New Letters Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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New Letters is a magazine of writing and art published at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. New Letters is a magazine of writing and art published at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

37 books

Companion Piece

Ali Smith

New Letters

Interested in reading some great books from Ireland and the UK? We have recommendations for you! Check out Montana Patrick’s reviews of YOUNG MUNGO by Douglas Stuart, COMPANION PIECE by Ali Smith and SNOWFLAKE by Louise Nealon here: https://t.co/pFauLrBoX2 #bookreview https://t.co/Yy9EvYviyD

Paperback, 2024

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Working Class

Robert Stewart

New Letters

Good morning #AWP18 ! Don't miss New Letters' Editor-in-Chief Robert Stewart reading from his book WORKING CLASS today: 4 PM, Stephen F. Austin State Univ. Press, tables 719/721. https://t.co/0faD2032FD

Paperback, 2017

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Speak, Silence: In Search of W. G. Sebald

Carole Angier

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Our EIC Christie Hodgen is in the midst of reading "Speak, Silence: In Search of W. G. Sebald" by Carole Angier. Have your read it? Did you love it? Check out Christie’s thoughts so far here: https://t.co/RSKiiHaCUK. #microreview #caroleangier #newletterslit #since1934 https://t.co/0Rf4ARR53l

Hardcover, 2021

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Lord of Misrule

Jaimy Gordon

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Jaimy Gordon reads from her National Book Award-winning novel, LORD OF MISRULE, on NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR http://t.co/1lp9djtb via @AddThis

Hardcover, 2010

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book

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Wislawa Szymborska

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If you’re looking for an unconventional book on the craft of writing, Wislawa Szymborska’s HOW TO START WRITING (AND WHEN TO STOP): ADVICE FOR WRITERS might just be the book for you. Read Hayley Brown’s review here: https://t.co/7tForfqMwN. https://t.co/AmyISWn9iG

Paperback, 2012

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Content Warning: Everything

Akwaeke Emezi

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Wondering which poetry collection you should add to your “to read” list? Find out why Akwaeke Emezi’s debut poetry collection CONTENT WARNING: EVERYTHING will be a must-read book of 2022 here: https://t.co/0uSctbuLUP. #akwaekeemezi #bookreview #poetry #newletterslit #since1934 https://t.co/xGs1nNSJPi

Paperback, 2022

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Worlds of Wonder: Experience Design for Curious People

Erik Bär

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We’re ending the year with a must-read book that was named by Barnes & Noble, NPR, Esquire, BuzzFeed, and Kirkus as a best book of 2020. Check out Megan Kipper’s review of World of Wonders here: https://t.co/a5ZRyuIecv #worldofwonder #milkweed #newletterslit #since1934 https://t.co/EC07HdSpnn

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Late to the House of Words: Selected Poems of Gemma Gorga

Gemma Gorga

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Dan Rabuzzi writes in his review of Gemma Gorga’s “Late to the House of Words” that “Gorga’s compact stanzas are a revelation, summoning with one atomistic image an immensity of potential meaning.” Read the entire rev. here: https://l8r.it/oF1n. #review #translation #poetry https://t.co/pJAwn5leQJ

Paperback, 2021

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Field Notes from the Flood Zone

Heather Sellers

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“People prepared for landfall but no one is prepared for landfall. || Here, in this place, summer is the long winter.”—from Heather Sellers “Field Notes from the Flood Zone.” Read the full text here: https://t.co/9HaBWrtSYM. #heathersellers #hybridtext #newletterslit #since1934 https://t.co/jDWW72hADV

Paperback, 2022

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Three Women

Lisa Taddeo

New Letters

Check out “A Foot in Both Worlds: Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women and the License to Bear Witness" by Emily Anne Standlee here: https://t.co/H19k71qsfY. It’s a must-read review of a must-read book. #lisataddeo #threewomen #avidpress #nlbookreview #mustread #newletterslit #since1934 https://t.co/Rjmdtw9rJS

Paperback, 2020

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book