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

Once We Were Home
Jennifer Rosner
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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Light Skin Gone to Waste: Stories
Toni Ann Johnson
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
My Government Means to Kill Me
Rasheed Newson
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
Birth Place: Earth Race: Human Politics: Freedom Religion: Love
Scott Maxwell
@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
Evicted!: The Struggle for the Right to Vote
Alice Faye Duncan
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
Embers on the Wind
Lisa Williamson Rosenberg
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
Nightcrawling
Leila Mottley
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
Self-Portrait with Ghost: Short Stories
Meng Jin
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
The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Stories
Ursula K. Le Guin
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
Pleasantview
Celeste Mohammed
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