Massachusetts Review Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Massachusetts Review on X
A 200-page quarterly of fiction, poetry, essays, and visual art by emerging and established authors since 1959. Whiting Literary Magazine Prize winner.

The Second Person: Poems
C. Dale Young
"In many ways, the poem I wrote was an invective against Abraham." #poet C. Dale Young talks about his first poems in college, and seeing the way night causes things to vanish, for his #10Questions: https://t.co/fIBusv4DYc https://t.co/06cOrJFA6N
Paperback, 2007
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Calling for a Blanket Dance
Oscar Hokeah
South Hadley's Odyssey Bookshop will be hosting a virtual conversation with #author Oscar Hokeah about his new book, Calling for a Blanket Dance, this Thursday. Register here to attend! https://t.co/o3TsoWcJg4
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Previously Owned
Nathan McClain
#HappyPubDay to MR Poetry Editor @nathanhmcclain and his newest collection, "Previously Owned." Order you copy here: https://t.co/weX7x0c3xM https://t.co/53EeuvEyYe
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Regal Lemon Tree
Juan José Saer
"The path of least resistance into Saer’s text may well be to follow the through-line which is the novel’s most explicit focus..." MR's @dzemhiks looks at a new translation of Juan José Saer's The Regal Lemon Tree from @open_letter for #MassReviews: https://t.co/jDgwXOAwzb https://t.co/FECCGhPkFO
Paperback, 2020
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Perennial Fashion Presence Falling
Fred Moten
"These poems are celebrations and performances of Black vernacular culture’s transformative power." Michael Thurston looks at Fred Moten's perennial fashion presence falling (@WavePoetry) for #MassReviews: https://t.co/4DDvsQPCf5 https://t.co/ifjfSu8pCh
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Averno: Poems
Louise Glück
"The line breaks and white space as weighted as the text, each line the sensuous pull of a sleeve or a skirt across the skin." #poet @realLEXcalibur on the movement in Louise Gluck's poems, plus Lil Kim and toll booth operators, for her #10Questions: https://t.co/0FC30ANMYr https://t.co/qeOqaTXnwu
Paperback, 2007
$13.00$6.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Salman Rushdie
We here at MR join @PENamerica in #StandWithSalman with a brief reading from MR Contributing Editor @KhairTabish, from Salman Rushdie's "Haroun and the Sea of Stories." https://t.co/nqpsflRijU
Paperback, 1991
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Seed Keeper
Diane Wilson
"... they were thinking not only of their families, but also of future generations who would need these seeds." #Novelist Diane Wilson discusses the inspirational story behind her latest novel The Seed Keeper and more in her #10Questions: https://t.co/WSoRZbrLkX https://t.co/tQ3esSYepV
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali
Uzma Aslam Khan
#WesternMass Events: Join author Uzma Aslam Khan at @odysseybks on Thursday, June 2 at 7 PM as she talks about her new novel, The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali. https://t.co/zQzSI6nIjy https://t.co/0uU2ajm0pU
Hardcover, 2022
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Green Regalia
Adam Tavel
Congrats to Adam Tavel (@fawnabyss) on his new collection, "Green Regalia," out now from @StephenFA_Press! Available now: https://t.co/rEzh3rwx7a
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book