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Book Cover for: The History of Now, Jesse S. Darnay

The History of Now

Jesse S. Darnay
Literary SouthLiterary South

A beautiful poem “The History of Snow” by Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan @serhiy_zhadan (translated by Oksana Maksymchuk @ok_maksymchuk and Sasha Dugdale @SashaDugdale ) @MPTmagazine https://t.co/E9mmWS3TgJ

Paperback, 2012

$11.99Member price:$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Furious Oyster, Jessica Sequeira

A Furious Oyster

Jessica Sequeira
Literary SouthLiterary South

Happening this week: Wednesday 11 May 7pm at @CervantesLondon author Yara Rodrigues Fowler (there are more things & Stubborn Archivist) + author & literary translator Jessica Sequeira (A Luminous History of the Palm, A Furious Oyster) https://t.co/lfbbQO82tO https://t.co/29qx3RoNef

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Book Cover for: Grey Bees, Andrey Kurkov

Grey Bees

Andrey Kurkov
Literary SouthLiterary South

This month’s show with Ukrainian author Andrei Kurkov @AKurkov & Ukrainian-American poet & translator Boris Dralyuk @BorisDralyuk is available to listen. Talking Grey Bees, My Hollywood & other poems, LA, Ukraine, the power of names & words. ⭐ https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/literary-south-27-april-2022-boris-dralyuk-andrey-kurkov/

Paperback, 2022

$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Quick Ting On: Plantain, Rui Da Silva

A Quick Ting On: Plantain

Rui Da Silva
Literary SouthLiterary South

An excerpt from Rui Da Silva’s @AQuickTingOn Plantain his book about… plantains @JacarandaBooks @reiskyrei https://t.co/RjtnhvNdel

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Book Cover for: The Absolute, Daniel Guebel

The Absolute

Daniel Guebel
Literary SouthLiterary South

“Never, throughout all the time of writing The Absolute, did I give a thought to the devil, but I did contemplate the way that the light of art can save us.” - An Interview with Daniel Guebel By Jessica Sequeira @jess_sequeira via @SouthwestReview https://t.co/MhohbM9KM3

Paperback, 2022

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Stubborn Archivist, Yara Rodrigues Fowler

Stubborn Archivist

Yara Rodrigues Fowler
Literary SouthLiterary South

Happening this week: Wednesday 11 May 7pm at @CervantesLondon author Yara Rodrigues Fowler (there are more things & Stubborn Archivist) + author & literary translator Jessica Sequeira (A Luminous History of the Palm, A Furious Oyster) https://t.co/lfbbQO82tO https://t.co/29qx3RoNef

Paperback, 2019

$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing, Elena Ferrante

In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing

Elena Ferrante
Literary SouthLiterary South

Pains, Pens, and Poets: Elena Ferrante’s “In The Margins: On The Pleasures Of Reading And Writing,” Translated From Italian By Ann Goldstein @moro_carlotta @becky3105 @ReadinginTrans @EuropaEditions https://t.co/SKgbKxlnZ0

Hardcover, 2022

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: New and Selected Stories, Cristina Rivera Garza

New and Selected Stories

Cristina Rivera Garza
Literary SouthLiterary South

‘A fine collection, chilling and frequently bizarre in all the best ways.’ Great review on New And Selected Stories by Cristina Rivera Garza @criveragarza (tr. @sarahkbooker Francisca González Arias, Lisa Dillman, Alex Ross) via @KirkusReviews https://t.co/5ys1jJ9HXU

Paperback, 2022

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women, Afghan Women

My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women

Afghan Women
Literary SouthLiterary South

“My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird; it will tell you those thoughts we are not allowed to think, those dreams we are not allowed to dream.” My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women @HachetteUK #readwomen #womenintranslation https://t.co/EtuWDEyeEA

Hardcover, 2022

$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The New Adventures of Helen: Magical Tales, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya

The New Adventures of Helen: Magical Tales

Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
Literary SouthLiterary South

The Realm of Forgotten Things: On Ludmilla Petrushevskaya’s “The New Adventures of Helen” @DeepVellum @LAReviewofBooks https://t.co/Fo9J585AJq

Paperback, 2021

$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book