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Novelist. WGA Screenwriter. Guggenheim & 2xNEA fellow. Dad. Kid of immigrants ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Co-creator/EP โ€œMade for Love" on HBO Max. Reps: CAA/Artists 1st

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Book Cover for: How High We Go in the Dark, Sequoia Nagamatsu

How High We Go in the Dark

Sequoia Nagamatsu
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Excited to welcome @GrinnellCollege alum @SequoiaN to campus today. He's the author of the dazzling novel "How High We Go in the Dark!" Craft roundtable at 4:15 PM and a reading at 8 PM. https://t.co/wEQBnTVcsC

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Heavy: An American Memoir, Kiese Laymon

Heavy: An American Memoir

Kiese Laymon
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@NatalieLima09 Kiese Laymonโ€™s HEAVY one of the best audiobooks of all time

Paperback, 2019

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Songs of Unreason, Jim Harrison

Songs of Unreason

Jim Harrison
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โ€œThe world that used to nurse us now keeps shouting inane instructions. That's why I ran to the woods.โ€ Jim Harrison, Songs of Unreason

Paperback, 2013

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Golem Girl: A Memoir, Riva Lehrer

Golem Girl: A Memoir

Riva Lehrer
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Excited to welcome the amazing @riva_lehrer to @GrinnellCollege this week! First 50 attendees get a free copy of her acclaimed memoir Golem Girl! https://t.co/8dTccdRXKk @GrinnellWriters

Paperback, 2021

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Wild Iris, Louise Gluck

The Wild Iris

Louise Gluck
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The true Easter hymnal is The Wild Iris by Louise Glรผck "Vespers" https://poets.org/poem/vespers

Paperback, 1993

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Mouth to Mouth, Antoine Wilson

Mouth to Mouth

Antoine Wilson
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Bought the new @antoinewilson novel, Mouth to Mouth, at @Prairie_Lights this past weekend. Itโ€™s blazingly good. Highly recommend! https://t.co/5oAWBvinQ7

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Luster, Raven Leilani

Luster

Raven Leilani
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The 2023 @GrinnellCollege Distinguished Author is Raven Leilani, award-winning writer of the amazing debut novel LUSTER! Leilani will give a reading, followed by a Q&A and booksigning, in JRC 101 at 8 pm; roundtable discussion at 4:15 pm HSSC S1325 on TH, 4/20/23. https://t.co/YHxwdXn8CD

Paperback, 2021

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Dry Heart, Natalia Ginzburg

The Dry Heart

Natalia Ginzburg
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How come nobody told me about The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg? ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿซค๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ

Paperback, 2019

$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Speedboat, Renata Adler

Speedboat

Renata Adler
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@likaluca Renata Adler, Speedboat. William Maxwell, So Long, See You Tomorrow. Lorrie Moore, People Like That Are The Only People Here. Baldwinโ€™s Go Tell it On The Mountain. Jamaica Kinkaidโ€™s Lucy. A lot of Roberto Bolaรฑo.

Paperback, 2013

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: So Long, See You Tomorrow: National Book Award Winner, William Maxwell

So Long, See You Tomorrow: National Book Award Winner

William Maxwell
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โ€œBetween the way things used to be and the way they were now was a void that couldn't be crossed. I had to find an explanation other than the real one... " โ€• William Maxwell, So Long, See You Tomorrow re-reading this quote inspired this month's Substack...

Paperback, 1996

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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