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Book Cover for: Year of the Dog, Deborah Paredez

Year of the Dog

Deborah Paredez
ColumbiaSchoolofArtsColumbiaSchoolofArts

"Temporary" by alum and Adjunct Professor Hilary Leichter '12; "Just Us: An American Conversation" by alum Claudia Rankine '93; and "Year of the Dog" by Associate Professor Deborah Paredez were named finalists for the @CLMPorg 2021 Firecracker Awards. https://buff.ly/3u1Jemj https://t.co/le1O2S9uob

Paperback, 2020

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: And Those Ashen Heaps That Cantilevered Vase of Moonlight, Lynn Xu

And Those Ashen Heaps That Cantilevered Vase of Moonlight

Lynn Xu
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Writing Asst Prof Lynn Xu will partake in a solo exhibition of her book-length poem "And Those Ashen Heaps That Cantilevered Vase of Moonlight" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson from November 4, 2022 to January 8, 2023. Read more: https://t.co/MUVzgt4NDA https://t.co/UDSv2DrZyD

Paperback, 2022

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler, Rebecca Donner

All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler

Rebecca Donner
ColumbiaSchoolofArtsColumbiaSchoolofArts

Congratulations to @@RRRDonner '01, whose book 'All The Frequent Troubles of our Days,' placed FIRST in the Biography Category!! 🎇🎇 https://twitter.com/bookcritics/status/1504628102433058817

Paperback, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: India Song, Marguerite Duras

India Song

Marguerite Duras
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Adjunct Prof Ivone Marguiles has written an essay for the @Criterion release of two of the most acclaimed films by Marguerite Duras, "India Song" and "Baxter, Vera Baxter." This special edition will be released in February. Read more: https://t.co/HFNL644FoM https://t.co/ojBBmP8Z40

Paperback, 1994

$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: What's Mine and Yours, Naima Coster

What's Mine and Yours

Naima Coster
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RT @ColumbiaAlumniA: “What’s Mine and Yours” (@GrandCentralPub) by '15 @ColumbiaSOA alum Naima Coster (@zafatista) is a searing novel about…

Paperback, 2022

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: To 2040, Jorie Graham

To 2040

Jorie Graham
ColumbiaSchoolofArtsColumbiaSchoolofArts

Don't miss a reading featuring poet Jorie Graham ( @jorie_graham ) this WED at 7:30 pm. Jorie Graham’s latest collections are '[To] The Last [Be] Human, and 'To 2040,' a new collection which will be published in April 2023. https://t.co/t7ShJyqadS

Hardcover, 2023

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Windfall, Diksha Basu

The Windfall

Diksha Basu
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'The Windfall' (Crown, 2017) by Assistant Professor Diksha Basu '14 @dikshabasu was recently chosen by comedian and actress Lilly Singh as her April book club read. https://bit.ly/36jWooI https://t.co/pqX0Nuc8tj

Paperback, 2018

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir, Margo Jefferson

Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir

Margo Jefferson
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"Constructing a Nervous System," a new memoir by Writing Prof Margo Jefferson, was named in Time Magazine’s 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022. 👏👏👏 Read more: https://t.co/3gKvy6Kr7H https://t.co/fCpUk1JWzp

Paperback, 2023

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Our Revolution: A Mother and Daughter at Midcentury, Honor Moore

Our Revolution: A Mother and Daughter at Midcentury

Honor Moore
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APRIL 5: Our next Nonfiction Dialogue will feature @honor_moore in conversation with Writing Program Professor and Chair Lis Harris. Honor Moore's most recent book is "Our Revolution: A Mother and Daughter at Midcentury." Read more: https://t.co/e0XRVgalGR https://t.co/ne3TQah0S8

Paperback, 2021

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The Netanyahus

Joshua Cohen
ColumbiaSchoolofArtsColumbiaSchoolofArts

Next week, February 8: Creative Writing Lectures continues with Joshua Cohen, author of the novels 'The Netanyahus,' (2022 Pulitzer Price for Fiction, 2021 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction) 'Moving Kings,' and 'Book of Numbers.' Read more: https://t.co/JM8mSuDrFv https://t.co/urqJ4lM73H

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