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Bookseller Recommendations: ? Halloween Edition! ?

… ? Halloween Edition! ? Bookstore / Roundup We are feeling the Halloween spirit here at Milkweed Books (have you seen … display ?), so to celebrate, here is a ? bonus round ? of book recommendations featuring the dark and scary stuff we … We are feeling the Halloween spirit here at Milkweed Books (have you seen …

Michael Lesy

Wisconsin Death Trip

University of New Mexico Press

Penguin Classics

The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus

Hans Jakob Christoffel Von Grimmelshausen

Halloween

Bookseller Recommendations

Claire Wahmanholm

… Claire Wahmanholm Claire Wahmanholm is the author of Wilder , Redmouth , and, most recently, Meltwater , which … for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, the Minnesota Book Award, and was a National Book Award Science + … Claire Wahmanholm is the author of Wilder , Redmouth , and, most recently, …

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Báyò Akómoláfé : Selah

— 02/25/2026

… if we were to take seriously that we, as humans, aren’t the sole authors of our world, that there are other intelligences at play, … America systemically fails those who call it home. The book simultaneously documents the wrenching grief of being … if we were to take seriously that we, as humans, aren’t the sole authors of our world, that there are other …

Antonio Michael Downing

… Boy was called “singularly dazzling” by Kiese Laymon and “the triumph of Blackness everywhere” by Scotiabank Giller Prize–winner … RBC Taylor Prize Emerging Writer Award, the 2021 Toronto Book Award, and the 2021 Speaker’s Book Award. He is also the … was called “singularly dazzling” by Kiese Laymon and “the triumph of Blackness everywhere” by Scotiabank Giller …

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Bookseller Recommendations: August

Milkweed Staff

… month all come directly from shelf-talkers that we have in the Milkweed Books store. Shelf-talkers can, and do, take a lot of different forms in both our store and others across the … titles. They are short and not meant to be a review of the book per se but an idea, be it very specific or more general, …

Kerri ní Dochartaigh

… Kerri ní Dochartaigh Kerri nÍ Dochartaigh’s first book, Thin Places , was published in Spring 2022 in the US . It was an Indies Introduce selection for … Junior Library Guild selection for Spring 2022. Cacophony of Bone is her second book. She lives on the west coast of …

James P. Lenfestey

… James P. Lenfestey James P. Lenfestey is the author of Seeking the Cave: A Pilgrimage to Cold Mountain , a Minnesota Book Award finalist, and multiple collections of essays and … James P. Lenfestey is the author of Seeking the Cave: A Pilgrimage to Cold Mountain …

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Bookseller Recommendations: August

Milkweed Staff

… Recommendations: August Bookstore / Roundup Hello again, book friends and family! We’re back with an all new round of book recommendations. From divine quests in Jazz Age Mexico to an examination of the “model minority” myth to an Eyre-esque romance, we’re …

Humberto Ak’abal

… (1952–2019) was a K’iche’ Maya poet from Guatemala. His book Guardián de la caída de agua ( Guardian of the Waterfall ) was named book of the year by Association … His book Guardián de la caída de agua ( Guardian of the Waterfall ) was named book of the year by Association of …

Éireann Lorsung

… Éireann Lorsung Éireann Lorsung works in a field of images, objects, movement, and texts, and especially in the overlap between printmaking and poetry. Her previous collections include Pattern-book ; The Century , winner of the Maine Literary Award in … of images, objects, movement, and texts, and especially in the overlap between printmaking and poetry. Her previous …