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Book Cover for: Blithedale Canyon, Michael Bourne

Blithedale Canyon

Michael Bourne
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We are pleased to include a review by Michael Ward of “Blithedale Canyon” (@RegalHouse1) by @bournewriter in our new 108th print issue: https://t.co/Vam1UcruJi #LitCrit #LitMag #BookReview

Paperback, 2022

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Since I Laid My Burden Down, Brontez Purnell

Since I Laid My Burden Down

Brontez Purnell
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Read our review of “Since I Laid My Burden Down” (@FeministPress) from our 2017 Online Edition here: https://t.co/q4TpsAoQu6 #BookReview #LitMag

Paperback, 2017

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Himawari House, Harmony Becker

Himawari House

Harmony Becker
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Kudos to the winners of the 2022 Kirkus Prize! Esp. psyched to see the graphic novel Himawari House (@01FirstSecond) by Harmony Becker won for Young Readers’ Literature; we reviewed it in our Spring 2022 issue and featured the author in our 2021 #TCBF. https://t.co/MqHomXQNZk

Paperback, 2021

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, Imani Perry

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

Imani Perry
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Kudos to the books that made the longlist for this year’s National Book Award for Nonfiction — especially thrilled to see two we reviewed, “South to America” by @imaniperry and “Lost & Found” by @kathrynschulz, among the contenders! https://t.co/rwb423XNtl @natbookawards

Paperback, 2023

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens
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Neat little primer on Charles Dickens by @RobynVinter at @GuardianBooks. (Fun fact, in the first of his appearances in the Rain Taxi Reading Series, George Saunders said “A Christmas Carol” is his favorite novel ever!) https://t.co/XrayhsyB44

Paperback, Mass Market, 1986

$5.99$2.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Wisconsin Death Trip, Michael Lesy

Wisconsin Death Trip

Michael Lesy
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Nice piece on the enduring book “Wisconsin Death Trip” by Michael Lesy (who we hosted in Rain Taxi's event series back in 2007), by @DwightGarner at the @nytimes: https://t.co/rqafVrryna

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Book Cover for: Cat Brushing, Jane Campbell

Cat Brushing

Jane Campbell
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The stories in Jane Campbell's debut book "Cat Brushing" (@groveatlantic) feed empathy, ask uneasy questions, and jilt the denial of mortality. New review by J. Van in our Winter Online Edition: https://t.co/9phcaxB9QG #bookreview #newfiction #literarycommunity #shortstories

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A New Name: Septology VI-VII, Jon Fosse

A New Name: Septology VI-VII

Jon Fosse
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Stellar longlist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature—happy to see "A New Name" (written by Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls, published by @transitbooks) on there, it’s reviewed in our current print issue! https://t.co/Kkl5Zb8nNs #bookreview @nationalbook

Paperback, 2022

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The End of Bias: A Beginning: How We Eliminate Unconscious Bias and Create a More Just World, Jessica Nordell

The End of Bias: A Beginning: How We Eliminate Unconscious Bias and Create a More Just World

Jessica Nordell
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The Irish Times called Jessica Nordell’s “The End of Bias” (@MetropolitanBks) “a gripping survey of the science of prejudice against the backdrop of racial and gender discrimination.” Don't miss Jessica in our MN Author Mashup this #TCBF! https://t.co/HXTJX3UPUv @jessnordell

Paperback, 2022

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Art: Explained: 100 Masterpieces and What They Mean, Susie Hodge

Art: Explained: 100 Masterpieces and What They Mean

Susie Hodge
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Nice piece on “darlings” (as in “kill your”), an excerpt of new book by Peter Ho Davies in the “Art of” series from @GraywolfPress, at @bookforum: https://www.bookforum.com/culture/an-excerpt-from-the-art-of-revision-the-last-word-24725 #WritingCommunity

Paperback, 2022

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