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Les Figues Press Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Independent, not-for-profit publisher of poetry, prose, in-betweens, conceptual.

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Book Cover for: Adagio Ma Non Troppo, Ryoko Sekiguchi

Adagio Ma Non Troppo

Ryoko Sekiguchi
Les Figues PressLes Figues Press

thank you to @zenpartymix for this lovely micro-review of Ryoko Sekiguchi's adagio ma non troppo (trans. Lindsay Turner) (@tindsaylurner) in the @kenyonreview!!!!! https://t.co/NSkIQ6iuiq

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Book Cover for: The Book of Unnamed Things, Paul Hoover

The Book of Unnamed Things

Paul Hoover
Les Figues PressLes Figues Press

AWP! Tonight at ALOFT Hotel, Paul Hoover is reading from The Book Of Unnamed Things(2017, MadHat Press.) 7 PM! Come listen with us.

Paperback, 2018

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Getty Fiend, Ken White

The Getty Fiend

Ken White
Les Figues PressLes Figues Press

Need to focus on a different fiend for awhile? Here's an excerpt from Ken White's The Getty Fiend, published by Action Yes, @action__books Behold The Beast pinioned on the racquetball, as terrible in his agony as a mangled cuticle. https://t.co/XBAiB7cMRn

Paperback, 2024

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Irradiated Cities, Mariko Nagai

Irradiated Cities

Mariko Nagai
Les Figues PressLes Figues Press

hot new review by Katharine Coldiron (@ferrifrigida) of Mariko Nagai's (@marikonagai2012) Irradiated Cities up at @LAReview! https://t.co/HzfmrukduD

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Book Cover for: Villainy, Andrea Abi-Karam

Villainy

Andrea Abi-Karam
Les Figues PressLes Figues Press

we're so very excited to publish Andrea Abi-Karam's (@wolf_hour) Villainy in early 2020--until now, enjoy this wonderful interview in @BOMBmagazine and get EXTRATRANSMISSION (selected by @Thisbhanu) from @KelseyStPress! https://t.co/x26EyfNbAr

Paperback, 2021

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: For Want and Sound, Melissa Buzzeo

For Want and Sound

Melissa Buzzeo
Les Figues PressLes Figues Press

Divinatory poetics. Melissa Buzzeo's For Want and Sound, 2012 https://t.co/ps7CdNYFI9 https://t.co/2rPlVkRDAb

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Book Cover for: Guantanamo, Frank Smith

Guantanamo

Frank Smith
Les Figues PressLes Figues Press

thank you @CATranslation for including Frank Smith's Guantanamo, Gabriela Torres Olivares's (@gabytorres) Enfermario, & Myriam Moscona's Tela de sevoya (trans. @JohnPluecker & Jen Hofer) on your post- #AWP2018 reading list! we hope you love them as much as we do! 💜 https://t.co/QCTBYARfNK

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Book Cover for: Extratransmission, Andrea Abi-Karam

Extratransmission

Andrea Abi-Karam
Les Figues PressLes Figues Press

we're so very excited to publish Andrea Abi-Karam's (@wolf_hour) Villainy in early 2020--until now, enjoy this wonderful interview in @BOMBmagazine and get EXTRATRANSMISSION (selected by @Thisbhanu) from @KelseyStPress! https://t.co/x26EyfNbAr

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Book Cover for: Loser, Josef Kaplan

Loser

Josef Kaplan
Les Figues PressLes Figues Press

We are excited to announce that @simonsba has selected @wolf_hour’s VILLAINY as the 2018 #NOS Contest Winner! 🎉 Josef Kaplan’s LOSER is our 2018 Editorial Selection! 🎉 Thanks to everyone who participated. We look forward to reading again next year! 🎉

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Book Cover for: Likes, Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum

Likes

Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum
Les Figues PressLes Figues Press

"Not a photo of a black square but a photo of total blackness. As if the camera had misfired, or the film had been accidentally exposed." 2011 #NOS judge Sarah Shun-lien Bynum's story LIKES featured on @NYerFiction. https://t.co/87w9dJZywE

Paperback, 2021

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book