North Carolina Writers' Network Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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In The Legend, the new novel by Nancy Wakeley @NancyWakeley, a young businesswoman travels to England for work and suddenly finds herself drawn into a tragic, 18th-century legend. Solving its mystery will change her life forever: https://t.co/lm1Rsz7gAY | @LMpublishing

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Sandra Dreis' poem "J.J. 1985" a finalist for 2021 James Applewhite #Poetry Prize and published in @NCLitReview. Also, Poetry in Plain Sight from @ncpoetrysociety, @Press53, & @wswriters will feature poems "Bad Stars" (March) & "Ironology" (Feb, 2023): https://t.co/qRAphsd1oD

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Pearl S. Buck's novel The Good Earth won the Pulitzer in 1932; she was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1938--the first American woman to win the prize. Listen or read her holiday story "Christmas Day in the Morning," courtesy of @Plough: https://t.co/hlLXLVTKc4

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Crystal Wilkinson's @CrystalWilki #poetry collection Perfect Black (@KentuckyPress, 2021) was named "Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry" in the @naacpimageaward 2022. Crystal was the final judge for The 2022 Thomas Wolfe #Fiction Prize: http://ow.ly/lCpX50I3eAS

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Deadheading and Other Stories, the new short-story collection by Beth Gilstrap @BettySueBlue (@RedHenPress) is firmly rooted in the Carolinas and proves the #Southern #Gothic tradition is feverishly alive in the 20th century: https://t.co/2D1XghoefJ

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Child, the new #memoir by Judy Goldman @JudyKGoldman (@USCPress), recalls the Jewish author's relationship with the Black woman who worked for her family as a live-in maid and helped raise her, examining privilege, race, & what it means to tell the truth: https://t.co/D41oPJtNbU

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The new #memoir, A Family Disease by Dana Creighton, explores generational genetic illness and two decades spent with patients and clinicians in the U.S. healthcare system: http://ow.ly/ug5c50IzLyY | @McFarlandCoPub

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Congrats to the 4 NC-based authors whose works are finalists for the 2021 Southern Book Prize, including our Executive Director, Ed Southern, whose book Fight Songs (@BlairPublisher) is nominated for "Nonfiction": https://t.co/sHOhiBj5OF

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Congratulations to FC22 faculty member Melissa Crowe on her forthcoming poetry book, Lo. Now available for preorder! https://t.co/HsK26T56Dd

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Michael Zapata's @mikezapata01 debut novel, The Lost Book of Adana Moreau (@Hanover_Square), won the 2020 @ChicagoRevBooks Award for Fiction. He'll lead "At the Beginning of the World: Writing Historical Fiction" online on Tues., 12/7, at 7:00 pm EST: https://t.co/J60jaWn2Zd https://t.co/nPeh6Vobcv