Rain Taxi 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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Blithedale Canyon
Michael Bourne
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
Since I Laid My Burden Down
Brontez Purnell
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
Himawari House
Harmony Becker
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
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Imani Perry
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
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
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
Wisconsin Death Trip
Michael Lesy
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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Cat Brushing
Jane Campbell
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
A New Name: Septology VI-VII
Jon Fosse
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
The End of Bias: A Beginning: How We Eliminate Unconscious Bias and Create a More Just World
Jessica Nordell
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
Art: Explained: 100 Masterpieces and What They Mean
Susie Hodge
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