@barrettbowlin.bsky.social Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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The prose in If I Survive You is lush and tight and precise and heartbreaking and hilarious, all at the same time, and Escoffery’s ability to capture a Jamaican-American family’s unsteady existence in and around Miami is telescopically fantastic.

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And speaking of @Tin_House: @Morgan_J_Talty's forthcoming collection, Night of the Living Rez, is out this summer, & it features the outstanding "In a Jar" (c/o @GrantaMag). And let's face it: you also had that Han Solo figurine without the blaster. [+] https://t.co/M7AherKEer

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@Tin_House puts out some amazing story collections, and you should read their authors' works, like Kim Fu's, whose phenomenal story, "Sandman" (featured in @ElectricLit), is out now in her fantasy collection, Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century. [+] https://t.co/KZGMOBS92n

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Beautiful & glorious & wonderful people who've read my story collection, GHOSTS CAUGHT ON FILM: If you love it, hate it, or just plan want to smother it with kisses and/or kerosene, I'd be honored if you could rate it on Goodreads/Amazon/B&N/etc. Spanks! https://t.co/SfXplDxK2c https://t.co/WODshR08py https://t.co/VUIFutjxSN

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Holy shit, @DanChaon’s new novel is finally here! Woo! (And a huge thanks to @MacsBacks for fulfilling the order. Get your copy of Sleepwalk from them here: https://t.co/RrXJnQjDzB) https://t.co/Elgd3PfjOr

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This May, in honor of Short Story Month, I wanted to recommend the hell out of 30 stories from the last year that remind me just how much I love the form. So, yeah, starting with @DeeshaPhilyaw, you should read her story, "Eula," because André Spumante tastes better on skin. [+] https://t.co/j5YZMkqhr4

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Later that summer, David James Poissant (@djpoissant) and I got the chance to talk about his heartbreakingly excellent first novel, Lake Life, and everything that it took to be able to write it [+] https://t.co/YES1mKWtEo

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As @Bookshop_Org has free shipping on all orders this weekend, I'm excited as hell that I've got @MrsWhitehouse74's story collection, "The Year of the Monster," (c/o @UnsolicitedP) headed my way, as well as @NK_Adjei's forthcoming novel on pre-order. Woo! https://t.co/9a6rfaDLlr

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And helping me to pull off a trifecta in 2020, Jennifer Pashley (@pashtastic) let me pester her about her latest & creepiest thriller, The Watcher, and it was a delicious treat to be able to talk with a maestra about her craft [+] https://t.co/LU44iCLWiF

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As it's Small Business Saturday, might I recommend grabbing some amazing books from @BridgeEight Press, including @xtebordo's story collection, "Ghost Engine," @nonabiding's novel, "China Blue," and @ch_hooks' first book, "Alligator Zoo-Park Magic"? https://t.co/H72a7VX2Rx https://t.co/IQ79BUWx6W

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