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Joyland Magazine Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Bossa Nova, Jesse Russell

Bossa Nova

Jesse Russell
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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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Book Cover for: Maps to Nowhere, Marie Brennan

Maps to Nowhere

Marie Brennan
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"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

$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A Tree or a Person or a Wall: Stories, Matt Bell

A Tree or a Person or a Wall: Stories

Matt Bell
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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
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Book Cover for: Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library, Amanda Oliver

Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library

Amanda Oliver
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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
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Book Cover for: The Late Americans, Brandon Taylor

The Late Americans

Brandon Taylor
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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
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Book Cover for: Bad Feminist, Roxane Gay

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay
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"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

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Joyland

Stephen King
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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
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Book Cover for: The Surfacing, Cormac James

The Surfacing

Cormac James
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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
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Book Cover for: Pleasure: First Time Feminization, Transgender & Crossdressing Bundle, Sarah Pain

Pleasure: First Time Feminization, Transgender & Crossdressing Bundle

Sarah Pain
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"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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Book Cover for: Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir, T. Kira Madden

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir

T. Kira Madden
Joyland MagazineJoyland Magazine

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

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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