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NYS Writers Institute Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Center for literary arts in New York State, based at the University at Albany.

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Book Cover for: The Oracle of Maracoor, Gregory Maguire

The Oracle of Maracoor

Gregory MaguireNYS Writers InstituteNYS Writers Institute

Join us tonight for a conversation with Gregory Maguire, discussing his writing and his new "Wicked" spinoff, "The Oracle of Maracoor." 7:30 tonight (Oct. 20). Details at https://t.co/gsZv8J8doI https://t.co/0TcQ6PHFh4

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Hiroshima, John Hersey

Hiroshima

John HerseyNYS Writers InstituteNYS Writers Institute

Poetry Friday -- "August 6" by Sankichi Tōge, translated by Karen Thornber -- and a community reading of John Hersey's "Hiroshima" on Saturday in #albany. More at https://t.co/MyFEnCgwOW @HVWritersGuild @Dwlcx #HiroshimaDay #poetry #poets https://t.co/cgFhgjS5KT

Paperback, Mass Market, 1989

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Trauma, Tresses, and Truth: Untangling Our Hair Through Personal Narratives, Lyzette Wanzer

Trauma, Tresses, and Truth: Untangling Our Hair Through Personal Narratives

Lyzette WanzerNYS Writers InstituteNYS Writers Institute

Join us! Two conversations today (430 & 730 at @ualbany) with Lyzette Wanzer discussing her book new book "Trauma, Tresses, and Truth: Untangling Our Hair Through Personal Narratives" Details at https://t.co/V2tDvEfyUf @INTJs_rock @LacsUalbany @UAlbanyAfricana @UAlbanyTheatre https://t.co/Yh3SePJF9Z

Paperback, 2022

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT Up New York, 1987-1993, Sarah Schulman

Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT Up New York, 1987-1993

Sarah SchulmanNYS Writers InstituteNYS Writers Institute

"In ‘Let the Record Show,’ Sarah Schulman Erects a Monument to the AIDS Movement." -- @nytimes. Join us for a screening of the documentary "United in Anger: A History of ACT UP" and a conversation with @sarahschulman3 at 7:30 tonight at @ualbany. https://t.co/OY6Qjqhh2R https://t.co/0PRB8ZKg7Q

Paperback, 2022

$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself, Walt Whitman

Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself

Walt WhitmanNYS Writers InstituteNYS Writers Institute

Join us for a community reading of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" in Albany's Washington Park on Wednesday, May 31. (On his birthday!) Details at https://t.co/coVDNhrGCm https://t.co/cePWYsvyTQ

Hardcover, 2014

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Back to the Prairie: A Home Remade, a Life Rediscovered, Melissa Gilbert

Back to the Prairie: A Home Remade, a Life Rediscovered

Melissa GilbertNYS Writers InstituteNYS Writers Institute

@HVWritersGuild The first 100 attendees will receive a free copy of Gilbert’s memoir Back to the Prairie: A Home Remade, A Life Rediscovered. Don't let a little rain get in the way! Info and parking map: https://t.co/E0r9wPCvhw

Paperback, 2023

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel Garcia MarquezNYS Writers InstituteNYS Writers Institute

Join us Monday! José Rivera is a former student of Gabriel García Márquez, and wrote 18 episodes of the forthcoming @netflix series based on "One Hundred Years of Solitude." https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/jose-rivera https://t.co/ftIRqv5VLj

Paperback, 2006

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Half-Light: Collected Poems 1965-2016, Frank Bidart

Half-Light: Collected Poems 1965-2016

Frank BidartNYS Writers InstituteNYS Writers Institute

Poetry Friday: "Half Light" with Pulitzer Prize-winner Frank Bidart who will join @GarthGreenwell for an online reading at 7 p.m. Monday, July 18, at the NYS Summer Writers Institute. Info at https://t.co/0jAlVk13QS #poetryfriday #poetry #frankbidart @SkidmoreCollege #Salmagundi https://t.co/KaFhjHcIoo

Paperback, 2018

$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Harlem Shuffle, Colson Whitehead

Harlem Shuffle

Colson WhiteheadNYS Writers InstituteNYS Writers Institute

EVENT REMINDER: Online event with Colson Whitehead at 7 tonight (Wed. April 6). He'll be reading from his novel Harlem Shuffle. Registration required: https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/colsonwhitehead @rpi #novels #WritingCommunity @colsonwhitehead https://t.co/y9Hwdzp2D5

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Sex Object: A Memoir, Jessica Valenti

Sex Object: A Memoir

Jessica ValentiNYS Writers InstituteNYS Writers Institute

"I don't want to be confident or inspirational and I don't really want to buck up anymore because the faking takes more energy sometimes than the work itself.” ― Jessica Valenti, Sex Object: A Memoir

Paperback, 2017

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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