Emma Smith-Stevens 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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THE AUSTRALIAN: A NOVEL (@Dzancbooks, 2017) || GREYHOUNDS: STORIES, (@SFWP Literary Awards winner, Spring 2025) || she/her || I read. I write. I cringe.

Spectacle
Susan Steinberg
@goftyler And you absolutely SHOULD use Rick's story as a prompt! For interesting repetition and fragments etc, check out Susan Steinberg's story collection SPECTACLE if you don't already know her work. She inspired this short, big time... https://t.co/jGtknBCkIi
Paperback, 2013
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mesmerism: The Discovery of Animal Magnetism: English Translation of Mesmer's historic Mémoire sur la découverte du Magnétisme Animal
Franz Anton Mesmer
For Edgar Allan Poe's birthday, check out his essay on Franz Anton Mesmer, who invented a form of hypnosis called Mesmerism & believed some wild stuff https://t.co/h9CeCGpDjV
Paperback, 2016
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
With Teeth
Kristen Arnett
Today is for reading. That's all I'm going to do all night long--read, read, read. I'm home alone with three great books, including @Kristen_Arnett's WITH TEETH. I'm living the goddam dream, nobody can stop me now.
Paperback, 2022
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing: Poems
Louis Gallo
I just want to see something: Why is there something rather than nothing?
Paperback, 2021
$19.60$9.80 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Book of the Unreal Woman
Kelly Davio
I just pre-ordered Kelly Davio's new collection The Book of the Unreal Woman. I'm so very excited! Pre-order from Broken Sleep Books: https://t.co/lcN2du7LWx
Paperback, 2022
$10.50$5.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Publishing Journal
There's nothing like readers out there who reach out with lovely words for your work--and writers, we shouldn't stay silent on publications/books we enjoyed. Whether in a small journal or from a large publishing house, if you love it & feel moved to share--100% do that.
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The Quick and the Dead
Joy Williams
Here to remind you all how great The Quick and the Dead, Joy Williams is: https://t.co/YJtMWA4K3X
Paperback, 2002
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Descriptive Words for Writers: People
Piper Bradley
60 Minutes interview (mid 90’s) Ed Bradley: People call you the voice of a generation, poetic genius, musical pied piper. Is this how you see youself? Bob Dylan: Poetic genius, the voice of a... no nothing like that. I just want to be Elvis.
Paperback, 2016
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Interrogative Mood
Padgett Powell
@goftyler Padgett Powell's brilliant novel THE INTERROGATIVE MOOD. Here's an excerpt: https://t.co/hyy7OEk8k8
Paperback, 2019
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Don't Make Me Do Something We'll Both Regret: Stories Volume 2
Tim Jones-Yelvington
@mikesroberti @TimJY (Tim Jones-Yelvington), Don't Make Me Do Something We'll Both Regret https://t.co/acErD6MkXY
Paperback, 2022
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book