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Chapters (7)
  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Part I
  4. Part II
  5. Part III
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Back Cover
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THE VINE THAT ATE THE SOUTH NOVEL BY J.D. WILKES

Images “Undeniably one of the smartest, most original Southern Gothic novels to come along in years.” —NPR

WITH THE ENERGY AND UNIQUE VISION that established him as a celebrated musician, Wilkes here is an accomplished storyteller on a Homeric voyage that strikes at the heart of American mythology.

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SIRENS MEMOIR BY JOSHUA MOHR

Images A Best of 2017 —San Francisco Chronicle

Images “Raw-edged and whippet-thin, Sirens swings from tales of bawdy addiction to charged moments of a father struggling to stay clean.”

—Los Angeles Times

WITH VULNERABILITY, GRIT, AND HARD-WON HUMOR, Mohr returns with his first book-length work of non-fiction, a raw and big-hearted chronicle of substance abuse, relapse, and family compassion.

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THE GLOAMING NOVEL BY MELANIE FINN

Images New York Times Notable Book of 2016

Images “Deeply satisfying.” —New York Times Book Review

AFTER AN ACCIDENT LEAVES her estranged in a Swiss town, Pilgrim Jones absconds to east Africa, settling in a Tanzanian outpost where she can’t shake the unsettling feeling that she’s being followed.

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THE INCANTATIONS OF DANIEL JOHNSTON GRAPHIC NOVEL BY RICARDO CAVOLO WRITTEN BY SCOTT MCCLANAHAN

Images “Wholly unexpected, grotesque, and poignant.” —The FADER

RENOWNED ARTIST RICARDO CAVOLO and Scott McClanahan combine talents in this dazzling, eye-popping graphic biography of artist and musician Daniel Johnston.

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THE REACTIVE NOVEL BY MASANDE NTSHANGA

ImagesA Best Book of 2016 —Men’s Journal, Flavorwire, City Press, The Sunday Times, The Star, This is Africa, Africa’s a Country, Sunday World

Images “Often teems with a beauty that seems to carry on in front of its glue-huffing wasters despite themselves.” —Slate

A CLEAR-EYED, COMPASSIONATE ACCOUNT of a young HIV+ man grappling with the sudden death of his brother in South Africa.

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SQUARE WAVE NOVEL BY MARK DE SILVA

Images “Compelling and horrifying.” —Chicago Tribune

A GRAND NOVEL OF ideas and compelling crime mystery, about security states past and present, weather modification science, micro-tonal music, and imperial influences.

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NOT DARK YET NOVEL BY BERIT ELLINGSEN

Images “Fascinating, surreal, gorgeously written.”

—BuzzFeed

ON THE VERGE OF a self-inflicted apocalypse, a former military sniper is enlisted by a former lover for an eco-terrorist action that threatens the quiet life he built for himself in the mountains.

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THE GLACIER NOVEL BY JEFF WOOD

Images “Gorgeously and urgently written.”

—Library Journal, starred review

FOLLOWING A CATERER AT a convention center, a surveyor residing in a storage unit, and the masses lining up for an Event on the horizon, The Glacier is a poetic rendering of the pre-apocalypse.

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HAINTS STAY NOVEL BY COLIN WINNETTE

Images “In his astonishing portrait of American violence, Colin Winnette makes use of the Western genre to stunning effect.” —Los Angeles Times

HAINTS STAY IS A NEW Acid Western in the tradition of Rudolph Wurlitzer, Meek’s Cutoff, and Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man: meaning it is brutal, surreal, and possesses an unsettling humor.