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Joy Castro Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Writer. Professor of Latinx Studies & English. Bylines @TheBrooklynRail @LAReviewofBooks @pshares @sensesofcinema. Director of @UNLEthnicStu.

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Book Cover for: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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In which the wonderful ⁦@olivasdan⁩ interviews @silviamg about her “thrilling, ingeniously crafted” new novel, ‘The Daughter of Doctor Moreau’ for ⁦@The_Millions⁩. https://t.co/V0LkzwOtwN

Paperback, 2023

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara
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“For all this book’s differences from Yanagihara’s previous novels, all three have one striking thing in common: they barely touch on the consciousness of women.” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/09/hanya-yanagihara-to-paradise-interview-a-little-life?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Paperback, 2016

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Little Princess: (Frances Hodgson Burnett Classics Collection), Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Little Princess: (Frances Hodgson Burnett Classics Collection)

Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Introduce yourself: 9 books Burnett, ‘A Little Princess’ Angelou, ‘Caged Bird Sings’ Mansfield, ‘Collected Stories’ Joyce, ‘Portrait’ Woolf, ‘Lighthouse’ Faulkner, ‘As I Lay Dying’ Eliot, ‘Middlemarch’ Morrison, ‘Bluest Eye’ Cisneros, ‘Mango Street’ Erdrich, ‘Love Medicine’ https://t.co/ejALmx1cob

Paperback, 2015

$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, Shehan Karunatilaka

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Shehan Karunatilaka
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“Half of the titles on the list are published by independents: Small Things Like These by Faber, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Sort Of, and The Trees by Influx.” #Booker https://t.co/i8BrrEtMLz

Paperback, 2022

$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Uprootedness: Hanif Kureishi's Works and Postcolonial (Dis)Order, Agnieszka Stanecka

Uprootedness: Hanif Kureishi's Works and Postcolonial (Dis)Order

Agnieszka Stanecka
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Excited to teach @carlospintado74's "Last Man on an Island" for the first time today in Cuban American Literature. Find it in @anjanettedelgad's excellent collection from @floridapress, 'Home in Florida: Latinx Writers and the Literature of Uprootedness.' https://t.co/GFlkWqOQqp

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Book Cover for: Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf

Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf
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“Celebrating Virginia Woolf’s birthday, Galen Bunting and Han Au Chua discuss ‘The Annotated Mrs Dalloway,’ Merve⁩ Emre’s new edition of the book, from two different angles.” @inratsalley ⁦@mervatim https://t.co/q5e30FXq8m

Paperback, 1990

$10.99Member price:$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Door, Magda Szabo

The Door

Magda Szabo
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“Thus far I have lived my life with courage, and I hope to die that way, bravely and without lies. But for that to be, I must speak out.” —Magda Szabó https://t.co/R56m19QbTz

Paperback, 2015

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: How to Read Now: Essays, Elaine Castillo

How to Read Now: Essays

Elaine Castillo
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“…I was used to reading books that were not *for* me, that had not imagined me, that could not imagine me…” Elaine Castillo, talking with ⁦@DavidNaimon⁩ about her new book ‘How to Read Now’ https://t.co/aGmLUoRomV

Hardcover, 2022

$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: I've Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land, Alaina E. Roberts

I've Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land

Alaina E. Roberts
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Dr. Alaina Roberts (@allthewhile1) speaking at @UNLGreatPlains on her award-winning book ‘I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land,’ which fruitfully complicates our understanding of the complexity of U.S. history, enslavement, & Indigeneity. https://t.co/zZHK45dxjE

Paperback, 2023

$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: We Take Our Cities with Us: A Memoir, Sorayya Khan

We Take Our Cities with Us: A Memoir

Sorayya Khan
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‘We Take Our Cities with Us’ by @SorayyaKhan: “A memoir of uncommon delicacy & emotional force…. This is an intimate, beautiful, & lasting book.” —Claire Messud https://t.co/kzwTcYLATy https://t.co/GbaaMIetRW

Paperback, 2022

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book