Deep Vellum Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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A Grave Is Given Supper
Mike Soto
Dallas friends! Join us at @deepvellumbooks on 12/22 for a very special book club with Mike Soto, author of A GRAVE IS GIVEN SUPPER! A BYOB conversation with other fans of cool narrative verse, what better Wednesday could you wish for? https://t.co/IKLvl8D0dW
Paperback, 2020
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The Law of Conservation
Mariana Spada
COMING IN JANUARY: THE LAW OF CONSERVATION is a poetry collection intensely attuned to landscape, both geographic and metaphorical, by Mariana Spada, translated by @robin_ep_myers. https://t.co/Qcttu28Mlt
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Iguana Iguana
Caylin Capra-Thomas
"This book is funny and recursive and, perhaps most of all, it’s comforting—it’s a book about finding and knowing home wherever (and whoever) you are." Check out IGUANA IGUANA author @CaylinCT on @mtpublicradio's @WriteQuestion with @wintered_legs: https://t.co/x5ElCwlPXK
Paperback, 2022
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At the Lucky Hand: aka The Sixty-Nine Drawers
Goran Petrovic
BACKLIST SPOTLIGHT: A love letter to the power of literature, AT THE LUCKY HAND is an account of the different love stories that revolve around a very peculiar book. Peter Agnone's translation from the Serbian of Goran Petrović must be experienced for itself! https://t.co/0rH50cUM9u
Paperback, 2020
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Geography of Rebels Trilogy: The Book of Communities, the Remaining Life, and in the House of July & August
Maria Gabriela Llansol
An interview with Maria Gabriela Llansol, originally from 1997, is now available in English thanks to translator Audrey Young and @timesflow. We were honored to publish GEOGRAPHY OF REBELS trilogy in 2019, and we're excited to publish DIARIES next year! https://t.co/waW49oDoGL https://t.co/zlZAugbiaR
Paperback, 2018
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What Are the Blind Men Dreaming?
Noemi Jaffe
BACKLIST SPOTLIGHT: By @noemijaffe and translated from the Portuguese by Julia Sanches and from the Serbian by Ellen Elias-Bursać, WHAT ARE THE BLIND MEN DREAMING shows three generations of women reflecting on the Holocaust and bearing witness in Jewish and Brazilian identity. https://t.co/IV248qALS3
Paperback, 2016
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Thirst for Salt
Madelaine Lucas
"Ms. Byl's sensitively written novel develops the theme of tragedy growing from humble origins." -@Sam_Sacks, @WSJ https://t.co/4TGc7JAts3 https://t.co/acuWpklnAT
Paperback, 2023
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The Love Parade
Sergio Pitol
Thanks to @DavidConrads at @csmonitor for including THE LOVE PARADE, "an engrossing portrait of a segment of Mexico City society during the 1940s," by Sergio Pitol (trans. @unpoetaloco) in his recent article on the vibrant literature of Latin America: https://t.co/5aiI8edTgr
Paperback, 2022
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Country of Origin
Dalia Azim
"There is a unique kind of alchemy that can be unleashed when listening to the right kind of music while writing." COUNTRY OF ORIGIN author Dalia Azim presents her Craft Capsule in @poetswritersinc: "Conjuring Egypt with Music." https://t.co/KKmTVsQodO
Paperback, 2022
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Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail
Kelly Luce
COMMUNITY CORNER: OS Wynne recommends Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail by @lucekel: "'I tell you I grew a tail, and you're more concerned with how many men I screwed.' Get a taste of Japan & magical realism" https://t.co/LussvUBo8B
Paperback, 2013
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