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“Whereas some people have a passion for sex, my mentor has a passion for otters.” In this brief work of fiction by @pmcottrell, the author of SORRY TO DISRUPT THE PEACE (@mcsweeneys) imagines two researchers making surreal observations of an otter. https://t.co/wQqAKQkfNQ

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“What people mean when they say ‘all art is political’ is that ‘all art should be political, and understood politically’…With literature, I want to aim at something higher." @jordan_castro2 with Juliet Escoria on his debut book THE NOVELIST (@softskull).

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"Maybe because of queerness I have this awareness that my body is always possible." —Chris Belcher @chris_belcher interviewed by Sam Cohen on PRETTY BABY (@AvidReaderPress), a memoir about queer becoming. https://bombmagazine.org/articles/chris-belcher-interviewed/

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BUTTS: A BACKSTORY, a historical exploration of the body through cultural values on race, gender, sex, and humor, is out now from @AvidReaderPress. Read our interview with Heather Radke by @kwistent: https://t.co/4rvKbOvt9J

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"Memoir, I think, lures us toward the extraordinary, when in fact the quotidian is vastly more compelling and powerful." —Chris Dombrowski The author of THE RIVER YOU TOUCH (@Milkweed_Books) on fatherhood, vulnerability, and community. By @conza_yvonne. https://t.co/5nNWwflc3q

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"If you're someone who loves language, then what is it like to not have language and be outside of it?" —@ingrid_rojas_c The author shares how her experience with amnesia influenced THE MAN WHO COULD MOVE CLOUDS (@doubledaybooks). https://t.co/YaJd8x2leu

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Lauded by the Nobel committee, Olga Tokarczuk’s magnum opus, THE BOOKS OF JACOB (@riverheadbooks), is “a near 1,000-page, deeply researched novel that aims to destroy any notions of linearity.” By @RhianSasseen. https://t.co/G5stFm4axf

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"Your lust will never deflate, and it will never produce anything even approximating discomfort." —@RebeccaRukeyser The author on THE SEAPLANE ON FINAL APPROACH (@doubledaybooks), a novel about lust and longing on the Alaskan coast. By @NellZink. https://t.co/zrjunQTQnx

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"I write sentences to create an emotional register that allows the reader to step into a certain experience and accept it.” —Mohsin Hamid For the fall issue, the author spoke with @chapmanchapman on his latest novel, THE LAST WHITE MAN (@riverheadbooks). https://t.co/l45vdexo1V

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"Place is a living thing, and it speaks and communicates in ways we have to learn to listen." —@Morgan_J_Talty The author of NIGHT OF THE LIVING REZ (@tin_house) on writing a debut story collection about being Penobscot in the twenty-first century. https://t.co/Y1wuxeZ4Lo