Kenyon Review Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Memory Rose Into Threshold Speech: The Collected Earlier Poetry: A Bilingual Edition
Paul Celan
"While this idea that poetry is 'lost in translation' is pervasive in US poetry, it is antithetical to reading Celan’s work." @JohannesGoranss on MEMORY ROSE INTO THRESHOLD SPEECH by Paul Clean, trans. Pierre Joris : https://t.co/aQo3ge1lx8
Paperback, 2022
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
Francisco Cantú
Keija Parssinen enjoyed SPEAK, OKINAWA by Elizabeth Miki Brina (@AAKnopf) and THE LINE BECOMES A RIVER: DISPATCHES FROM THE BORDER by @_franciscocantu (@riverheadbooks), a "cerebral, haunting memoir recount[ing] his years spent in the border control." https://t.co/CrKSUtaGEf
Paperback, 2019
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Snow White: The Classic Edition
Brothers Grimm
Weekly writing prompt: take a fairy tale or myth and reimagine/retell it your own way (in poetry or prose). For example, here's Anne Sexton's ironic reimagining of "Little Snow White" by the Brothers Grimm: https://t.co/nfshY72o4w #KRprompts
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Momma's Lost Piano: A Memoir
David Madden
Congratulations to contributor (& former assistant editor), David Madden! His memoir "Momma's Lost Piano" was recently published by @utennpress. You can learn more and order it at the link below: https://t.co/j87lHvRmPb
Paperback, 2023
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Burnt Sugar
Avni Doshi
.@RaiMisha recommends @avnidoshi's 2020 Man Booker Prize nominated novel, BURNT SUGAR (@overlookpress), which she calls "deliciously unsettling and a window into an India rarely seen before" and @_karentucker_'s WILDERNESS (@CatapultStory): "Funny, insightful, and oh so honest." https://t.co/bpBxnEhC4S
Paperback, 2022
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Snow's Wife
Frannie Lindsay
Consulting Editor Kathleen Aguero recommends THE ICE STORM by @KearneyMeg (@GreenLinden1), THE SNOW'S WIFE by Frannie Lindsay (@CavanKerryPress), LOVE TOOK THE WORDS by @corkery97 (@SlantBooks), and DAILY RITUALS: HOW ARTISTS WORK by @masoncurrey (@AAKnopf). https://t.co/E2Ud57RiT5
Paperback, 2020
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Each of Us Killers
Jenny Bhatt
.@Kothari_Geeta chooses EACH OF US KILLERS, "engrossing and inventive stories" by @jennybhatt (@713Books), and THE GOOD GIRLS by @soniafaleiro (@groveatlantic), "illustrating the oppressive forces of caste and poverty and their effects on every aspect of life." https://t.co/Ow2MZNmgSU
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The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing
Sonia Faleiro
.@Kothari_Geeta chooses EACH OF US KILLERS, "engrossing and inventive stories" by @jennybhatt (@713Books), and THE GOOD GIRLS by @soniafaleiro (@groveatlantic), "illustrating the oppressive forces of caste and poverty and their effects on every aspect of life." https://t.co/Ow2MZNmgSU
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In the Key of New York City: A Memoir in Essays
Rebecca McClanahan
Thank you so much for your reading tonight, Rebecca. And thank you all for joining us. "See you on the other side of Mars!" Pick up your copy of Rebecca McClanahan's IN THE KEY OF NEW YORK CITY from @Bookshop_Org: https://t.co/nOoPRYYPzc https://t.co/ZWI7IIWTYb
Paperback, 2020
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
White Dialogues
Bennett Sims
@LucasESchaefer @raviddice We recommend "White Dialogues," as well as Bennett Sims's novel "A Questionable Shape." @TwoDollarRadio
Paperback, 2017
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book