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Book Cover for: Yellowhammer, Lois Gilbert

Yellowhammer

Lois Gilbert
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Check out Dzanc author @colinfleminglit's World Series piece in @USATODAY - and don't miss the baseball story, "Yellow Hammers," in his new collection IF YOU [ ], coming 1/25. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2021/10/27/world-series-baseball-irresistible-game/8557933002/

Paperback, 2015

$11.95$5.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Yours, Jean, Lee Martin

Yours, Jean

Lee Martin
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Congrats to @LeeMartinAuthor, whose latest novel YOURS, JEAN is a finalist for the Ohioana Library Association award! https://www.facebook.com/Ohioana/photos/a.378711712794/10159039378382795

Hardcover, 2020

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Water and Blood, Julie Stewart

Water and Blood

Julie Stewart
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Happy pub day to WATER AND BLOOD by Julie Ann Stewart, winner of the 2020 Dzanc Short Story Collection Prize. A gorgeous collection inside and out. https://www.dzancbooks.org/our-books/water-and-blood

Paperback, 2022

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Banana Wars: United States Intervention in the Caribbean, 1898-1934, Lester D. Langley

The Banana Wars: United States Intervention in the Caribbean, 1898-1934

Lester D. Langley
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We're pleased to announce the winner of this year’s Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction: The Banana Wars by Alan Grostephan. Sincere thanks to all those who submitted your work to the contest. The longlist and shortlist honorees will be posted shortly. https://t.co/Ef5uVnamBi

Paperback, 2001

$49.00$24.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Rabbit Punches, Jason Ockert

Rabbit Punches

Jason Ockert
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Strong review of Jason Ockert's RABBIT PUNCHES in @SouthRevBooks. "Although published 15 years ago, Ockert’s stories remain relevant in a time of American isolation and unrest...captivating in both strangeness and familiar human feeling." https://t.co/PgPeaHpygI

Paperback, 2021

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: When Me and God Were Little, Mads Nygaard

When Me and God Were Little

Mads Nygaard
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Terrific review of WHEN ME AND GOD WERE LITTLE from @NecessaryFic "This winning, modern folktale celebrates the miracle that integrity and maturity can take shape on the very site of disaster." http://necessaryfiction.com/reviews/WhenMeandGodWereLittle https://t.co/j4xu6tc4GD

Paperback, 2022

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters, Mark Dunn

Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters

Mark Dunn
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Thrilled to see Mark Dunn's anniversary edition of ELLA MINNOW PEA featured in this story in the Epoch Times! https://t.co/tfqBObtrKN

Paperback, 2002

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Skin Elegies, Lance Olsen

Skin Elegies

Lance Olsen
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Happy pub day to Lance Olsen's latest, SKIN ELEGIES! "A most unusual and compelling novel about the diversity and necessity of human connection.” —Foreword Reviews (starred) https://www.dzancbooks.org/our-books/skin-elegies https://t.co/gxJz5Dx4Eb

Paperback, 2021

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Middle Daughter, Chika Unigwe

The Middle Daughter

Chika Unigwe
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We're thrilled to formally reveal the US cover of @chikaunigwe's THE MIDDLE DAUGHTER, forthcoming April 4, 2023! A lush, powerful tale of family and sisterhood; gorgeous cover by Matthew Revert. https://t.co/6rCHwjMZIU

Hardcover, 2023

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Habilis, Alyssa Quinn

Habilis

Alyssa Quinn
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Terrific interview with Alyssa Quinn, courtesy of The Collidescope, on her debut novel HABILIS “What is lost always forms the boundary of what is.” https://t.co/7pbii2VewS https://t.co/HFKHSl8XOV

Paperback, 2022

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book