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Book Cover for: A Million Quiet Revolutions, Robin Gow

A Million Quiet Revolutions

Robin Gow
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"A Million Quiet Revolutions is an offering of hope for a community that is so often invisible or portrayed as inevitably in danger of violence and loneliness." Kat Fallon reviews the latest book by our former poetry editor, @gow_robin_frank https://t.co/31xO7m9IVZ

Paperback, 2023

$13.99Member price:$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Half a Life, Darin Strauss

Half a Life

Darin Strauss
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FINAL CALL! Don't hesitate to submit your nonfiction! There's $1,000 on the line and nothing to lose. The judge is Darin Strauss, author of "Half a Life" and "Queen of Tuesday." Thanks to all who submitted so far! https://t.co/seagQmWPKA https://t.co/lOYmNVKn55

Paperback, 2011

$21.00Member price:$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Shit Cassandra Saw: Stories, Gwen E. Kirby

Shit Cassandra Saw: Stories

Gwen E. Kirby
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“Women can never be emancipated from the stupidity of men." For MAYDAY, Angelina Mazza reviews Gwen E. Kirby's remarkable, dark, biting feminist project, "Shit Cassandra Saw." @angejmazza https://t.co/SbXV9UvWje

Paperback, 2022

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Nothing But Light: Poems, Barbara Schwartz

Nothing But Light: Poems

Barbara Schwartz
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"Lyrical, imagistic, playful, profound, Maya Pindyck’s new collection of poems, Impossible Belonging, celebrates abundance, welcoming Dickinson’s nobody and Whitman’s multitudes." A review of Maya Pindyck's "Impossible Belonging" by Barbara Schwartz ✨ https://t.co/V9jU0t6XKz

Hardcover, 2022

$25.99Member price:$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Micro Chapbook RPG: Deluxe Core Rulebook Updated Edition, Noah Patterson

Micro Chapbook RPG: Deluxe Core Rulebook Updated Edition

Noah Patterson
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An interview with the winning Micro Chapbook author Ja’net Danielo on the inspiration and process behind This Body I Have Tried to Write. You can read the chapbook on our home page! You'll want to after this interview 🙇 https://t.co/eecS7ZYf2m

Paperback, 2020

$12.99Member price:$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Alone Out Here, Riley Redgate

Alone Out Here

Riley Redgate
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"Learning to separate your own interests away from those feelings of, “I should be more like this, I should be more like that”—that’s going to be valuable forever. And not just in writing" Riley Redgate on writing, life, and her new novel "Alone Out Here" https://t.co/Behvj7sIq8

Hardcover, 2022

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Rainbow Rainbow: Stories, Lydi Conklin

Rainbow Rainbow: Stories

Lydi Conklin
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"It’s interesting to see characters behave badly...because it’s more fun and more telling of their place in the world." Lydia Conklin speaks with Raki Kopernik about their new book "Rainbow Rainbow" https://t.co/OOHBYYpoZo

Paperback, 2023

$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Ghosts of Other Immigrants, Maija Mäkinen

The Ghosts of Other Immigrants

Maija Mäkinen
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Join @newamerpress tomorrow for a reading of Maija Mäkinen’s debut story collection, The Ghosts of Other Immigrants! With special guests Hanna Pylväinen and Quince Marcum. Wednesday, Jun 07, 2023 @ 6PM Eastern Barbès 376 9th Street Brooklyn, NY 11215 https://t.co/XDs5Oj5J2e

Paperback, 2023

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Wandering Life: Followed by Another Era of Writing, Yves Bonnefoy

The Wandering Life: Followed by Another Era of Writing

Yves Bonnefoy
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In Yves Bonnefoy's "The Wandering Life," the ancient Greek painter Zeuxis' lost still life of grapes is inventively and painfully brought to life through poetry. Enjoy these prose poems full of art and literary references in Hoyt Rogers' translation. https://t.co/Y8q0WRzeHh

Hardcover, 2024

$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Talking To Ghosts At Parties, Rick White

Talking To Ghosts At Parties

Rick White
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Following up on Rick White's short story from Monday, we've got an in-depth review of his collection "Talking to Ghosts at Parties" by Chase Erwin. @ricketywhite https://t.co/FPaWPiPIYL

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