CLMP Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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From our #WomensHistoryMonth list: Originally published in 1900 and republished by @TursulowePress, Edith Wharton’s novella The Touchstone is a “painful and intriguing story about love, morality, guilt, and the realities of economic hardship and class.” https://t.co/7YR0nHbmEU

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Winter Phoenix: Testimonies in Verse by Sophia Terazawa, published by @DeepVellum, is a finalist for the 2022 Firecracker Award in Poetry—congratulations! https://t.co/qELG2XOFsg https://t.co/MssyFFvoek

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Poetry from our #BlackHistoryMonth list: “A first-person retelling of the 2014 Ferguson uprising,” Bittering the Wound by Jacqui Germain (@AutumnHousePrs) “works to share the narrative of the event with more complexity, audacity, care, and specificity.” https://t.co/DIdKY1lUUA

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Memoir from our #APAHM reading list: Grace M. Cho’s TASTES LIKE WAR (@FeministPress) is “a hybrid text about a daughter’s search through intimate and global history for the roots of her mother’s schizophrenia.” https://t.co/7agSUrqlzF

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Migratory Birds by Mariana Oliver, translated by Julia Sanches & published by @transitbooks, is a finalist for the 2022 Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction—congratulations! https://www.clmp.org/programs-opportunities/firecracker/ https://t.co/bPuSoBkgxi

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From our #APAHM list: INSTRUMENT by Dao Strom (@fonograf_ed) “is an experiment in multimodal poetics—inhabiting a synergistic blend of poetry, music, and visual art: the artist’s three forms of ‘voice.’” https://t.co/SAIWGiut8c

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In these two 2-hour sessions, you’ll learn how to read deeply with acclaimed editor and author Beena Kamlani by examining the work of Leo Tolstoy (Anna Karenina), Toni Morrison (The Bluest Eye), and Sally Rooney (Beautiful World, Where Are You). Bid now: https://www.clmp.org/product/how-to-read-a-book-sessions-with-author-editor-beena-kamlani/

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In these two 2-hour sessions, you’ll learn how to read deeply with acclaimed editor and author Beena Kamlani by examining the work of Leo Tolstoy (Anna Karenina), Toni Morrison (The Bluest Eye), and Sally Rooney (Beautiful World, Where Are You). Bid now: https://www.clmp.org/product/how-to-read-a-book-sessions-with-author-editor-beena-kamlani/

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Poetry from our #APAHeritageMonth list: Wang Ping’s MY NAME IS IMMIGRANT (@HangingLooseNY) is a “song for the plight and pride of immigrants around the globe.” https://t.co/1MCwihhrfH

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In collaboration with The Sundog Poetry Center and in honor of #NationalPoetryMonth, @GreenWritersPub will celebrate the launch of Michael Fleming’s new poetry collection, Bags and Tools, at Next Stage Arts in Putney, Vermont, on April 22 at 7 PM ET. https://t.co/6YKTarhYFL