Santa Fe Writer's Project - Böcker

BUZZFEED'S "BEST BOOKS OF JUNE" FROLIC'S "UNDER THE RADAR" SELECTED JUNE READS Mona is a Millennial perfectionist who fails upwards in the midst of the 2008 economic crisis. Despite her potential, and her top-of-her-c...

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Londinium is burning. Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, newly appointed governor of Roman Britain, is charged by an increasingly unstable Emperor Nero with a difficult taskthe untamed island on the fringes of the empire must earn a profit. To do so, Sueto...

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Finely-honed portraits of hope and change, these two novellas are linked so skillfully that they achieve the intensity of a single novel in which some characters succeed and others fail on separate but equally compelling quests. In "The Fires...

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A devastating portrait of war in all its horror, brutality, and mindlessness, this extraordinary novel is written in beautifully cadenced prose. A combat medic in Vietnam faces the chaos of war, set against the tranquil scenes of family life back ...

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Nonfiction is the new black comedy in this hilarious collection of award-winning literary essays written by the infamous Pagan Kennedy. In the title piece, Alex Comfort, author of The Joy of Sex, reinvents himself as a sex guru in California and h...

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A largely untold story of an extraordinary historical figure, this biography sheds light on the life of William Sheppard, a 19th-century African American who, for more than 20 years, defied segregation and operated a missionary run by black Americ...

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The 14 stories in this collection display the often quiet, inconspicuous way in which terrible truths and experiences are intimated: the death of a sailboarder makes a widower see deeper into love and loss; a young poet visits his former teacher o...

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A unique look at the Jehovah Witnesses in the rural western United States and the logging industry in Northern California during the 1970s, By Way of Water addresses the devastating effects of poverty on rural families. Struggling to feed their ch...

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"Jack Dixon takes his PI talents on the road when a pro wrestler's outlandish Civil War-themed act results in death threats. Jack accompanies the self-styled "U.S. Grant" - an old college buddy - and his regional wrestling promotion...

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Professor Francis Kauffman has unwittingly landed himself in prison where hes faced with an insurmountable task: execute a fellow inmate. Charged with igniting a political insurrection amongst his students at a university in Beijing, Kauffman is s...

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The lives of the working class in West Virginiaa train engineer, an epileptic, coal miners and outlaws, the fragile and dispossessedare explored in this powerful yet tender collection of six short stories and a novella. They depict an isolated wor...

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The very best short stories and novellas from National Public Radio's Alan Cheuse are brought together in a quintessential collection. Countless listeners depend on the book reviews from Cheuse, America's "voice of books," and ...

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Back in print for the first time in a decade, this is the hilarious autobiography of a pioneer of the 1990s zine movement. A young woman named Pagan, having just graduated from a writing program at a very prestigious university, is left with a sin...

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When Anna Kramer, a Los Alamos piano teacher, inherits the journals and scores of composer Hana Weissova, she is mystified by this bequest from a woman she does not know. Hanas music, however, soon begins to uncover forgotten emotions, while her j...

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The stories in Muscle Cars explore the unique and sometimes flawed relationships between men, their families, and their friends. Featuring a diverse cast of inarticulate misfitsincluding a compulsive body builder obsessed by the death of his broth...

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"A fiercely honest and beautifully written book." --Paul Austin, author, Beautiful Eyes and Something for the Pain A cautionary tale of careless psychiatric diagnosis, treatment, and resilience Sawyer's memoir is a harrowing, heroic...

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Eloquently written essays about aspects of Asian American life comprise this collection that looks at how Asian-Americans view themselves in light of Americas insensitivities, stereotypes, and expectations. My Chinese-America speaks on masculinity...

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For generations, warlords fought bitterly for dominance in a land without a king, leaving a fractured, war-torn country plagued by thieves, slavers, and the servants of dark gods and darker magic. Allystaire Coldbourne travels a treacherous path t...

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"A bold, riveting mash-up of Hitchcockian suspense and campfire-tale chills." Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, A Visit From the Goon Squad Legacies of violence and tragedy haunt these thirteen stunning stories from Tara Lask...

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For Avery Cullinslibrary archivist, former teenage runaway, and gay man from a small Southern townfamily means a live-in boyfriend and a surly turtle. But when his father, a renowned nuclear physicist, commits suicide, Averys decade-long estrangem...

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First published in 1980, Crossing Over is hybrid prose-poetry and flash fiction about one young mans journey through the Vietnam War. Adapted for the stage and praised by antiwar activist Daniel Berrigan, these vignettes from the war-torn jungles ...

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Pagan Kennedy first captured the hearts of America with her personal zine Pagan's Head. Drawing from this source, she presents not only the zine-world standards, but also includes some helpful dating tips, such as "Pretend to go to the b...

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Spanning four seasons, 10 countries, three teaching jobs, and countless buses, Patagonian Road chronicles Kate McCahills solo journey from Guatemala to Argentina. In her struggles with language, romance, culture, service, and homesickness, she per...

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The adventure continues... Ordained by an ancient goddess of mercy and light, former knight Allystaire Coldbourne has become a paladin, a hero out of legend. But evil stalks him, angry gods align against him, and greedy warlords want him dead. Wit...

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The best-selling indie hit returns! This revised, expanded edition of Modern Manners for Your Inner Demons brings the darker side of social behavior back to the shelves. Tara Laskowskis demonically clever stories break the rules of a "decent&...

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The fourteen fantastical stories in Magic For Unlucky Girls take the familiar tropes of fairytales and twist them into new and surprising shapes. These unlucky girls, struggling against a society that all too often oppresses them, are forced to na...

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Old ways have been broken in the blood and smoke of the Battle of Thornhurst by Allystaire Stillbright and followers of the Goddess. Now the Paladin must recover from his ordeal, carve out a hopeful future for the shattered Baronies, and prepare f...

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