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A 200-page quarterly of fiction, poetry, essays, and visual art by emerging and established authors since 1959. Whiting Literary Magazine Prize winner.

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Book Cover for: The Second Person: Poems, C. Dale Young

The Second Person: Poems

C. Dale Young
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"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
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Book Cover for: Calling for a Blanket Dance, Oscar Hokeah

Calling for a Blanket Dance

Oscar Hokeah
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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
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Previously Owned

Nathan McClain
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#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
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Book Cover for: The Regal Lemon Tree, Juan José Saer

The Regal Lemon Tree

Juan José Saer
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"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
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Book Cover for: Perennial Fashion Presence Falling, Fred Moten

Perennial Fashion Presence Falling

Fred Moten
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"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
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Book Cover for: Averno: Poems, Louise Glück

Averno: Poems

Louise Glück
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"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
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Book Cover for: Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushdie

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

Salman Rushdie
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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
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Book Cover for: The Seed Keeper, Diane Wilson

The Seed Keeper

Diane Wilson
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"... 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
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Book Cover for: The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali, Uzma Aslam Khan

The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali

Uzma Aslam Khan
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#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
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Book Cover for: Green Regalia, Adam Tavel

Green Regalia

Adam Tavel
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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
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