! Here is the text:

The books in this space are arranged in an unorthodox and somewhat aleatory fashion. We think of them as being part of a literary wilderness because we want to honor your instincts and reward your curiosity: to decolonize canon and reawaken the manifold interrelationship of all literature.

In other words, Perelandra—the name of planet Venus in C. S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy—exists to subvert predilections that keep us from realizing new interests and true abilities. But be comforted! Diverse signs are to be found, some alphabetization is maintained, and your intuition is immense.

Furthermore, the guardians of Wolverine Farm are well-acclimated to these rolling waters and shifting slopes; they will happily accompany you in your investigations should bewilderment overwhelm or inquiries arise :) Donations and book orders are always welcome! Email [email protected]

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316 Willow Street
Fort Collins, CO
80524

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 9pm
Tuesday	8am - 9pm
Wednesday	8am - 9pm
Thursday	8am - 9pm
Friday	8am - 9pm
Saturday	10am - 9pm
Sunday	10am - 6pm

Telephone

+19706829288

Website

http://perelandrabooks.com/

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