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World champion runner @MightyCaster offers an empowering account of her extraordinary life and career, and her trailblazing battle to compete on her own terms. Learn more and preorder the US edition of THE RACE TO BE MYSELF. https://t.co/LhFPxTAfYR https://t.co/U19nwuyolT

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Norton is proud to publish two books on the 2022 #CundillHistoryPrize shortlist! IN THE FOREST OF NO JOY, J. P. Daughton's epic story of the Congo-Océan railroad. https://t.co/3lqxoeVL3o And Mae Ngai's THE CHINESE QUESTION, winner of the Bancroft Prize. https://t.co/we6X3cfH0W https://t.co/nZcwl7NPBG

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At @NYTmag, read Sandra Lim's poem "Summer Terror" from her third collection THE CURIOUS THING. https://www.sandralimpoet.com/the-curious-thing https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/28/magazine/poem-summer-terror.html

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"I’m a fan of spy thrillers, and I just read the best one I’ve consumed in decades…We’re seeing the emergence of a remarkable talent." —@NickKristof on @mccloskeybooks's debut DAMASCUS STATION https://wwnorton.com/books/damascus-station https://nickkristof.substack.com/p/a-book-recommendation-for-the-holidays?justPublished=true

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Read "All Inner Life Runs at Some Delay" and "Milton Visits Galileo in Florence" on @lithub. https://t.co/Ph0c4FC4mh Learn more about @MayaCPopa's new poetry collection WOUND IS THE ORIGIN OF WONDER. https://t.co/KwjzvDXVZM https://t.co/MQ8xDBOHrZ

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.@goodreads says you should read @dabujaber's new novel FENCING WITH THE KING if you like: Historical fiction, the history of the kingdom of Jordan, Arthurian legends, King Lear, stories about family inheritance, Crescent, Birds of Paradise. https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2254-9-great-books-hitting-shelves-this-week

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A stocking stuffer for the young environmentalist on your list: STOP SAVING THE PLANET! by Jenny Price. "A fun introduction to a serious topic that should serve as a starting point for further study and action." —Kirkus Reviews https://wwnorton.com/books/stop-saving-the-planet

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On this year's list of @nytimesbooks notables: BEST BARBARIAN (Roger Reeves), BLACK FOLK COULD FLY (Randall Kenan), THE IMMORTAL KING RAO (@vauhinivara), INDEX, A HISTORY OF THE (@djbduncan), KIKI MAN RAY (Mark Braude), and THE SEVEN MOONS OF MAALI ALMEIDA (Shehan Karunatilaka).

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New writing in Jacobin on the life and radical words of Martin Luther King Jr from Michael K. Honey, the author of GOING DOWN JERICHO ROAD and TO THE PROMISED LAND. https://t.co/53nOatteMp https://t.co/MWFbMhaFeR

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Neil Gaiman recommends @JeremyDauber's sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their hold on the American imagination. AMERICAN COMICS is available wherever you get your books. https://wwnorton.com/books/American-Comics https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1497025448538435585