Cleaver Magazine Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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“…a telling snapshot of the Millennial plight.” Michael Sasso reviews THE ORIGINAL GLITCH by Melanie Moyer — in #Cleaver. https://t.co/kgHHjMON0c https://t.co/BFJ3VcQuAv

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"...the feminist in me may rationally believe that it’s hard to create sympathetic male characters, but as fiction writers, we don’t write with a political label attached to our pen." @gracesinghsmith chats w @poddar_namrata, author of BORDER LESS: https://t.co/LdDxDG1PPU https://t.co/nt9AdsE0mB

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READING LIKE A WRITER: Learning Craft and Finding Inspiration in What We Read, a generative workshop taught by Ilana Masad, begins Sunday, July 2. @ilanaslightly #cleavermagazine #WritingCommunity https://t.co/BoGeLIpWxZ https://t.co/enIXs618BA

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“Fu’s stories read as commentaries on the present moment, despite (or perhaps because of) their elements of science fiction.” Prisha Mehta reviews LESSER KNOWN MONSTERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY by Kim Fu https://t.co/ybGpMGyouS https://t.co/OncnMr8fBa

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"...it’s obvious that the author’s desire to educate himself and his readers comes from his love of the region.” @JamieTews reviews THE HARLAN RENAISSANCE: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns by William Turner https://t.co/ssicSJDzIB https://t.co/dSbEkLdYFe

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“Like its characters, many of the novel’s messages are nuanced and ambiguous, but Wu keeps the story grounded in reality by balancing abstractions with direct explanations of Willa’s inner thoughts.” Annie Cao reviews WIN ME SOMETHING by Kyle Lucia Wu https://t.co/oHd5SYbhcg https://t.co/ux27uZKb6N

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“Lispector’s crônicas are short and sharp…which lets readers hop between them with the same carefree perusal used to swipe through TikToks.” Dylan Cook on TOO MUCH OF LIFE by Clarice Lispector, translated by Margaret Jull Costa & Robin Patterson. https://t.co/l0FEZAvSMl https://t.co/VIt61wQDvw

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"...a tremendous chorus of voices that rise in a dirge so mournful and lush that all of nature harmonizes" @wordsbyDK reviewed SHADE OF BLUE TREES by Kelly Cressio-Moeller https://t.co/sIbblbqgb4 https://t.co/El7hgVcDgD

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"But you are weak, they say. You need to be protected. And it is you they’re after. "You are a girl." THE SECRET ANNEX, #nonfiction by Rita Mendes-Flohr, appears in Cleaver Issue 41. https://t.co/BCAjVvEsCt #creativenonfiction #memoir #cnf #curacaowriter #jerusalemwriters https://t.co/moIfcre8rt

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“Blanchet sheds the materialistic, rips into the world the reader thinks they know, and creates a dark space where forgiveness, acceptance, and growth exists.” Jae Sutton reviews HERRICK’S END by @TM_Blanchet: https://t.co/ySIqIrZaRh https://t.co/WcKP9XXwg1