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Biannual literary magazine founded in 1990 at @UNTEnglish. Spring 2023 Issue: https://t.co/8iiVXyw2Nz

17 books
Book Cover for: Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner), Hernan Diaz

Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Hernan Diaz
American Literary ReviewAmerican Literary Review

Reviews by: @Jigsaw_Songbird (NDA: An Autofiction Anthology, from @ArchwayEditions), @vince_granata (A Ballad of Love and Glory by @reynagrande, from @AtriaBooks), and Josh Zimmerer (Trust by Hernan Diaz, from @riverheadbooks)

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick, Matt Haig

The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick

Matt Haig
American Literary ReviewAmerican Literary Review

Start your weekend off with this review of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, written by fiction reader Brittany Glenn. 📚 https://t.co/kNcZTP9FvS

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Rubble Square, Adam Tavel

Rubble Square

Adam Tavel
American Literary ReviewAmerican Literary Review

Check out contributor Adam Tavel's new book of ekphrastic poems, "Rubble Square," out now from Stephen F. Austin University Press! Congratulations, Adam! Order "Rubble Square": https://t.co/o5OGjhx8L4 And read Tavel's poem published in ALR, here: https://t.co/Rx57af9bye

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Blue-Skinned Gods, Sj Sindu

Blue-Skinned Gods

Sj Sindu
American Literary ReviewAmerican Literary Review

We are thrilled to have SJ Sindu (@SJSindu) judging the ALR Literary Awards in Short Fiction. Here is an interview between Sindu and NPR's weekend edition host Scott Simon, @nprscottsimon, discussing Sindu's novel Blue-Skinned Gods: https://t.co/bKzRc96oRd. https://t.co/eP1RYbsU6Q

Paperback, 2022

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Dispatches from Puerto Nowhere: An American Story of Assimilation and Erasure, Robert Lopez

Dispatches from Puerto Nowhere: An American Story of Assimilation and Erasure

Robert Lopez
American Literary ReviewAmerican Literary Review

Reviews: @vince_granata reviews Dispatches from Puerto Nowhere by Robert Lopez; @jayday reviews Out of Order by @alexissearspoet.

Hardcover, 2023

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Nda: An Autofiction Anthology, Arata

Nda: An Autofiction Anthology

Arata
American Literary ReviewAmerican Literary Review

We think @Jigsaw_Songbird's review of NDA: An Autofiction Anthology (edited by Caitlin Forst) is smart and timely. Click on the link to read Khan's full review. https://t.co/eJWOEpnMx2 https://t.co/VmDyADmp4N

Paperback, 2022

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: All Heathens, Marianne Chan

All Heathens

Marianne Chan
American Literary ReviewAmerican Literary Review

Our forthcoming spring 22 issue features work by poet @marianneLchan, winner of 2021 GLCA New Writers Award in Poetry & the 2021 Ohioana Book Award in Poetry for her 2020 book All Heathens. Marianne, we are so honored to publish your work! http://www.sarabandebooks.org/titles-20192039/all-heathens-marianne-chan

Paperback, 2020

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Mask Collectors, Ruvanee Pietersz Vilhauer

The Mask Collectors

Ruvanee Pietersz Vilhauer
American Literary ReviewAmerican Literary Review

Congratulations to our past contributor, Ruvanee Pietersz Vilhauer, on her new novel, "The Mask Collectors." Check out her story we published back in 2015: https://t.co/AQ3OeqQij7

Paperback, 2019

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Valleyesque: Stories, Fernando A. Flores

Valleyesque: Stories

Fernando A. Flores
American Literary ReviewAmerican Literary Review

New! Managing Editor @colleenmeow raves about Fernando A. Flores' collection Valleyesque, from @mcdbooks, where you will "get lost in a series of funhouse mirrors. Each one primed to reflect its own unique blend of truth-telling & chaos back to you." https://t.co/fxEx2Bb9Xj

Paperback, 2022

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Staten Island Stories, Claire Jimenez

Staten Island Stories

Claire Jimenez
American Literary ReviewAmerican Literary Review

We've got a new review of @clairedjimenez's Staten Island Stories, reviewed our Managing Editor @reebeckss. "I find myself marveling at the way in which Jimenez’s characters operate within the ‘real’ world—our world..." Read the full review here: https://t.co/kR31Tuyomd

Paperback, 2019

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book