Loft Literary Center Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Voice for Refuge
Zaynab Abdi
🍹 Announcing the Pomegranate Mule Mocktail by @earlgilesmpls & @GreenCardVoices! Inspired by author Zaynab Abdi’s fav flavors 🌟 Join us at the Voice for Refuge Book Launch at the Loft, May 2nd @ 7pm. Pay what you can, books for sale 📖💚 https://t.co/WJfyLdL15R https://t.co/6fTG54opcz
Hardcover, 2023
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Women Could Fly
Megan Giddings
Reading Like a Writer: This month Allison Wyss (@AllisonWyss) takes a look at how Megan Giddings (@megiddings) uses landscape to tell some of the inner character story in The Women Could Fly. https://t.co/rrCzu3SQzh https://t.co/IX6ehM4tpm
Paperback, 2023
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Voices Speaking Out For Justice: Voices For Justice
Jovial Smith
Congrats to Bao Phi, Carolyn Holbrook, Arleta Little, and other Loft folks in "We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World" by @UMinnPress! This rich collection of Indigenous writers & writers of color from MN is a must-read. https://bit.ly/3rt1iHM https://t.co/wKzAtmlAMi
Paperback, 2021
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
White Ivy
Susie Yang
Allison Wyss’ newest blog post is a nuanced dissection of how physical description shapes identity in fiction. It features the remarkable craft of Susie Yang’s NYT Bestseller “White Ivy” 📕🌹 Read now at https://t.co/x4zjbn17uN ↗️ P.S. @AllisonWyss will be at Wordplay 2023! 🥳 https://t.co/DdMb5FY1V3
Hardcover, Large Print, 2021
$37.95$18.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
No Knowledge Is Complete Until It Passes Through My Body
Asiya Wadud
In this Pro Tips blog @emilywolahan discusses No Knowledge Is Complete Until It Passes Through My Body, by @asiyawadud. Focusing on repetition and choral voice, this is an intriguing discussion on craft, and the powerful poetry created in this collection. https://bit.ly/3xyLrJy https://t.co/rU5ipBGgFS
Paperback, 2021
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A New Orthography: Poems
Serhiy Zhadan
Our hearts remain with Ukraine. Kharkiv is a center for new forms of art and activism since the invasion. Read four poems here from Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan, translated by Amelia Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk. https://t.co/YYVWLpVSbs
Paperback, 2020
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Honey in the Dark
Lee Colin Thomas
Wondering of the Writing Projects are for you? Poet Lee Colin Thomas talks about his experience and path to publishing his new collection, Honey in the Dark: https://bit.ly/3qeq3qP Registration opens next week for the 2022 cohort: https://bit.ly/3i5uVqE https://t.co/5548I9rYf9
Paperback, 2021
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
We Ride Upon Sticks: A Novel (Alex Award Winner)
Quan Barry
How metaphor can create depth and paradox in your writing—@AllisonWyss latest Reading Like a Writer looks at Quan Barry's We Ride Upon Sticks. https://t.co/2UAp2keXSf https://t.co/nHadHaqe9T
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Ghost Bride
Yangsze Choo
This month Allison Wyss' (@AllisonWyss) Reading Like a Writer looks at The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (@yangszechoo) and how you can unsettle your reader in subtle ways. https://t.co/W1xeCdOoWQ https://t.co/7eJ2yJ1kYr
Paperback, 2014
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
Introducing Emma, the current Marketing & Communications intern at the Loft! Emma is a senior at Hamline University and will graduate this May. She is currently finishing up A Ghost in the Throat by @doireann.ni.ghriofa and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye. Welcome, Emma! 👋 https://t.co/HDLGT1kLzG
Paperback, 2007
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book