Fiction Collective 2 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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Contradiction Days: An Artist on the Verge of Motherhood
Joanna Novak
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
Out of Nowhere Into Nothing
Caryl Pagel
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
Messiahs
Marc Anthony Richardson
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
The Good Word: A Decade of Jewish Thought and Chutzpah
David Bornstein
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
Female Trouble: Stories
Antonya Nelson
"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
A Brief Alphabet of Torture: Stories
VI Khi Nao
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
All Our Families: Disability Lineage and the Future of Kinship
Jennifer Natalya Fink
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
Shame
Grant Maierhofer
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
The Town of Whispering Dolls: Stories
Susan Neville
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
Refrigerated Music for a Gleaming Woman: Stories
Aimee Parkison
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