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Literary Death Match Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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4 authors, 3 judges, 2 finalists & 1 champion. In 69 cities worldwide. Created by @atzuniga. Watch LDM Book Report: https://t.co/2d55uVzUEp…

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Book Cover for: Alive at the End of the World, Saeed Jones

Alive at the End of the World

Saeed Jones
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Judging "Performance": Saeed Jones (@theferocity), author of How We Fight for Our Lives, winner of @KirkusPrize for Nonfiction; poetry collection Prelude to a Bruise, winner of @PENamerica/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry. His latest, Alive at the End of the World, is out now! https://t.co/HaCmf8dbnm

Paperback, 2022

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir, Ingrid Rojas Contreras

The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir

Ingrid Rojas Contreras
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SAN FRANCISCO: Come see @ingrid_rojas_c judge the expletive out of literary merit at Literary Death Match @Litquake! Oct. 19 at @thevalenciaroom. Bask in the glow of her latest—The Man Who Could Move Clouds—being nom'd for a @nationalbook award! Tix: https://t.co/UBzyNGEI7E https://t.co/WnHWmg7Max

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Forgotten Iron King of the Great Lakes: Eber Brock Ward, 1811-1875, Michael W. Nagle

The Forgotten Iron King of the Great Lakes: Eber Brock Ward, 1811-1875

Michael W. Nagle
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Finally: Michael W. Nagle's The Forgotten Iron King of the Great Lakes (let's get #eberbrockward trending!). More info here: https://t.co/3IFmctyHwF https://t.co/lKsMt0bhZq

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Book Cover for: The Heart Keeps Faulty Time, Siân Griffiths

The Heart Keeps Faulty Time

Siân Griffiths
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Also in Round 2: Siân Griffiths (@borrowedhorses), author of the all-new The Sum of Her Parts; Borrowed Horses (a semi-finalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award — @FirstNovelVCU); The Heart Keeps Faulty Time, and creative writing teacher at @WeberStatearts https://t.co/6Ce5q5ylTq

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Book Cover for: Forbidden City, Vanessa Hua

Forbidden City

Vanessa Hua
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Wait! Have you not read @vanessa_hua's Forbidden City yet? WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! Grab a copy from @CityLightsBooks ASAP, then have her sign your copy at Literary Death Match SF on Sept. 7. She will, she will, rock you. https://t.co/gHUN8WyVwP https://t.co/gnispvMWp0

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Marriage of the Moon and the Field, Sunni Brown Wilkinson

The Marriage of the Moon and the Field

Sunni Brown Wilkinson
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Judging "Literary Merit": Sunni Brown Wilkinson, author of The Marriage of the Moon and the Field, and winner of Sherwin W. Howard Poetry Prize, the @JoyHarjo Poetry Prize and the @SundressPub Chapbook Contest, and was recently a finalist for Nina Riggs Poetry Award https://t.co/N9dgPDtQ00

Paperback, 2019

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Zero Saints, Gabino Iglesias

Zero Saints

Gabino Iglesias
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Also in Round 1: @Gabino_Iglesias, author of the critically-acclaimed & award-winning novels Zero Saints and Coyote Songs and the all-new The Devil Takes You Home. He’s a member of @HorrorWriters Association, the Mystery Writers of America & the National @bookcritics Circle https://t.co/PIQgEl2lrd

Paperback, 2025

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Children of the Land: A Memoir, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

Children of the Land: A Memoir

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
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READING in Round 2: Marcelo Hernandez Castillo (@marcelo_H_), author of Children of the Land, @harperbooks (a @NPR Best Book of the Year, and International Latino Book Award Finalist) + Cenzontle, @boaeditions (Winner of 2019 GLCA New Writers Award, and @NPR Best Book of 2018) https://t.co/esGorqkOm4

Paperback, 2020

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell
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@WritesFiona The Power by Naomi Alderman. Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell.

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Devil Takes You Home, Gabino Iglesias

The Devil Takes You Home

Gabino Iglesias
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Also in Round 1: @Gabino_Iglesias, author of the critically-acclaimed & award-winning novels Zero Saints and Coyote Songs and the all-new The Devil Takes You Home. He’s a member of @HorrorWriters Association, the Mystery Writers of America & the National @bookcritics Circle https://t.co/PIQgEl2lrd

Paperback, 2023

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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