Welcome Behind the Bookshelf! We're celebrating Independent Bookstore Day and National Poetry Month. We hope you'll stop into the bookstore to celebrate, chat with our amazing booksellers, and join us for the virtual livestream with ML Smoker and Natalie Peeterse for their IBD Exclusive book launch of their graphic novel Thunderous, illustrated by Dale Ray Deforest. Tune in to Montana Book Company's Youtube Channel on Saturday April 30th at 5pm MT! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RpjyrWOwiQ

Emi recommends We Measure The Earth With Our Bodies by Testing Yangzom Lama. You can preorder your copy here: https://www.countrybookshelf.com/book/9781635576412

Interested in one of our poetry, or other Blind Dates? Check out our in-store displays, or email staff@countrybookshelf.com to have a bookseller select one for you! You can also email your guesses for what was shared in this episode with Sage.

Spoilers Below!

The first Blind Date Sage shared was Letters To A Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke - https://www.countrybookshelf.com/book/9780393310399, the second was Devotions by Mary Oliver - https://www.countrybookshelf.com/book/9780399563263, and the third was Rain In Portugal by Billy Collins - https://www.countrybookshelf.com/book/9780812982688