Gulf Coast Journal 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 Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia
Emma Copley Eisenberg
Congratulations to Emma C. Eisenberg ( @frumpenberg ) for her debut novel The Third Rainbow Girl that comes out on January 21st! #gulfcoastfamily https://t.co/Zig9ifZrKv
Paperback, 2021
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The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir
Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Keeping the summer interviews rolling! 🚂 New interview from @whoismims talking to @ingrid_rojas_c about her brand new memoir THE MAN WHO COULD MOVE CLOUDS is now up on the site! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ http://www.gulfcoastmag.org/online/reviews-and-interviews/living-it-out-ingrid-rojas-contreras/ https://t.co/ZqgAMC2M6i
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Valleyesque: Stories
Fernando A. Flores
NEW interview by @nickalmeidasays w/ Fernando A. Flores about his latest book VALLEYESQUE is up NOW! ⬇️ http://gulfcoastmag.org/online/reviews-and-interviews/burn-the-first-reel-an-interview-with-fernando-a.-flores/ This fascinating conversation moves from Jimi Hendrix to Frank Capra while shedding light on the creative process of this astoundingly talented writer✨ https://t.co/3Wkwr0LPHH
Paperback, 2022
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Poetyr
D. T. Bush
Many congrats to @JoshTvrdy for his poem, "Church Board Interrogations," winner of the 2018 @Gulf_Coast Prize in #Poetry, chosen by @chenchenwrites - Can't wait for you to read it in Issue 31.1, now in production for fall release. https://t.co/Ibvs5ck5DI
Paperback, 2018
$6.00$3.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Overstory
Richard Powers
"The responsibility that the book invokes has to do with the recognition that there is no separate thing called humanity. No separate thing called nature." Today on GC Online Charlotte Wyatt interviews Richard Powers on Pulitzer winner, The Overstory. https://t.co/vSpqbj2p4Z
Paperback, 2019
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
(Don't) Stop Me If You've Heard This Before: And Other Essays on Writing Fiction
Peter Turchi
EPISODE TWO: Fiction writer Peter Turchi speaks about his new book (DON'T) STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE, essays on the craft of fiction writing. Turchi & @vangolenia discuss what writers can learn from other art mediums, why omniscient narrators fell out of vogue, & more https://t.co/nLAkJArzQz
Paperback, 2023
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lapvona
Ottessa Moshfegh
✨New review up! ✨ Madeleine Gaudin reviews Ottessa Moshfegh’s LAPVONA (released today!) & muses on God, the purpose of prayer, & the embarrassment that follows belief…with some Demi Lovato & Sufjan Stevens thrown in for good measure. Read it here: https://t.co/tfJms2CWq9 https://t.co/BsXkyqkxi4
Paperback, 2023
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Tree of Life: Celtic Prayers to the Universal Christ
Ray Simpson
"My shadow will be preaching, will be endowed with / all I cannot carry / in this life" - from "Tree of Life" by @brandonshimoda. Our Winter/Spring 2021 issue of GCOnline features three poems by Shimoda.
Paperback, 2020
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Postcolonial Love Poem: Poems
Natalie Diaz
@NatalieGDiaz, this year’s judge for the Gulf Coast Prize in Poetry, just won the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry for her book POSTCOLONIAL LOVE POEM. Congrats Natalie! https://t.co/N3aLmyjADi
Paperback, 2020
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Why the Assembly Disbanded
Roberto Tejada
Past contributor and current advisory council member Roberto Tejada's (@fullforeground) newest collection of poems is out now through @FordhamPress--WHY THE ASSEMBLY DISBANDED is not to be missed https://t.co/JJqTXata0F
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book