New Letters Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Companion Piece
Ali SmithInterested 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
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Working Class
Robert StewartGood 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
$18.00Member price:$16.20 + Free shipping10% off
Speak, Silence: In Search of W. G. Sebald
Carole AngierOur 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
$32.00Member price:$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lord of Misrule
Jaimy GordonJaimy 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
$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Here: Poems
Wislawa SzymborskaIf 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
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Content Warning: Everything
Akwaeke EmeziWondering 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
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Worlds of Wonder: Experience Design for Curious People
Erik BärWe’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
Paperback, 2019
$45.00Member price:$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Late to the House of Words: Selected Poems of Gemma Gorga
Gemma GorgaDan 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
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Field Notes from the Flood Zone
Heather Sellers“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
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Three Women
Lisa TaddeoCheck 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
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book