Joyland Magazine 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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Bossa Nova
Jesse Russell
Today on Joyland: A weirdly sexy dinner party governed by an omniscient infant in "Bossa Nova" by Sara Kachelman (@sarakachelman) https://joylandmagazine.com/fiction/bossa-nova/ https://t.co/7iwdZcyPzV
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Maps to Nowhere
Marie Brennan
"To disappear, one only has to love people and places vertiginously; one only needs a short amount of time, and the companionship of others." — from 'Maps To Nowhere' by Nara Vidal, translated from Portuguese by Emyr Humphreys https://joylandmagazine.com/fiction/maps-to-nowhere/ https://t.co/2ssSM7nxmO
Paperback, 2021
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A Tree or a Person or a Wall: Stories
Matt Bell
Happy pub day to contributor @jacksonbliss, whose collection COUNTERFACTUAL LOVE STORIES & OTHER EXPERIMENTS is available now from @Noemi_Press! Matt Bell (@mdbell79) called it "an endlessly compelling source of righteous adventure and wonder." https://t.co/CzxDfyqqRW https://t.co/yHMf0i1DrX
Paperback, 2016
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library
Amanda Oliver
We're giving away a copy of Amanda's debut book, OVERDUE: RECKONING WITH THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, on our Instagram in celebration of National Library Week. https://t.co/IsayXqIvTU
Paperback, 2024
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Late Americans
Brandon Taylor
Happy pub day to @blgtylr, whose gorgeous novel THE LATE AMERICANS is out today from @riverheadbooks. https://t.co/xRPRQIzAS9 https://t.co/Q1dEmUvxY9
Paperback, 2024
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bad Feminist
Roxane Gay
"You disabuse yourself of the subservient commands of the lyrics and just go with it. The bad feminist inside of you toys with the idea that Roxane Gay might surely be on to something." —from 'The Origami of a Settler’s Heart' by Rajiv Ramkhalawan https://t.co/y5heVR6f8r https://t.co/UPIaAsQgJX
Paperback, 2014
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Joyland
Stephen King
Today on Joyland: "Rocinante" by Rebecca Morgan Frank (@Poetmorgan), a charming and enveloping story about the things we built in an attempt to avoid making decisions. https://t.co/wpG6vzz9XE https://t.co/KOnOg5h14F
Paperback, 2013
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Surfacing
Cormac James
Today on Joyland: A town submerged in water resurfaces after 30 years and casts a magnetic pull on a young man and his mother, making them travel hundreds of kilometers, into their shared and not-so-shared pasts in "The Resurfacing" by Nivedita Barve: https://joylandmagazine.com/fiction/the-resurfacing/ https://t.co/jGDPYB5306
Paperback, 2015
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pleasure: First Time Feminization, Transgender & Crossdressing Bundle
Sarah Pain
"Pain is beyond our control, forcing us to experience its anguish, but we must opt to recognize pleasure; to welcome its presence. It’s another decision." — from 'The Decision Thread' by Sarah Priestman https://t.co/SRGN4buM5L https://t.co/J1IEtzqvNF
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Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir
T. Kira Madden
You have until midnight to submit your work to our Open Border Fiction Prize, judged by T Kira Mahealani Madden, the author of LONG LIVE THE TRIBE OF FATHERLESS GIRLS. ✨ https://t.co/Ns8zJX7r11 https://t.co/wTWUyDTD3Y
Paperback, 2020
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