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Tomorrow, 12:30 PM PST! The great Susan Straight, author of IN THE COUNTRY OF WOMEN, goes live with @HeatherScottP to discuss the generations of women before us, and how she's been teaching writing remotely. Hosted by @AltaJournal! https://www.crowdcast.io/e/alta-asks-live-susan/register

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"One thing I love about writing is how some small craft decision you make ends up affecting the entire feel of the book. For each of my books, this emerges as a difference in tone and style." @jeanmarcahsen chats with @lizharmer about STRANGE LOOPS: https://t.co/aUDi6zPGLR

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The New Yorker's Briefly Noted looks at Jokha Alharthi's "novel of remembrance and regret" BITTER ORANGE TREE! https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/01/resistance-paul-laurence-dunbar-chinatown-and-bitter-orange-tree

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“A profound, gorgeous, devastating book . . . That rarest of creations, an original work about a condition in which we are all implicated.” —Jeff Sharlet, bestselling author of The Family Dina Nayeri’s WHO GETS BELIEVED? will be on shelves next month! https://t.co/zekzxqj4Cl https://t.co/WxFwkmedbX

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SCARY MONSTERS is two linked books "whose power lies in the imaginative work the reader has to do to link them, to find clues to the future in the past. It’s a brilliant use of negative space." The @nytimesbooks loves Michelle de Kretser's latest. https://t.co/KUAhIuQntd

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Rainbow Rainbow, the debut story collection by Lydia Conklin—on shelves this May! https://t.co/ftF9QEJ0Ce https://t.co/R2awIjgZaJ

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"The first time I asked who my father was, my mother pointed at the box TV and said, That’s him." A new short story by K-Ming Chang on Colonel Sanders, fathers, mothers, and the stories we're told: https://t.co/y4atqkhR5L

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"One of the things I’m trying to do with my books is have radical, realistic representations of humanity." Kali Fajardo-Anstine is interviewed by @jjackso92 about her book WOMAN OF LIGHT: https://t.co/zV8oJkwS68

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A fantastic review for Meghan Gilliss's LUNGFISH in @nytimesbooks! "Gilliss’s language is an elemental force . . .Lungfish reads with a slowly building terror . . . Reminiscent of Lydia Kiesling’s The Golden State and Stephanie Land’s Maid." https://t.co/bvr60MHdbw

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While writing THE FAMILY CHAO, Lan Samantha Chang recalls, "I searched [for exclamation points] and found a total of 437." She was ready to justify each one to her copy editor. Spoiler: She didn't have to. On writing loud truths: https://t.co/E6T9kLnWuO