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Book Cover for: The Murderer, Roy Heath

The Murderer

Roy Heath
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“Like many of his pioneering generation, Roy Heath stayed in Britain until his death; in his fiction, though, he returned again and again to Guyana.” —Colin Grant on The Murderer https://t.co/vNBbqietvi

Paperback, 1986

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Book Cover for: Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty

Night of the Living Rez

Morgan Talty
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“With 574 federally recognized tribes, no one writer or book can represent them all. Talty’s stories contain details specific to being Penobscot, but this is only part of who his characters are.” —@KerriArsenault on Morgan Talty’s Night of the Living Rez https://t.co/JTZik7FyPV

Paperback, 2022

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Book Cover for: Very Cold People, Sarah Manguso

Very Cold People

Sarah Manguso
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In ‘Very Cold People,’ Sarah Manguso captures the bewilderment of childhood in the narrator’s flat observations about situations she doesn’t fully understand, supplemented by feral imaginings. Nicole Rudick reviews Manguso’s first novel. https://t.co/48U4ZyscHF

Paperback, 2023

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Book Cover for: Pollak's Arm, Hans Von Trotha

Pollak's Arm

Hans Von Trotha
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“How do we respond to barbarians at the gates?” Ingrid Rowland reviews Hans von Trotha‘s haunting new novel ‘Pollak‘s Arm.’ https://t.co/gddAPaUf0j

Paperback, 2022

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Book Cover for: Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty

Night of the Living Rez

Morgan Talty
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Kerri Arsenault (@KerriArsenault) on Morgan Talty’s short story collection, Night of the Living Rez https://t.co/W7Dp81h32h

Paperback, 2022

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Book Cover for: Yoga, Emmanuel Carrère

Yoga

Emmanuel Carrère
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Emmanuel Carrère, writes Adam Thirlwell, “abandoned fiction to explore a new territory of nonfiction or autofiction: an apparent universe of true stories, but one where the subject was still madness or suffering or mania.” https://t.co/eMislQgX4E

Paperback, 2023

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Book Cover for: The Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet, Georgius Everhardus Rumphius

The Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet

Georgius Everhardus Rumphius
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Free from the Archives “If you revel in the struggle of humanity to comprehend the vastness and beauty of nature...then this book will repay you a thousandfold.” Tim Flannery in 1999 on The Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet https://go.nybooks.com/3MwKtE0

Hardcover, 1999

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Book Cover for: The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century, Olga Ravn

The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

Olga Ravn
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Olga Ravn’s novel “The Employees” is gnomic and elliptical where most science fiction is expository. Laura Miller reviews the book in our latest issue. https://t.co/DnSEtIIFZG

Paperback, 2023

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Book Cover for: Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty

Night of the Living Rez

Morgan Talty
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Kerri Arsenault (@KerriArsenault) on Morgan Talty’s short story collection, Night of the Living Rez https://t.co/W7Dp81h32h

Paperback, 2022

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Book Cover for: Acting Class, Nick Drnaso

Acting Class

Nick Drnaso
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Gabriel Winslow-Yost on recent graphic novels from Nick Drnaso and Tommi Parrish https://t.co/YHMfWaa3MR

Hardcover, 2022

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