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Book Cover for: Lapvona, Ottessa Moshfegh

Lapvona

Ottessa Moshfegh
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"The bandits came again on Easter. This time they slaughtered two men, three women, and two small children." Read an excerpt from Ottessa Moshfegh's "Lapvona." https://t.co/jiKkYfPVOQ

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Directions to Myself: A Memoir of Four Years, Heidi Julavits

Directions to Myself: A Memoir of Four Years

Heidi Julavits
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Out now: Directions to Myself, the new book from The Believer co-founder Heidi Julavits. George Saunders calls Directions to Myself, “An absolute stunner: frank, funny, self-aware, constantly surprising.” [sponsored] https://t.co/dj7SfUS0jG https://t.co/x7Tk6jbghD

Hardcover, 2023

$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ursula K. Le Guin: The Hainish Novels and Stories: A Library of America Boxed Set, Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Hainish Novels and Stories: A Library of America Boxed Set

Ursula K. Le Guin
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David L. Pike on the radical possibilities of Suzy McKee Charnas, Ursula K. Le Guin, Leslie Marmon Silko, and more. https://t.co/tuStee1oJg

Mixed Media Product, 2017

$85.00$60.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: Best Barbarian: Poems, Roger Reeves

Best Barbarian: Poems

Roger Reeves
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"Which is how I’ve come to think of happiness, a bowing in a field, mouth to the field, / And everywhere that is not black, white, and everywhere an animal" Read a poem from Roger Reeves' new collection "Best Barbarian." https://t.co/DAU1ukPNns

Paperback, 2023

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Harrow, Joy Williams

Harrow

Joy Williams
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In honor of the paperback pub day for "Harrow," read Joy Williams' (type-written, snail-mailed) thoughts on writer's block, revision, and wildness. https://t.co/OryZBijOGg

Hardcover, Large Print, 2022

$30.99$15.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The War for Gloria, Atticus Lish

The War for Gloria

Atticus Lish
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"Nature could not be understood, not ever. To experience chaos, she saw you didn’t need a storm. All you needed was the right man." Read an excerpt from Atticus Lish's new novel "The War for Gloria." https://t.co/NTAn1VzKBW

Paperback, 2022

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: All the Lovers in the Night, Mieko Kawakami

All the Lovers in the Night

Mieko Kawakami
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What the fine booksellers at @ThirdPlaceBooks are reading these days—from Emily Skaja's Brute to Mieko Kawakami's All the Lovers in the Night. https://t.co/caUTAUCgFk

Paperback, 2023

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World, Jonathan Freedland

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

Jonathan Freedland
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.@Freedland for The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World #BGPrize2022 https://t.co/TkNeBWJo2r

Paperback, 2023

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Inseparable, Simone De Beauvoir

Inseparable

Simone De Beauvoir
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"I was taught that my good behavior and piousness would determine whether God saved France: I couldn’t escape." Read an excerpt from Simone de Beauvoir's never-before-published novel, "Inseparable," translated from the French by Sandra Smith. https://lithub.com/inseparable/

Paperback, 2022

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Strange Beasts of China, Yan Ge

Strange Beasts of China

Yan Ge
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"Sorrowful beasts never smile. If they do, they can’t stop—not until they die." Read an excerpt from Yan Te's novel, "Strange Beasts of China," newly translated by Jeremy Tiang. https://t.co/SQ1cK6MrTu

Paperback, 2022

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