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LIT Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, & Other Mixed Messages, Carina Chocano

You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, & Other Mixed Messages

Carina Chocano
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@Carina_Chocano pulled up to talk about her new essay collection, You Play the Girl (@HMHbooks) Her episode drops Friday! https://t.co/lLO6pZOrA3

Paperback, 2017

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Jason Reynolds

Miles Morales: Spider-Man

Jason Reynolds
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Jason Reynolds on Langston Hughes, Writing Spider-Man, and Putting Respe... https://t.co/IY7Fi3DZjW

Paperback, 2018

$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Changeling, Victor Lavalle

The Changeling

Victor Lavalle
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@victorlavalle on the origins of his new novel, The Changeling (@SPIEGELandGRAU) Full episode below: https://t.co/XphRbqoObN https://t.co/lZswbryJL2

Paperback, 2018

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America, Darnell L. Moore

No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America

Darnell L. Moore
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We’ve been gone way too long, but we’re backkkkk—and there’s no one we could think of rekindling this flame with than @Moore_Darnell, whose critical memoir No Ashes in The Fire (@imprintonfire) is available in book stores now. His episode drops 8/15, stay tuned 📺 #litplatform https://t.co/GxIXy8ozye

Paperback, 2019

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Turner House, Angela Flournoy

The Turner House

Angela Flournoy
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Back like we never left! Novelist @angelaflournoy pulls up to chop it up about her novel, The Turner House (@HMHbooks) segregated school systems and more! https://t.co/VpRXatqCLr

Paperback, 2016

$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family, Mitchell Jackson

Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family

Mitchell Jackson
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Writer @MitchSJackson pulled up to the studio today to chop it up with @yahdon about his forthcoming book, Survival Math (@ScribnerBooks) 🔥 https://t.co/NkS0d9yBjp

Paperback, 2020

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Build Yourself a Boat, Camonghne Felix

Build Yourself a Boat

Camonghne Felix
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Poet @KamoneFromPluto pulled to LIT to talk about her chapbook, Yolk (@penmanshipbooks) and her new poetry collection, Build Yourself a Boat https://t.co/kwcR0uPXrH

Paperback, 2019

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Candy King: Special Edition Verse 1: The Candy Game, Marcus Mafematics Johnson

Candy King: Special Edition Verse 1: The Candy Game

Marcus Mafematics Johnson
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Marcus ‘Mafematics’ Johnson talked about his children’s book The Candy King on LIT https://t.co/loIiNvbZrJ

Paperback, 2017

$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Burning Girl, Claire Messud

The Burning Girl

Claire Messud
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Claire Messud pulled up to LIT to talk about her latest novel, The Burning Girl (@wwnorton) 🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/UzNyBnkzaE

Paperback, 2018

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter, Aja Monet

My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter

Aja Monet
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Another One: Aja Monet on My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter, Poetry, Obama, and Giving Her Regards to Brooklyn https://t.co/4aF8gSAVHB

Paperback, 2017

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book