Les Figues Press Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Independent, not-for-profit publisher of poetry, prose, in-betweens, conceptual.

Adagio Ma Non Troppo
Ryoko Sekiguchi
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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The Book of Unnamed Things
Paul Hoover
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
The Getty Fiend
Ken White
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
Irradiated Cities
Mariko Nagai
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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Villainy
Andrea Abi-Karam
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
For Want and Sound
Melissa Buzzeo
Divinatory poetics. Melissa Buzzeo's For Want and Sound, 2012 https://t.co/ps7CdNYFI9 https://t.co/2rPlVkRDAb
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Guantanamo
Frank Smith
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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Extratransmission
Andrea Abi-Karam
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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Loser
Josef Kaplan
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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Likes
Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum
"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