The Sewanee Review Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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How Strange a Season: Fiction
Megan Mayhew BergmanThe Review's sixth annual Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction Contest starts TODAY! This year’s judges are Megan Mayhew Bergman in fiction, Major Jackson in poetry, and Alexander Chee in creative nonfiction. https://t.co/Hosm7wJsWV https://t.co/mlhlKx1z71
Hardcover, 2022
$26.99Member price:$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Three Women
Lisa TaddeoThe Sewanee Review honors the best work published in the magazine’s pages every year. The Robert B. Heilman Award for the best review published in 2019 is awarded to @smdanler for “Her Kind: A Reaction to Lisa Taddeo's Three Women” @lisadtaddeo . . . https://t.co/KKwrfqVy2c
Paperback, 2020
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Ninth Hour
Alice McDermottCongrats to Alice McDermott, whose novel The Ninth Hour is a finalist for a 2017 @bookcritics Award! Read McDermott's essay "Only Connect," which won the 2017 Monroe Spears Prize, given to the best nonfiction published in SR last year: https://t.co/bLvbKTljzA https://t.co/BWOT2uxhw8
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Metamorphoses
OvidRead poetry by @VChangPoet and @PBW_Poet; fiction by @bukusarkar, @TarynBowe, and @jenloganmeyer; nonfiction by #RyanBradley; with a new translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses by @samccart1; a craft essay by @alienvsrobbins; and more. #SRSummer2021 #NewSince1892 https://t.co/t3QMcCuSVN
Paperback, 2004
$12.00Member price:$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Complicated Kindness
Miriam ToewsToday on the blog Assistant Editor Annie Adams reviews two novels by Miriam Toews! On 'A Complicated Kindness': "Its wit is of the sharp, raucous, nearly cruel variety perfected by teenagers." https://t.co/DrzBzpsb3P https://t.co/TR9doUwNDN
Paperback, 2019
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Snow
Joan ClarkThis week on The Conglomerate, @kara_olso—the poetry winner of 2020's contest, whose poem “Last Night” appears in our Winter 2021 issue—examines “Snow” by Jim Moore. https://t.co/E1s4BE25UA https://t.co/vWeLQB7Jwu
Paperback, 2019
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Why Visit America: Stories
Matthew BakerIn this episode, assistant editor Luke Gair talks with @mwektaehtabr about his most recent story collection, WHY VISIT AMERICA. Baker’s stories investigate questions of consumerism, technology, and identity. Head to the link in our bio to listen to the full episode. https://t.co/hirrlBizwZ
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Metamorphoses: A New Verse Translation
OvidRead poetry by @VChangPoet and @PBW_Poet; fiction by @bukusarkar, @TarynBowe, and @jenloganmeyer; nonfiction by #RyanBradley; with a new translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses by @samccart1; a craft essay by @alienvsrobbins; and more. #SRSummer2021 #NewSince1892 https://t.co/t3QMcCuSVN
Hardcover, 2016
$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Overstory
Richard PowersMore congratulations to 2019 Pulitzer Prize winner in Fiction, Richard Powers, for The Overstory. https://t.co/AGOkbP7kZy Read a review of the winning novel by @DavveroDomini here: https://t.co/wgHloug627
Paperback, 2019
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Guillotine: Poems
Eduardo C. CorralFor our Stanzas web feature, we ask writers to introduce us to their favorite poets by way of a handful of lines. This week, @michaelprior06, whose poem “Palinode” appears in our Spring 2021 issue, takes a closer look at “Guillotine” by @EduardoCCorral. https://t.co/q4v6nbyPmZ https://t.co/CFb1WdbfG1
Paperback, 2020
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book