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Magic City Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Magic City Books is a project of the nonprofit Tulsa Literary Coalition. In the heart of the Tulsa Arts District. Home of Booksmart Tulsa.

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Book Cover for: Battling the Big Lie: How Fox, Facebook, and the Maga Media Are Destroying America, Dan Pfeiffer

Battling the Big Lie: How Fox, Facebook, and the Maga Media Are Destroying America

Dan Pfeiffer
Magic City BooksMagic City Books

Have you gotten your ticket yet?? Tuesday June 21st @danpfeiffer of @PodSaveAmerica will be talking about his new book “Battling The Big Lie.” Each ticket comes with a copy of the new book! Don’t miss it! Tix at https://t.co/usRrTLHtS6 https://t.co/W9kMF3XOyK

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Interior Chinatown: A Novel (National Book Award Winner), Charles Yu

Interior Chinatown: A Novel (National Book Award Winner)

Charles Yu
Magic City BooksMagic City Books

Super excited to hear about @charles_yu’s INTERIOR CHINATOWN being adapted for TV by @TaikaWaititi. If you haven’t read it, GET TO IT! https://t.co/qVYdw1Bpsj

Paperback, 2020

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Hours, Michael Cunningham

The Hours

Michael Cunningham
Magic City BooksMagic City Books

Our beloved late Co-Founder CINDY HULSEY would have turned 63 today. She’s been gone over 4 years now, but her spirit lives on at MCB. “There is a beauty in the world, though it's harsher than we expect it to be.” –Michael Cunningham, The Hours (Cindy’s favorite book) https://t.co/ok8wUj3Cty

Paperback, 2000

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories, Laura Van Den Berg

I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories

Laura Van Den Berg
Magic City BooksMagic City Books

So excited to be “publishing” a new short story by @Lvandenberg on #quotecorner window. Story bookmarks free with purchase. And we love Laura’s latest collection, #iholdawolfbytheears from @fsgbooks. https://t.co/i0DssfIABO

Paperback, 2021

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Queen Charlotte: Before Bridgerton Came a Love Story That Changed the Ton..., Julia Quinn

Queen Charlotte: Before Bridgerton Came a Love Story That Changed the Ton...

Julia Quinn
Magic City BooksMagic City Books

BIG NEWS!!! We are teaming up with @Philbrook to bring in @bridgerton creator JULIA QUINN on 5/8! Space limited. Costumes encouraged! Tix on sale now. Each ticket includes a copy of QUEEN CHARLOTTE. https://t.co/Zw9cMVkl5B https://t.co/teFS4wDz7j

Paperback, 2024

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Calm and Normal Heart: Stories, Chelsea T. Hicks

A Calm and Normal Heart: Stories

Chelsea T. Hicks
Magic City BooksMagic City Books

So excited for this one! Chelsea is a superstar in the making. Join us for this celebration. “A Calm and Normal Heart’ is the book I've been waiting for— audacious, tender, and fiercely committed." —Louise Erdrich @bwhobson @ToniJens and @DeeshaPhilyaw couldn’t agree more! https://t.co/qsqNZXyOL6

Hardcover, 2022

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Let Me Be Frank: A Book about Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do, Tracy Dawson

Let Me Be Frank: A Book about Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do

Tracy Dawson
Magic City BooksMagic City Books

“A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do.” https://t.co/tFJJfpaeki

Hardcover, 2022

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Cult Classic, Sloane Crosley

Cult Classic

Sloane Crosley
Magic City BooksMagic City Books

Tickets NOW ON SALE for our 6/18 event with SLOANE CROSLEY @circlecinema! Pick up a copy of #cultclassic. Stay for the 1977 feminist #cultfilm “Death Game.” Make a night of it. @askanyone Tix at https://t.co/Zhr66CYpwz https://t.co/EU05P6YcrG

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: You Never Know: Poems, Ron Padgett

You Never Know: Poems

Ron Padgett
Magic City BooksMagic City Books

No big deal. :) Did you know? Tulsa poet Ron Padgett wrote new poems specifically for the excellent Jarmusch film, “Paterson.” If you haven’t seen it, get on it! https://t.co/U0Qe2JtU7k

Paperback, 2002

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros
Magic City BooksMagic City Books

SAVE THE DATE! 9/13/21. So excited to chat with SANDRA CISNEROS, the celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street, about her beautiful new dual-language book, MARTITA, I REMEMBER YOU. Tickets on sale Monday, August 16. 10am. Book included. http://magiccitybooks.com. https://t.co/qDDP0WTkSv

Paperback, 1991

$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book