Cincinnati Review Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Forgotten World
Nick Courtright
In our mail: 4 books by contributors! *Deep Territory* by Michael Malan (Blue Light Press) *The Forgotten World* by @nickcourtright (@GoldWakePress ) *Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking* by @CTsalazar_ (@acre_books) *Not Yet Transfigured* by Eric Pankey (@OrisonBooks ) https://t.co/kE4rCMjmzL
Paperback, 2021
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tsunami vs. the Fukushima 50: Poems
Lee Ann Roripaugh
Congrats to contributor @rrobbins19 on the publication of his latest poetry collection *The Oratory of All Souls* with @LynxHousePress! Lee Ann Roripaugh said of it, "These supple poems unfold seamlessly, with the muscular music of moving water..." https://t.co/jZoQT5949R
Paperback, 2019
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All Heathens
Marianne Chan
Congratulations to Editorial Assistant @marianneLchan, whose book All Heathens (@sarabandebooks) won the GLCA New Writers Award in Poetry! https://t.co/YF0fryPGYg
Paperback, 2020
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mad Prairie: Stories and a Novella
Kate McIntyre
Congratulations to contributor @_katemcintyre on the release of her story collection Mad Prairie with @UGAPress! "In this scary, funny, and slyly political short story collection, Kate McIntyre conjures a fever dream of contemporary Kansas," including a story from our issue 15.2!
Paperback, 2021
$20.95$10.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Field Notes from the Flood Zone
Heather Sellers
Congrats to CR contrib Heather Sellers on the publication of Field Notes from the Flood Zone, "a double love letter: to a beautiful and fragile landscape, and to the vulnerable young girl who grew up in that world," with @boaeditions! https://t.co/15uS4XZwTh
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Five Books
Ana Blandiana
Congrats also to @Ana_Blandiana: @BloodaxeBooks has published five books of her poetry, translated by @vioricapatea and Paul Scott Derrick. Their translations of Blandiana also appeared in our Issue 10.2! https://t.co/iKtvGd4o6Z
Paperback, 2022
$28.95$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Runaway Restaurant
Tessa Yang
We're glad to host a fantastic conversation with two contributors who have published short-story collections recently: Shena McAuliffe, with *We Are a Teeming Wilderness* (@Press53) and @ThePtessadactyl, with *The Runaway Restaurant* (@713Books): https://t.co/BlQd9mZmUH
Paperback, 2022
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The Shower
Kay Bigelow
Glad to hear of work from our pages named as notable and distinguished! @goftyler's story "Kanorado" (Issue 16.2) and Savannah Horton's story "The Shower" (Issue 16.1) are named as "other distinguished" stories in Best American Short Stories 2020...
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The Symmetry of Fish
Su Cho
Today's blog features a guest interview with poet and CR contributor @su__cho, in conversation with @LeslieLindsay1! To learn more about Su's debut poetry collection, THE SYMMETRY OF FISH, check out the full interview! https://t.co/qCu6xcsk9H
Paperback, 2022
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#Poems: A Collection Of Short Poems
Judge the Poet
"Good poems don’t reach a conclusion, they open up inside the reader so the experience extends beyond the last line. A good poem suspends judgment." The latest in Writers' Day Jobs is poet and judge Craig van Rooyen! https://t.co/0CkznjKNEl
Paperback, 2015
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book