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Marva Hinton 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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Freelance Journalist, editing for @edutopia and @hornbook, @ReadMorePodcast host, FPC, short-story writer and would-be novelist, fan of UNC and eastern NC BBQ

16 books
Book Cover for: Once We Were Home, Jennifer Rosner

Once We Were Home

Jennifer Rosner
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This week's @ReadMorePodcast features @jen_rosner discussing her new novel, Once We Were Home, which is about children stolen during or immediately after WWII. We talked about why this topic is so close to her heart. https://t.co/P0m4H5E28i

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Book Cover for: Light Skin Gone to Waste: Stories, Toni Ann Johnson

Light Skin Gone to Waste: Stories

Toni Ann Johnson
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Check out @toniannjohnson on the @ReadMorePodcast. Her award-winning short story collection, Light Skin Gone to Waste, is inspired by her experiences growing up in a nearly all-white community just north of NYC in the 60s and 70s with an abusive mother and a philandering father. https://t.co/9xxL0YD3iR

Paperback, 2022

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: My Government Means to Kill Me, Rasheed Newson

My Government Means to Kill Me

Rasheed Newson
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Had a blast talking to @RasheedNewson for the @ReadMorePodcast about his wonderful debut novel, My Government Means to Kill Me, and what he likes to read. He was also brutally honest about what he doesn't like to read and had this advice for readers: https://t.co/FuWciSNNHL

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Birth Place: Earth Race: Human Politics: Freedom Religion: Love, Scott Maxwell

Birth Place: Earth Race: Human Politics: Freedom Religion: Love

Scott Maxwell
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@kennygotsoul D’Angelo - Nothing Even Matters (duets count, right?) Faith Evans - Love Like This Mary J. Blige - I'm Going Down Maxwell - This Woman's Work (unplugged version) Jill Scott - Love Rain (live 826 version)

Paperback, 2018

$6.99$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Evicted!: The Struggle for the Right to Vote, Alice Faye Duncan

Evicted!: The Struggle for the Right to Vote

Alice Faye Duncan
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During the episode, we talked about Alice Faye's latest books, Evicted: The Struggle for the Right to Vote, and Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free, The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth. Listen to find out how to win a free copy of both: https://t.co/edaLdzjkjs.

Hardcover, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Embers on the Wind, Lisa Williamson Rosenberg

Embers on the Wind

Lisa Williamson Rosenberg
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New @ReadMorePodcast out today featuring @LisaWRosenberg. Her novel, Embers on the Wind, is about Whittaker House, a home in MA that was a former stop on the Underground Railroad. It's now an Airbnb that's haunted by two enslaved women who died there. https://t.co/VMddljTUNL

Hardcover, 2022

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Nightcrawling, Leila Mottley

Nightcrawling

Leila Mottley
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New @ReadMorePodcast out today with @leilamottley. Her debut novel, Nightcrawling, will break your heart. It's about a teenager who is sexually exploited by cops. Leila wrote this novel when she was only 17. Listen to find out how to win a free copy. https://t.co/ZtaRZixOuM

Hardcover, 2022

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Self-Portrait with Ghost: Short Stories, Meng Jin

Self-Portrait with Ghost: Short Stories

Meng Jin
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I still have a free copy of Meng Jin's wonderful @HarperCollins short story collection, Self-Portrait with Ghost, to give away. These stories touch on the isolation and loneliness we all felt in 2020. 1/2 https://t.co/D7eDL4Bg3i

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Stories, Ursula K. Le Guin

The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Stories

Ursula K. Le Guin
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On the @ReadMorePodcast, Meng discussed what prompted her to write these stories during the 1st year of the pandemic and how she was influenced by writers like Octavia Butler, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Vandana Singh. Listen to find out how to win a free copy: https://t.co/hHFkWydRLs

Paperback, 2013

$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Pleasantview, Celeste Mohammed

Pleasantview

Celeste Mohammed
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Celeste Mohammed's novel-in-stories, Pleasantview, takes place in Trinidad. She says she hopes her writing will help dispel myths about the Caribbean. Listen to her full @ReadMorePodcast interview to find out how to win a free copy! #BookTwitter https://t.co/u7MYaa84Ay

Paperback, 2021

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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