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Book Cover for: Grand: A Memoir, Sara Schaefer

Grand: A Memoir

Sara Schaefer
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New on TCR this morning: @mitchellcollinc reviews comedian @saraschaefer1's memoir, Grand. http://thecoachellareview.com/wordpress/2020/10/27/book-review-grand/

Paperback, 2021

$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma, Claire Dederer

Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

Claire Dederer
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Out today: Monsters by @ClaireDederer is part memoir, part criticism & explores our relationships with problematic artists and with criticism. @MelindaGBlum walks us through it in her review. https://t.co/V1yATDH7aS https://t.co/zzWCMI2Y8r

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Graft, Margaret Elysia Garcia

Graft

Margaret Elysia Garcia
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Serial killers, urban legends, and LA County Mexi-goths. Margaret Elysia Garcia @writerchickmama has it all in her new story collection, Graft. We chat with her all about it in today's interview. https://t.co/rEU135CVnY https://t.co/q7mYpBmx0l

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Book Cover for: Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of Sst Records, Jim Ruland

Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of Sst Records

Jim Ruland
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Today's TCR Talks with​ Jim Ruland​ author of​ Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise & Fall of SST Records that "chronicles the history of legendary independent punk/alternative rock label SST—an epic tale filled with rock-and-roll thrills amd much more... ​ https://t.co/OUzwtWwCav https://t.co/0jbOANAHAL

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Book Cover for: Light Skin Gone to Waste: Stories, Toni Ann Johnson

Light Skin Gone to Waste: Stories

Toni Ann Johnson
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Last year, we proudly submitted stories we published by @toniannjohnson and @katemaruyama to @PushcartPrize. This year, they're interviewing each other about resilience, literary support, and Toni's new book, Light Skin Gone to Waste. https://t.co/LPkFnfEUFj https://t.co/cUdPpskZ9i

Paperback, 2022

$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Girlhood, Melissa Febos

Girlhood

Melissa Febos
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"These essays are safe spaces, full of darkness and joy and, most notably, the acute relief that comes from seeing yourself in someone else’s art." @jackie__writes talks GIRLHOOD with @melissafebos in the Winter 2020 issue of @coachellareview http://thecoachellareview.com/2020/12/14/interview-melissa-febos-talks-to-the-coachella-review/ https://t.co/Sw5GE1mdCk

Paperback, 2022

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward

Salvage the Bones

Jesmyn Ward
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New Food for Thought Friday - Explore motherhood, Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward, and maybe think a little more before you eat our eggs! https://t.co/kUsjOoVfti https://t.co/tDPopuQ5rV

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Book Cover for: Every Day the River Changes: Four Weeks Down the Magdalena, Jordan Salama

Every Day the River Changes: Four Weeks Down the Magdalena

Jordan Salama
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Every Day the River Changes: Four Weeks Down the Magdalena shows how (Jordan) Salama aims to push back social stigmas that misconstrue the country’s conflicted reputation for drug cartels and guerrilla groups." https://t.co/H7lAnrXsKl https://t.co/NaTxcc35Fb

Paperback, 2022

$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Hysterical: A Memoir, Elissa Bassist

Hysterical: A Memoir

Elissa Bassist
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Elissa Bassist’s memoir (Hysterical) opens like a medical mystery and segues into a searing indictment of the personal cost...of the malady that is living as a woman within a patriarchy." Come read today's review by our very own Melinda Gordon Blum. https://t.co/dDVBbTzkqB https://t.co/UUZcoT2z3D

Hardcover, 2022

$29.00Member price:$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult: A Memoir, Michelle Dowd

Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult: A Memoir

Michelle Dowd
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How do you write about growing up in a cult without betraying family secrets? We talk to @MichelleDowd2, author of Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult, about narrative POV, family relations, and editors who want things the author doesn't. https://t.co/QYPPDqfhOW https://t.co/1MP8yPIyQD

Paperback, 2024

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book