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Book Cover for: Avidly Reads Screen Time, Phillip Maciak

Avidly Reads Screen Time

Phillip Maciak
Willenfield Literary AgencyWillenfield Literary Agency

“Maciak’s willingness to defend screen time refreshes ... Readers will want to tune in to this.” — @PublishersWkly Glowing praise for @pjmaciak’s AVIDLY READS SCREEN TIME (out 5/16 with @NYUpress)! https://t.co/MW42o0Wbhk https://t.co/YojGGsaa2H

Paperback, 2023

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Avidly Reads Screen Time, Phillip Maciak

Avidly Reads Screen Time

Phillip Maciak
Willenfield Literary AgencyWillenfield Literary Agency

Look what you can now preorder! Phillip Maciak’s (@pjmaciak) AVIDLY READS SCREEN TIME, a compelling, timely work of cultural criticism and history about how we define screens, and how they now define us. Out from @NYUpress in May. ✨✨ https://t.co/Ft9Nz1HH41 https://t.co/kSi5lZcTJI

Hardcover, 2023

$79.00$54.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: Skull Cathedral: A Vestigial Anatomy, Melissa Wiley

Skull Cathedral: A Vestigial Anatomy

Melissa Wiley
Willenfield Literary AgencyWillenfield Literary Agency

On behalf of her sister Melanie and husband Robert, we are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our client and friend Melissa Wiley on Friday, April 8. Melissa was an editor at @SundogLit and author of Skull Cathedral and Antlers in Space and Other Common Phenomena. https://t.co/eFu6mIhCGs

Paperback, 2020

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: What You Could Have Won, Rachel Genn

What You Could Have Won

Rachel Genn
Willenfield Literary AgencyWillenfield Literary Agency

Check out “Hell Is Other People’s Certainty,” an interview between WLA author Rachel Genn (@RachelGenn) and @MaudlinHouse editor @bloodandGauraa, about Rachel's new novel, What You Could Have Won (@andothertweets, 2020), The Sopranos, and more. https://t.co/JTKwSBoee5

Paperback, 2020

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Antlers in Space and Other Common Phenomena, Melissa Wiley

Antlers in Space and Other Common Phenomena

Melissa Wiley
Willenfield Literary AgencyWillenfield Literary Agency

On behalf of her sister Melanie and husband Robert, we are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our client and friend Melissa Wiley on Friday, April 8. Melissa was an editor at @SundogLit and author of Skull Cathedral and Antlers in Space and Other Common Phenomena. https://t.co/eFu6mIhCGs

Paperback, 2017

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths, Brad Fox

The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths

Brad Fox
Willenfield Literary AgencyWillenfield Literary Agency

Stunning review of THE BATHYSPHERE BOOK by @BredFoks in @nytimes! “A piece of poetic nonfiction that strives to conjure up the crushing blackness of the deep sea. It raises questions of exploration and wonder, of nature and humanity.”🐟🌊 https://t.co/q7s7t8oJ0Y

Hardcover, 2023

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The History of Living Forever, Jake Wolff

The History of Living Forever

Jake Wolff
Willenfield Literary AgencyWillenfield Literary Agency

“Beautiful and expansive. The Book of Casey Adair captures the tumult of the early 1980s, which set the stage for a new brand of queer activism. ... I loved this book, and it will stay with me for a long time.” —Jake Wolff, author of The History of Living Forever

Paperback, 2020

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Longcut, Emily Hall

The Longcut

Emily Hall
Willenfield Literary AgencyWillenfield Literary Agency

We are excited to welcome novelist, editor, and art critic Emily Hall (@emilyhallnyc) to WLA! Emily is the author of THE LONGCUT (from @Dalkey_Archive). She lives in New York and is working on her second novel among other book projects. 🎉🎉🎉 https://t.co/a5iN7BvHyQ https://t.co/LW1hxhKHhQ

Paperback, 2022

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Sunsetter, Curtis LeBlanc

Sunsetter

Curtis LeBlanc
Willenfield Literary AgencyWillenfield Literary Agency

🎉Vancouver and the Lower Mainland! At 8pm on 4/29, join @ECWPress + @MassyBooks w/ @micalemiski, @brandibird_, and @JenSookfongLee at Dolly Disco to celebrate the launch of @curtiswleblanc’s debut novel SUNSETTER 🎉 RSVP at the link 👇 https://t.co/hYXzThy73I

Paperback, 2023

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Book of Casey Adair, Ken Harvey

The Book of Casey Adair

Ken Harvey
Willenfield Literary AgencyWillenfield Literary Agency

Happy pub day to THE BOOK OF CASEY ADAIR by Ken Harvey (@kenharvey27), a @LambdaLiterary most anticipated book for December. We couldn’t be prouder of Ken and this terrific, important book. Get your copy today: https://t.co/5oBFxxRjhK. https://t.co/taScqV3uca

Paperback, 2021

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book