Two Lines Press 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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Nomenclature: New and Collected Poems
Dionne BrandTwo Lines PressMichael Holtmann (@michaelholtmann) recommends snagging Dionne Brand’s NOMENCLATURE: NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS, “a gripping catalogue of witness and a call to imagine a better world,” from our friends at @EB_Booksellers. https://t.co/ksHYS8RQpa
Hardcover, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
So Many People, Mariana
Maria Judite de CarvalhoTwo Lines Press@Jaztronomia @ProfStump @AdlyneBonhomme @FabienneKanor @inthewhirld @John_Wray @aliner Maria Judite de Carvalho‘s SO MANY PEOPLE, MARIANA (tr. by Margaret Jull Costa) gathers all the short stories Carvalho wrote between 1959 and 1967, essential years in her development as a writer. If you read her brilliant EMPTY WARDROBES, you know what's up. Fierce, genius stuff. https://t.co/YZETLUU3ge
Paperback, 2023
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Slipping
Mohamed KheirTwo Lines PressWe always look forward to @The_Millions’s Year In Reading series! @togglecoat’s contribution includes @mohamedkheir’s “elusive” SLIPPING (tr. by @RobinMoger) and plenty of other great picks. https://t.co/6ac5NMDPzS
Paperback, 2021
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Linea Nigra: An Essay on Pregnancy and Earthquakes
Jazmina BarreraTwo Lines PressOK, we talked it over. And we all agree. It really is time for you to read Jazmina Barrera. So! FLASH SALE. Now through Sunday, get LINEA NIGRA and ON LIGHTHOUSES (paperback) for just $25. https://t.co/vEXOs7FQfb
Paperback, 2023
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On a Woman's Madness
Astrid RoemerTwo Lines PressAstrid Roemer’s ON A WOMAN'S MADNESS—“lush as the jungle creeping in at the edges of the novel”—and NO EDGES: SWAHILI STORIES are two of the best new works of translation this spring, says @BookRiot’s @PierceAlquist. https://t.co/K2fbXEItR8
Hardcover, 2023
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
This Is Us Losing Count: Eight Russian Poets
Galina RymbuTwo Lines Press“Despite the remarkably distinct stylings of the 8 individual poets, the collection carries a level of cohesiveness and unity that is rarely found in even the most meticulously designed novels.” —⭐ review of THIS IS US LOSING COUNT from @ShelfAwareness https://t.co/aAauutue7x
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Game for Real
Richard WeinerTwo Lines PressRichard Weiner’s THE GAME FOR REAL (tr. by Benjamin Paloff) is “one of the most powerful works of Czech Modernist literature” (@PENamerica) and to this day easily among the most achingly brilliant books that we publish. Just read it already. https://t.co/AA9vQDt34H
Paperback, 2015
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories
Franz KafkaTwo Lines Press“Few so-called Kafkaesque books ever manage to capture the banal yet hilarious procedural absurdity of the Czech master. NDiaye’s delightfully unsettling novella is a rare exception.” (tr. by @ProfStump!) https://t.co/kSxIxzojZk
Paperback, 2020
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gone to the Wolves
John WrayTwo Lines PressIn case you haven't already heard, we're publishing @Jaztronomia’s debut novel CROSS-STITCH (tr. by Christina MacSweeney) this November! @John_Wray, author of GONE TO THE WOLVES, calls it “a soft-spoken, hyper-articulate masterpiece.” 🧡 https://t.co/ELrtqfC55v
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Memorial: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)
Bryan WashingtonTwo Lines PressSomething pretty special right here! For @Japanfoundation, Masatsugu Ono, author of AT THE EDGE OF THE WOODS, and Bryan Washington (MEMORIAL) share letters about reading, writing, and getting to know each other's work. https://t.co/7a0zm38MS4
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book