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Loft Literary Center Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Voice for Refuge, Zaynab Abdi

Voice for Refuge

Zaynab Abdi
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🍹 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
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Book Cover for: The Women Could Fly, Megan Giddings

The Women Could Fly

Megan Giddings
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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
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Book Cover for: Voices Speaking Out For Justice: Voices For Justice, Jovial Smith

Voices Speaking Out For Justice: Voices For Justice

Jovial Smith
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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
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Book Cover for: White Ivy, Susie Yang

White Ivy

Susie Yang
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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
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Book Cover for: No Knowledge Is Complete Until It Passes Through My Body, Asiya Wadud

No Knowledge Is Complete Until It Passes Through My Body

Asiya Wadud
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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
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Book Cover for: A New Orthography: Poems, Serhiy Zhadan

A New Orthography: Poems

Serhiy Zhadan
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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
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Book Cover for: Honey in the Dark, Lee Colin Thomas

Honey in the Dark

Lee Colin Thomas
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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
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Book Cover for: We Ride Upon Sticks: A Novel (Alex Award Winner), Quan Barry

We Ride Upon Sticks: A Novel (Alex Award Winner)

Quan Barry
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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
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Book Cover for: The Ghost Bride, Yangsze Choo

The Ghost Bride

Yangsze Choo
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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
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Book Cover for: The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison
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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
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