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Tint Journal Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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We’re an online literary journal for writers who write in English as their 2nd or non-native language. Issue Spring 2023 out now! Working on a print anthology.

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Book Cover for: Above Us the Milky Way, Fowzia Karimi

Above Us the Milky Way

Fowzia Karimi
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Afghani-American writer Fowzia Karimi’s ‘Above Us the Milky Way’ creates a collage of a family’s experience in two lands, a kaleidoscope of a dreamy mind and a bygone era, and an alphabet of memories and imaginations. Read our review at https://t.co/aJ3Hoyuq2v #bookreview https://t.co/MPwrWd16zG

Hardcover, 2020

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: This Fish Is Fowl: Essays of Being, Xu XI

This Fish Is Fowl: Essays of Being

Xu XI
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In her last collection of essays, @xuxiwriter masterfully navigates through the terrain of identity, being, and home, while questioning what it means to belong or just to be. Read our full review of This Fish is Fowl at: https://t.co/eY4YuWOQyh #bookreview #ESL https://t.co/NOxJ827dfB

Paperback, 2019

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Curtain: An Anecdote, Alexander Macfarlan

The Curtain: An Anecdote

Alexander Macfarlan
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TINT WRITERS | Lara Mayr Austrian, speaks/writes German, English, and French Read Lara's short story "An Anecdote" originally published in our Spring 2020 Issue at https://t.co/8L4dx9wXsA and her bio at https://t.co/almQPHM2Su #ESLwriters #worldlit #fiction #ESL https://t.co/82GH8JoXXV

Hardcover, 2016

$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Translating Myself and Others, Jhumpa Lahiri

Translating Myself and Others

Jhumpa Lahiri
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Unlike our other book reviews, Jhumpa Lahiri is not an ESL writer. She grew up speaking English, but deep into her literary career, decided to write and publish in Italian instead. Translating Myself and Others recounts her journey. Read our review at https://t.co/b9vjzgjRCx https://t.co/7TRSIGmgMd

Paperback, 2023

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Remains of the Day: Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day: Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

Kazuo Ishiguro
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Aside from philosophical considerations about servitude and freedom, Ishiguro’s novel touches upon the themes of love, loss and empathy, or rather the lack thereof. Read our full review at https://t.co/uqQY2O07Y1 #bookreview https://t.co/3MA7YU8HNU

Paperback, 1990

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Beasts of a Little Land, Juhea Kim

Beasts of a Little Land

Juhea Kim
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Introducing our first guuest editor for our upcoming anthology Tinted Trails, Juhea Kim! Her debut novel "Beasts of a Little Land" is a Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist. She is also the founder and editor of @peacedumpling. https://t.co/bGGbaitun2

Paperback, 2022

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Never Let Me Go: Introduction by David Sexton, Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go: Introduction by David Sexton

Kazuo Ishiguro
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Kazuo Ishiguro's 2015 novel Never Let Me Go is compelling, outstanding, and thought-provoking. The novel takes place in a parallel universe in the 1990s in England, where human cloning is an accepted practice. Read our full review at https://t.co/Dxtit2dk6X #ESLwriters https://t.co/mUGymOKaUu

Hardcover, 2023

$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro
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Kazuo Ishiguro's 2015 novel Never Let Me Go is compelling, outstanding, and thought-provoking. The novel takes place in a parallel universe in the 1990s in England, where human cloning is an accepted practice. Read our full review at https://t.co/Dxtit2dk6X #ESLwriters https://t.co/mUGymOKaUu

Paperback, 2006

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Phantompains, Therese Estacion

Phantompains

Therese Estacion
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Therese Estacion's poems have been published in Contemporary Verse 2 and PANK Magazine. Phantompains, listed as Best Poetry of 2021, is her first book. Read our interview with her at https://t.co/91gPjgsLgn #ESLwriters #worldlit #ESL #filipino https://t.co/qcAwiNdoEP

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, Mohsin Hamid

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

Mohsin Hamid
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In How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, Mohsin Hamid relishes in humour that smoothly changes its pace and texture. The novel has a delightful assortment of various twists, from piercing satire to genial comedy. Read our review at https://t.co/ApvYgyntUy #bookreview https://t.co/foJSlKYRd4

Paperback, 2014

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book