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Book Cover for: Negative Money, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram

Negative Money

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
Soft Skull PressSoft Skull Press

"Like the economic system it so searingly indicts, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram’s fifth full-length collection, Negative Money, structures itself around contradiction." An excellent look at @LillianYvonneB2's NEGATIVE MONEY from @_preposition. https://t.co/gbRwPTW3bF

Paperback, 2023

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Tactical Tal: Part I, Lyudmil Tsvetkov

Tactical Tal: Part I

Lyudmil Tsvetkov
Soft Skull PressSoft Skull Press

The rule is you have to read @kashanacauley’s latest by flashlight. One of those TACTICAL flashlights where you can also use them to skin a squirrel or something. https://t.co/WFNJU3ZOqy

Paperback, 2018

$8.85$4.43 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Red Zone: A Love Story, Chloe Caldwell

The Red Zone: A Love Story

Chloe Caldwell
Soft Skull PressSoft Skull Press

"What’s not a black-and-white issue and should be read all over? Stories about period blood." THE RED ZONE: A Love Story lands on @glamourmag's list of the Best Books of the Year! https://t.co/8X2dJsnfGn

Paperback, 2022

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change, Maggie Smith

Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change

Maggie Smith
Soft Skull PressSoft Skull Press

TONIGHT, Birmingham! @emmabo launches THE TIGER AND THE CAGE at @thankyou_bham at 7pm! "The Tiger and the Cage opened my eyes, enraged me, and left me in awe.” —Maggie Smith, author of Goldenrod and Keep Moving https://t.co/BvsS5bELDU https://t.co/DfEcphYjBM

Hardcover, 2020

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories, Mariana Enriquez

Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories

Mariana Enriquez
Soft Skull PressSoft Skull Press

“Cousins is a novel that makes you laugh out loud with its provocations and unexpected choices. Bodies are pushed to the limit in writing that gushes forth like blood." —Mariana Enríquez, author of Things We Lost in the Fire https://t.co/5DkmXfSvVU https://t.co/EJMyo2PlG2

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Path of Totality: Poems, Niina Pollari

Path of Totality: Poems

Niina Pollari
Soft Skull PressSoft Skull Press

Niina Pollari's PATH OF TOTALITY is a @nytimesbooks best poetry collection of the year!! 🔥🔥🚨 Congrats @heartbarf! https://t.co/TC5liWOkck https://t.co/mrKm8c9r5w

Paperback, 2022

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Biography of X, Catherine Lacey

Biography of X

Catherine Lacey
Soft Skull PressSoft Skull Press

"Cruel and strange and colorful—Cousins will be an immediate favorite for fans of Fleur Jaeggy and Leonora Carrington." —Catherine Lacey, author of Biography of X and Pew Tomorrow. Bug your bookseller about it. https://t.co/LUYoXtsj6s https://t.co/7fLmLjFXU1

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Shotgun Seamstress: An Anthology, Osa Atoe

Shotgun Seamstress: An Anthology

Osa Atoe
Soft Skull PressSoft Skull Press

Today at 3pm ET, 12pm PT, catch @shotgunsmstrss talking about zines, Black punk and the gorgeous new Shotgun Seamstress book with @OPBTOL! https://t.co/Tp8lSsarUV

Hardcover, 2022

$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner), Hernan Diaz

Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Hernan Diaz
Soft Skull PressSoft Skull Press

"In gripping prose and disturbingly sharp focus, Colin Winnette presents us with a not-too-distant future where technology and selfhood have become completely entangled. I kept thinking about this novel long after I put it down." —Hernan Diaz, author of In the Distance and Trust https://t.co/WoWxWwJVOv

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Users, Colin Winnette

Users

Colin Winnette
Soft Skull PressSoft Skull Press

This is excellent. 🔥 USERS by Colin Winnette is a @nytimesbooks Editors' Choice! 🔥 "A timeless and moving story about fatherhood and one man’s yearning for a more meaningful life." https://t.co/IIICuEWtCH https://t.co/uo3NmORw3Z

Hardcover, 2023

$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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