The Pushcart Prize 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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Sister Carrie
Theodore DreiserThe Pushcart PrizePublisher rejecting Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (1900): "I cannot conceive of the book arousing the interest ...of the feminine readers who control the destinies of so many novels."
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The Well of Loneliness
Radclyffe HallThe Pushcart PrizePublisher rejecting The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall (1928): "The book will be regarded as propaganda...it will meet not only severe criticism but a chorus of fanatical abuse...and so we must decline."
Paperback, 2024
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Sister Carrie by: Theodore Dreiser a novel (1900)
Theodore DreiserThe Pushcart PrizePublisher rejecting Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (1900): "I cannot conceive of the book arousing the interest ...of the feminine readers who control the destinies of so many novels."
Paperback, 2016
$11.49$5.74 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Blackbird: An Ash & Ruin Companion Novel
Shauna GrangerThe Pushcart PrizeThe Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Leila Chatti, Kamilah Aisha Moon and Ilya Kaminsky for brilliant selections from Blackbird, World Literature Today and Artangel featured in the current PPXLVII (2023 edition) now at your independent bookstore , Bookshop, WW Norton.
Paperback, 2018
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Hao: Stories
Ye ChunThe Pushcart PrizeThe Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Ye Chun for the story "Hao" ( Georgia Review) featured in PP XLlV, 2020 edition, now at your local independent bookstore or other sources.
Paperback, 2022
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Sister Carrie
Theodore DreiserThe Pushcart PrizePublisher rejecting Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (1900): "I cannot conceive of the book arousing the interest ...of the feminine readers who control the destinies of so many novels."
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Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street (Illustrated): Fiction
Virginia WoolfThe Pushcart Prize"It is necessary to have 500 pounds a year and a room with a lock on the door if you are to write fiction or poetry." Virginia Woolf
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American Short Fiction
Univ of Texas PressThe Pushcart PrizeThe Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Lydia Conklin for the story "Laramie Time" (American Short Fiction) featured in PPXLV (2021 edition) now at your independent bookstore, library or WW Norton Co.
Paperback, 1991
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Breathing Exercise: Depression Cure, Breathe, Panic Attacks: Breathing Exercises For Health Anxiety
Ted ScarsdaleThe Pushcart PrizeThe Pushcart Prize editors congratulate Raven Leilani for the story "Breathing Exercise" (Yale Review) featured in PPXLVI (2022 edition) now at your independent bookstore, library or W.W. Norton & Co.
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Love Letters: Vita and Virginia
Vita Sackville-WestThe Pushcart Prize"How can one make a life out of six cardboard boxes full of tailors' bills, love letters, and old picture postcards ?" Virginia Woolf
Paperback, 2021
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