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JD Wilson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Director, University of Alabama Press @UnivofALPress. Vegemite lover. Bringing back "Alabaman." The opinions here are mine or my dog Nigel's.

19 books
Book Cover for: A Death in Harlem, Karla Fc Holloway

A Death in Harlem

Karla Fc Holloway
JD WilsonJD Wilson

NUP is honored and thrilled to have Karla @ProfHolloway's second novel, "Gone Missing in Harlem." Check out the trailer and homepage feature. Her first, "A Death in Harlem," also a bestselling page-turner! https://twitter.com/ProfHolloway/status/1371869472890482692

Paperback, 2019

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Little Armageddon: Poems, Gregory Fraser

Little Armageddon: Poems

Gregory Fraser
JD WilsonJD Wilson

Congratulations to Greg Fraser from @UnivWestGa whose "Little Armageddon" is New & Noteworthy Poetry at @nytimesbooks! @NorthwesternUP https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/books/review/new-this-week.html?smid=tw-share

Paperback, 2021

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Politics of Black Joy: Zora Neale Hurston and Neo-Abolitionism, Lindsey Stewart

The Politics of Black Joy: Zora Neale Hurston and Neo-Abolitionism

Lindsey Stewart
JD WilsonJD Wilson

Sign up to hear Lindsey Stewart @Llstewart25Gm, author of "The Politics of Black Joy and Zora Neale Hurston's Legacy," discuss Hurston's political theory and philosophy! @NorthwesternUP @ProjectHBW https://t.co/DpeUOaeEnd https://t.co/jnYe5QGSGb

Paperback, 2021

$38.00$19.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Legacy, Winston Hardegree

Legacy

Winston Hardegree
JD WilsonJD Wilson

Sign up to hear Lindsey Stewart @Llstewart25Gm, author of "The Politics of Black Joy and Zora Neale Hurston's Legacy," discuss Hurston's political theory and philosophy! @NorthwesternUP @ProjectHBW https://nupress.northwestern.edu/event/the-politics-of-black-joy-and-zora-neale-hurstons-legacy/ https://t.co/jnYe5QGSGb

Hardcover, 2007

$28.95$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Gone Missing in Harlem, Karla Fc Holloway

Gone Missing in Harlem

Karla Fc Holloway
JD WilsonJD Wilson

Brava @ProfHolloway, whose "Gone Missing in Harlem" is a highlight in this week's @nytimesbooks Crime section! @NorthwesternUP He’s a Murderer, a Stalker, a Creep — and an Entertaining Narrator https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/books/review/crime-fiction-caroline-kepnes-you-love-me.html?smid=tw-share

Paperback, 2021

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: What Water Knows: Poems, Jacqueline Jones Lamon

What Water Knows: Poems

Jacqueline Jones Lamon
JD WilsonJD Wilson

Poetry lovers, check out Jacqueline Jones LaMon's "What Water Knows" from @NorthwesternUP, "an ambitious, stirring collection." https://t.co/1iBNUjSTtS via @publisherswkly

Paperback, 2021

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Polish Literature and the Holocaust: Eyewitness Testimonies, 1942-1947, Rachel Feldhay Brenner

Polish Literature and the Holocaust: Eyewitness Testimonies, 1942-1947

Rachel Feldhay Brenner
JD WilsonJD Wilson

@NorthwesternUP is sad to say good-bye to the luminous Rachel Feldhay Brenner of @UWJewishStudies and author of "Polish Literature and the Holocaust." https://t.co/boad7I1e7H https://t.co/qbcPv4Evvq

Paperback, 2019

$38.00$19.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ascension, Steve Tomasula

Ascension

Steve Tomasula
JD WilsonJD Wilson

Congrats to @FCtwo's Steve Tomasula, whose "Ascension" is a finalist for @ForewordReviews 2022 Indies Sci-fi award! https://t.co/6kTqovDGG2

Paperback, 2022

$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: How Women Must Write: Inventing the Russian Woman Poet, Olga Peters Hasty

How Women Must Write: Inventing the Russian Woman Poet

Olga Peters Hasty
JD WilsonJD Wilson

Petition to replace blurbs with Prince lyrics: How Women Must Write: Inventing the Russian Woman Poet by Olga Peters Hasty "You don't have to watch 'Dynasty' to have an attitude." —Prince https://t.co/PAhp49olu9

Hardcover, 2019

$120.00$95.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: A Far Cry from Kensington, Muriel Spark

A Far Cry from Kensington

Muriel Spark
JD WilsonJD Wilson

@thunder_rhoda Muriel Spark’s “A Far Cry from Kensington.”

Paperback, 2014

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book