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Book Cover for: The Bruising of Qilwa, Naseem Jamnia

The Bruising of Qilwa

Naseem Jamnia
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Introducing RWW Winter Writers' Retreat Visiting Faculty Naseem Jamnia (they/them/themself), author of the critically praised debut novella The Bruising of Qilwa and a Lambda Literary Fellow. Learn more here https://t.co/D58XO5z5Nv https://t.co/L3GvWQE2Fn

Paperback, 2022

$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: When We Make It: A Nuyorican Novel, Elisabet Velasquez

When We Make It: A Nuyorican Novel

Elisabet Velasquez
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Introducing RWW Writers' Retreat for Storytellers of Color Faculty Elisabet Velasquez, a Boricua writer born in Bushwick, Brooklyn whose debut novel, WHEN WE MAKE IT, was named a book to watch for by The New York Times.! Learn more: https://t.co/HBeTRF2pE5 https://t.co/VVE0q4qZnN

Paperback, 2022

$13.99Member price:$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist, Sesali Bowen

Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

Sesali Bowen
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👀Spots are still open! Get yourself a seat and bring your book proposal to life with theeee Bad Fat Black Girl Sesali Bowen! In her workshop, you will learn how to make the proposal work for YOU(beyond the publishing process)! Register here https://t.co/HKYAbx3pv0 https://t.co/8JDLa2TMYE

Paperback, 2022

$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: English, Wang Gang

English

Wang Gang
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How can writing through and about food radically strengthen our communities? Join RWW’s writing community with Jane Wong, a brilliant educator with a PHD in English, and the author of How to Not Be Afraid of Everything. Learn more and register here https://t.co/3MwAPfCjxT https://t.co/aLsVnKkpmw

Paperback, 2010

$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Henna Wars, Adiba Jaigirdar

The Henna Wars

Adiba Jaigirdar
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Study Young Adult Fiction with Adiba Jaigirdar, author of The Henna Wars, which was selected as one of the best YA books of all time by Time Magazine. THE APPLICATION TO ATTEND THE RWW WRITERS' RETREAT FOR STORYTELLERS OF COLOR CLOSES JULY 31st.Apply here https://t.co/XegAQSHuja https://t.co/yrDzHBurJo

Paperback, 2022

$11.99Member price:$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: How to Not Be Afraid of Everything, Jane Wong

How to Not Be Afraid of Everything

Jane Wong
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How can writing through and about food radically strengthen our communities? Join RWW’s writing community with Jane Wong, a brilliant educator with a PHD in English, and the author of How to Not Be Afraid of Everything. Learn more and register here https://t.co/3MwAPfCjxT https://t.co/aLsVnKkpmw

Paperback, 2021

$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Opening Question, Prageeta Sharma

The Opening Question

Prageeta Sharma
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Introducing RWW Writers' Retreat for Storytellers of Color Faculty Prageeta Sharma whose collections of poetry include Bliss to Fill (2000), The Opening Question (2004), Infamous Landscapes (2007), Undergloom (2013), and Grief Sequence (2019). Learn more: https://t.co/HBeTRFk0vD https://t.co/a6gDuw7BW3

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Book Cover for: Queer Rebels: Rewriting Literary Traditions in Contemporary Spanish Novels, Lukasz Smuga

Queer Rebels: Rewriting Literary Traditions in Contemporary Spanish Novels

Lukasz Smuga
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Introducing RWW 2023 Nonfiction Fellow Celeste Chan who is a writer and artist. She co-directed Queer Rebels, created experimental film programs for MIX NYC, ran Writing Rainbow, and toured with Sister Spit. She’s now writing her memoir. Learn more here https://t.co/CcEcHnPeMM https://t.co/bgkDhBsdxt

Paperback, 2023

$54.99Member price:$52.24 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Go Girl! #3: Sister Spirit, Thalia Kalkipsakis

Go Girl! #3: Sister Spirit

Thalia Kalkipsakis
Roots. Wounds. Words.: A Literary Arts RevolutionRoots. Wounds. Words.: A Literary Arts Revolution

Introducing RWW 2023 Nonfiction Fellow Celeste Chan who is a writer and artist. She co-directed Queer Rebels, created experimental film programs for MIX NYC, ran Writing Rainbow, and toured with Sister Spit. She’s now writing her memoir. Learn more here https://t.co/CcEcHnPeMM https://t.co/bgkDhBsdxt

Paperback, 2016

$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Things We Bring with Us: Travel Poems, S. G. Huerta

The Things We Bring with Us: Travel Poems

S. G. Huerta
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Introducing RWW 2023 Nonfiction Fellow SG Huerta who is a queer Chicane writer. They are the CNF editor for Porter House Review & a reader for ANMLY and Split Lip. They have two poetry chapbooks, The Things We Bring with Us & Last Stop. Learn more here https://t.co/CcEcHnPeMM https://t.co/iY02twjap7

Paperback, 2021

$12.00Member price:$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book