Dzanc Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Yellowhammer
Lois Gilbert
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
Yours, Jean
Lee Martin
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
Water and Blood
Julie Stewart
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
The Banana Wars: United States Intervention in the Caribbean, 1898-1934
Lester D. Langley
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
Rabbit Punches
Jason Ockert
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
When Me and God Were Little
Mads Nygaard
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
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
Mark Dunn
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
Skin Elegies
Lance Olsen
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
The Middle Daughter
Chika Unigwe
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
Habilis
Alyssa Quinn
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