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George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู… Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays, Cj Hauser

The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays

Cj Hauser
George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…

(5+6/31) this past weekend, I've been vibing in and out of CJ Hauser's The Crane Wife + Lars Horn's Voice of the Fish, as part of my multi-genre #sealeychallenge riff โค Can't wait to spend more time with both of these beyond August! Truly unforgettable opening chapters to both! https://t.co/NjEWVbJxw0

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Surge, Etel Adnan

Surge

Etel Adnan
George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…

"So mountains are languages and languages are mountains. We speak both." From SURGE by Etel Adnan https://t.co/9Yfo1SZwWZ

Paperback, 2018

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Voice of the Fish: A Lyric Essay, Lars Horn

Voice of the Fish: A Lyric Essay

Lars Horn
George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…

(5+6/31) this past weekend, I've been vibing in and out of CJ Hauser's The Crane Wife + Lars Horn's Voice of the Fish, as part of my multi-genre #sealeychallenge riff โค Can't wait to spend more time with both of these beyond August! Truly unforgettable opening chapters to both! https://t.co/NjEWVbJxw0

Paperback, 2022

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Divine Comedy: Inferno/Dante, Dante

Divine Comedy: Inferno/Dante

Dante
George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…

Question for Twitter literary friends: what's a good translation of Dante's divine comedy that ppl recommend? Looking to re-engage with the text for more creative reasons than critical reasons, so I'm open to less traditional translations!

Paperback, Mass Market, 2005

$5.95$2.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Golden Ax, Rio Cortez

Golden Ax

Rio Cortez
George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…

I really cannot stop thinking about Rio Cortez's Golden Ax & the speculative histories these poems are engaged with. An unforgettable 2022 poetry book I will surely be returning to for a while https://t.co/ZvXjO4W8CE

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Best Barbarian: Poems, Roger Reeves

Best Barbarian: Poems

Roger Reeves
George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…

"What are you loyal to other than death? To you, the dead, and what is not dead in your death" From Best Barbarian by Roger Reeves https://t.co/q9DeuN9YzU

Paperback, 2023

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Like We Still Speak, Danielle Badra

Like We Still Speak

Danielle Badra
George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…

Danielle Badra's Like We Still Speak is one of the most formally inventive poetry debuts I've ever read. The way this collection holds grief & contrapuntal & whole book's arc into Arabic? Exquisitely crafted -- this v queer & immaculate book deserves infinitely more hype tbh https://t.co/QAJFiKPcXZ

Paperback, 2021

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Enter Ghost, Isabella Hammad

Enter Ghost

Isabella Hammad
George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…

Just finished Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad & let me tell y'all i am WRECKED ๐Ÿ˜ญ this book made me feel every damn thing & I'm so glad to travel across the world with it & good God does she know how to stick the landing! with the Parisian that makes 2/2 unforgettable endings ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Muscle Memory, Kyle Carrero Lopez

Muscle Memory

Kyle Carrero Lopez
George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…

(17/31) up next for #TheSealeyChallenge is Kyle Carrero Lopez's Muscle Memory -- phewwww every single poem in this chapbook ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ https://t.co/A8zUVws8WM

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Book Cover for: Ossuaries, Dionne Brand

Ossuaries

Dionne Brand
George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…George Abraham ๐Ÿ‰ ุฌูˆุฑุฌ ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…

(7/31) my next #sealeychallenge read was Dionne Brand's Ossuaries. There aren't enough words in the universe to do justice to this book - just read it. Cannot wait to become a hermit this winter break reading her collected works cover to cover once it drops ๐Ÿ˜ญ https://t.co/Sd9YUlJOIX

Paperback, 2010

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