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Book Cover for: Contradiction Days: An Artist on the Verge of Motherhood, Joanna Novak

Contradiction Days: An Artist on the Verge of Motherhood

Joanna Novak
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Cover reveal! Today we're eager to show off CONTRADICTION DAYS: An Artist on the Verge of Motherhood by FC2 author JoAnna Novak. Cover design is by @lexears, with @nlcaputo as art director. In stores and libraries July 25th, 2023! https://t.co/PI7WrSwK5f

Hardcover, 2023

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Out of Nowhere Into Nothing, Caryl Pagel

Out of Nowhere Into Nothing

Caryl Pagel
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Caryl Pagel’s “Out of Nowhere Into Nothing” has been long listed at The Believer Book Awards! Buy the book online or in stores and enjoy this gif of the cover by Sarah Minor. https://t.co/IeDkL9IJIU

Paperback, 2020

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Messiahs, Marc Anthony Richardson

Messiahs

Marc Anthony Richardson
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The first of Fiction Collective Two's releases today is "Messiahs" by Marc Anthony Richardson. The fiercely ecstatic tale of betrayal and self-sacrifice is available to purchase through the University of Alabama Press. https://t.co/N8myBGi3hR

Paperback, 2021

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Good Word: A Decade of Jewish Thought and Chutzpah, David Bornstein

The Good Word: A Decade of Jewish Thought and Chutzpah

David Bornstein
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Read a Publisher’s Weekly review of Yannick Murphy’s upcoming book with FC2, “The Good Word” : https://t.co/fz99SvNedj https://t.co/cGQMbLTOCp

Paperback, 2013

$9.95$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Female Trouble: Stories, Antonya Nelson

Female Trouble: Stories

Antonya Nelson
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"These stories are gems. Neville’s prose feels sourced from poetry, with its deft metaphors and fleet movement between the real and surreal, leaving the reader in a kind of dream landscape..." -Antonya Nelson on The Town of Whispering Dolls. Order here: https://t.co/zuSIwoFvmj https://t.co/ROiC28JY6m

Paperback, 2003

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A Brief Alphabet of Torture: Stories, VI Khi Nao

A Brief Alphabet of Torture: Stories

VI Khi Nao
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Listen to the first episode of FC2's new podcast, Fiction Transmission, on Spotify. Brian Evenson talks with Vi Khi Nao about "A Brief History of Torture: Stories". Look for more ways to listen at https://t.co/3Wsd9xq7yN and stay tuned for our next nine episodes on Fridays! https://t.co/YTM6QtXxPh

Paperback, 2017

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: All Our Families: Disability Lineage and the Future of Kinship, Jennifer Natalya Fink

All Our Families: Disability Lineage and the Future of Kinship

Jennifer Natalya Fink
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Meet offsite reader Jennifer Natalya Fink, the author of 5 acclaimed novels, including Doctorow Prize winner Bhopal Dance. Her next book, All Our Families: Finding Our Disability Lineages, will be out in 2021. Get your copy of Bhopal Dance @UnivofALPress: https://t.co/LbxPDEisvh https://t.co/uIkr8q8gDL

Paperback, 2023

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Shame, Grant Maierhofer

Shame

Grant Maierhofer
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Check out the book trailer for FC2 author Grant Maierhofer's new release, Shame! https://t.co/wYZ0rVvbgD https://t.co/uKeqLjUS9I

Paperback, 2022

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Town of Whispering Dolls: Stories, Susan Neville

The Town of Whispering Dolls: Stories

Susan Neville
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Congratulations to Susan Neville for being shortlisted for the Indiana Author Award for Fiction for her FC2 novel The Town of Whispering Dolls!

Paperback, 2020

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Refrigerated Music for a Gleaming Woman: Stories, Aimee Parkison

Refrigerated Music for a Gleaming Woman: Stories

Aimee Parkison
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Meet @AimeeParkison, the author of Girl Zoo, a story collection co-authored with @CarolAnnGuess. Parkison’s Refrigerated Music for a Gleaming Woman, won the FC2 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize. See her at our onsite & offsite events! Get your copies at @UnivofALPress! https://t.co/uwjHQXrjic

Paperback, 2017

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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