Moon City Review Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Moon City Review is housed in the English Department of Missouri State University and publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and graphic narrative.

They Kept Running: Volume 20
Michelle Ross
A HUGE congratulations to Michelle Ross, whose third book, THEY KEPT RUNNING, has won the 2021 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction! The collection will be published in Spring of 2022, and we can't wait to read it! (1/2)
Paperback, 2022
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Development Times Vary: Stories
Michele Finn Johnson
Available now: @m_finn_johnson's debut collection, Development Times Vary, winner of the 2021 Moon City Press Short Fiction Award. Order today! https://t.co/sOiovqe2kS
Paperback, 2022
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
You're in the Wrong Place
Joseph Harris
Happy publication day to Joseph Harris and his new collection, You're in the Wrong Place, whose title story first appeared in Moon City Review 2019! Check out the link below to find out more information or to purchase the collection: https://t.co/f7pFH9goqx
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Crybaby Bridge: Poems
Kathy Goodkin
We are especially sad for our authors whose books were supposed to have their first AWP this year: Phong Nguyen for Roundabout, Kathy Goodkin for Crybaby Bridge: Poems by Kathy Goodkin, and Pablo Piñero Stillmann for Our Brains and the Brains of Miniature Sharks. (2/3)
Paperback, 2019
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Drowning in the Floating World
Meg Eden
Meg Eden, a former contributor to Moon City Review, is publishing her first poetry book, Drowning in the Floating World, and is giving away ARCs to celebrate the occasion: https://t.co/QRUhntK1zX
Paperback, 2020
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Place Where Presence Was: Poems
Bret Shepard
Moon City Press is celebrating the release of Bret Shepard's debut full-length collection, Place Where Presence Was, by offering a discount! Take 33% off the price today and grab your copy for just $9.95. Be sure to use code SHEP21 at checkout: https://t.co/iMIzgdRqxt
Paperback, 2021
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
There's So Much They Haven't Told You: Short Stories
Michelle Ross
In the meantime, you can read Michelle's debut collection, There's So Much They Haven't Told You, winner of the 2016 Moon City Short Fiction Award. (2/2)
Paperback, 2017
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Roundabout: An Improvisational Fiction
Phong Nguyen
We are especially sad for our authors whose books were supposed to have their first AWP this year: Phong Nguyen for Roundabout, Kathy Goodkin for Crybaby Bridge: Poems by Kathy Goodkin, and Pablo Piñero Stillmann for Our Brains and the Brains of Miniature Sharks. (2/3)
Paperback, 2020
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
One Person Away from You: Stories
Andrew Bertaina
Here's a sneak peak at the cover of Andrew Bertaina's story collection, One Person Away From You, forthcoming in June from Moon City Press as the winner of the 2020 Moon City Short Fiction Award. Design by Shen Chen Hsieh: https://t.co/oLv8pLdH3b
Paperback, 2021
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Heartworm: Poems
Adam Scheffler
Happy Release Day to Adam Scheffler and his poetry book Heartworm, out today from @MoonCityPress! Get your copy, at a special release price, by clicking on the link. Congrats, Adam! https://t.co/Hzrq7RZk9S
Paperback, 2023
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book