Dorothy, a publishing project Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Dorothy, a publishing project on X
St Louis-based feminist press dedicated to fiction & near fiction. Renee Gladman. Amina Cain. Giada Scodellaro. Kate Briggs. Pip Adam. Distro @NYRB_Imprints

The Guest Lecture
Martin Riker
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
Being Here Is Everything: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker
Marie Darrieussecq
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
The Babysitter at Rest
Jen George
"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
Lolly Willowes: The Power of Witchcraft in Every Woman (Feminist Classic)
Sylvia Townsend Warner
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
Sprawl
Danielle Dutton
@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
Tripticks
Ann Quin
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
When We Cease to Understand the World
Benjamin Labatut
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
Potted Meat
Steven Dunn
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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Annihilation: A Novel (10th Anniversary Edition)
Jeff VanderMeer
@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
New and Selected Stories
Cristina Rivera Garza
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