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St Louis-based feminist press dedicated to fiction & near fiction. Renee Gladman. Amina Cain. Giada Scodellaro. Kate Briggs. Pip Adam. Distro @NYRB_Imprints

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Book Cover for: The Guest Lecture, Martin Riker

The Guest Lecture

Martin Riker
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Our publisher, Martin Riker, on the Across the Pond podcast (@across_the_pod) talking about running a press with your partner, the pressure to do more books, creating memories for fictional characters, fear and playfulness, John Maynard Keynes, and more! https://t.co/NWYubN7KmJ https://t.co/xdBRVn7irT

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Being Here Is Everything: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker

Marie Darrieussecq
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Lots of great books in this display, including THE WHITE DRESS by Nathalie Léger, trans by @NatashaLehrer, Cristina Rivera Garza's GRIEVING, trans by @sarahkbooker, and one of our faves: BEING HERE IS EVERYTHING by Marie Darrieussecq, trans by Penny Hueston. https://t.co/pgGIPeOHax

Paperback, 2017

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Babysitter at Rest, Jen George

The Babysitter at Rest

Jen George
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"The best type of Purse Book is a book like Jen George’s slim oddball THE BABYSITTER AT REST.... it is 7 inches long, 5.5 inches wide, .5 inches thick, and 163 pages long. It could snuggle into almost any purse and astonish almost any sensibility." 👜 https://t.co/yimfdGtWLv

Paperback, 2016

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Lolly Willowes: The Power of Witchcraft in Every Woman (Feminist Classic), Sylvia Townsend Warner

Lolly Willowes: The Power of Witchcraft in Every Woman (Feminist Classic)

Sylvia Townsend Warner
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In which our editor talks about Aunt Dorothy and our two Fall books (officially out on Tuesday!) and also recommends @ScDunnJr's POTTED MEAT, Sylvia Townsend Warner's LOLLY WILLOWES, and Amaranth Borsuk's THE BOOK . . . https://t.co/soYBjqLAL4

Paperback, 2022

$9.00$4.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Sprawl

Danielle Dutton
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@pjmaciak @nseymourPHD Loved this book! Would also recommend Steven Dunn's POTTED MEAT, Danielle Dutton's SPRAWL, and Ann Quin's TRIPTICKS.

Paperback, 2018

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Tripticks

Ann Quin
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Our editor Danielle Dutton has written the Intro to @andothertweets's reissue of Ann Quin's 1972 TRIPTICKS, out today! Read her piece up now @NewYorker. https://t.co/fj4GBDkByK

Paperback, 2022

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: When We Cease to Understand the World, Benjamin Labatut

When We Cease to Understand the World

Benjamin Labatut
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Cool essay on fact & fiction in Benjamín Labatut's WHEN WE CEASE TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD & Danielle Dutton's MARGARET THE FIRST: "both novels caution humility, not brazen assumption, in the face of life’s staggering complexity." by @JonnyDiamond @lithub https://lithub.com/between-fact-and-fable-historical-fiction-or-nonfictional-novel/

Paperback, 2021

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Potted Meat

Steven Dunn
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In which our editor talks about Aunt Dorothy and our two Fall books (officially out on Tuesday!) and also recommends @ScDunnJr's POTTED MEAT, Sylvia Townsend Warner's LOLLY WILLOWES, and Amaranth Borsuk's THE BOOK . . . https://t.co/soYBjqLAL4

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Book Cover for: Annihilation: A Novel (10th Anniversary Edition), Jeff VanderMeer

Annihilation: A Novel (10th Anniversary Edition)

Jeff VanderMeer
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@ilovetaralemma We'd rec THE COMPLETE STORIES OF LEONORA CARRINGTON, Sabrina Orah Mark's WILD MILK, and Jen George's THE BABYSITTER AT REST. Oh, also Jeff VanderMeer's ANNIHILATION.

Paperback, 2024

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: New and Selected Stories, Cristina Rivera Garza

New and Selected Stories

Cristina Rivera Garza
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Excited to listen to @criveragarza talking about NEW AND SELECTED STORIES (trans by @sarahkbooker, et al) on this brand new episode of @across_the_pod! https://t.co/iCdK0XTyEL

Paperback, 2022

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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