SoManyBooks

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“‘Phantom Limbs’ in Jein Han’s translation is easy on the eyes and easy on the ears, a perfect poetic seance for those eager to be frightened and haunted.”
In @ltikorea, Eunice Lee reviews Lee Min-ha’s newly translated poetry collection, “Phantom Limbs” - https://t.co/EULqtlyPGb

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“She sought poetry as a balm during the dark night of the soul that she, her community, and her country often traversed”
In @anotherchimag, Emily Hunsberger reviews Nadia Anjuman’s newly translated poetry collection, “Smoke Drifts” - https://t.co/EcrDF8nqTU

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“The lyrics always tell us what Maggie is thinking, what inspires her—the weather, the lakefront, birds, smells, sights and sounds of wherever she is.”
In @ThirdCoastRvw, Nancy S. Bishop reviews Susannah Felts’ new novel, “The Come Apart” - https://t.co/0lXRlgjOx2

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“Nagle is in no way trying to ossify Chuya’s work to an artifact of the past, an all-too-common practice.”
In @japantimes, Aleksandra Priimak reviews Chuya Nakahara’s newly translated poetry collection, “The Poetry of Chuya Nakahara” - https://t.co/GjMUz9zKZD

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“Whatever readers’ reasons, Harpman, the author of over fifteen works of fiction, deserves to be virally rediscovered.”
In @4_columns, Jessi Jezewska Stevens reviews Jacqueline Harpman’s newly translated book of novellas, “We Were Forbidden” - https://t.co/CgiJlDQAcU

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“Leonora stands imperiously apart, both from the world of Pym’s earlier novels and from the larger world of British fiction of the 1960 and ’70s.”
In @LAReviewofBooks, Eric Gudas reviews Barbara Pym’s newly reissued novel, “The Sweet Dove Died” - https://t.co/A6Uag8U9YX

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“Repeatedly, the author turns her nimble, fresh, lightly ironic writing style to teasing the remarkable out of the mundane.”
In @booksinbc, Theo Dombrowski reviews Ruth Ozeki’s new short story collection, “The Typing Lady” - https://t.co/Og6Humdk4z

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“The result is a narrative that is both haunting and defiantly triumphant.”
In @brittlepaper, Amara Ujumadu reviews Oyinkan Braithwaite’s new novel, “Cursed Daughters” - https://t.co/F66L6BeZ6K

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“Charal is especially attuned to the power of taking what the majority says is shameful and declaring it as a source of pride.”
In @fullstopmag, Amber Ruth Paulen reviews Kalyani Thakur Charal’s newly translated novella, “Andhar Bil” - https://t.co/NDlhea4wJi

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“The main characters’ backstories are lavishly constructed, chockfull of horrific incidents and tragic twists.”
In the Washington Independent Review of Books, Alice Stephens reviews Kang Jiyoung’s newly translated novel, “Mrs. Shim Is a Killer” - https://t.co/apiQOyNOvy

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2026 Women’s Prizes for Fiction and Non-Fiction winners announced - https://t.co/WqnSRG8Gxx

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“‘Contrapposto’ is fundamentally a love story, and, as in the graceful asymmetry of its titular technique, there is loveliness in the union of two complementary opposites.”
In @AltaJournal, Anna E. Clark reviews Dave Eggers’s new novel, “Contrapposto” - https://t.co/1Yi3iF6970

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English author Julian Barnes has won the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Literature - https://t.co/qsDdOT8L3H

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“The novel is, despite the ups and downs of campus life, and of life itself, justly optimistic.”
In @Harvard_Review, Collin Mitchell reviews Brian Platzer’s new novel, “The Optimists” - https://t.co/fUxRb12KKe

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“Vollmann’s documentarian sensibilities, foundational to his legitimate bid as our preeminent literary chronicler, are underscored by his tectonic imagination.”
In @thebafflermag, Michael Barron reviews William T. Vollmann’s new novel “A Table for Fortune” https://t.co/WsTKZmq1Jm

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“Her poems reflect the influence slightly more of nineteenth-century established masters than of the poets of her own generation.”
In @theartsfuse, Jim Kates reviews Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger’s newly translated poetry collection, “Song of Yellow Asters” - https://t.co/rWxgnGWnYR

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“Despite the melancholy nature of the novel, the exquisite prose conveys the depth of feeling and sense of place portrayed with such vivid detail.”
In @BuzzMagWales, Rhianon Holley reviews Bassem Khandaqji’s new novel, “A Mask The Colour Of The Sky” - https://t.co/FTRXo7x8Lo

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“Behrman’s stories serve up hopeless situations, but the afterimage they leave is precisely the opposite.”
In @MastersReview, Dawn Goulet reviews Hillary Behrman’s debut short story collection, “Lake Effect” - https://t.co/72Mn11CMuA

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“Through the eyes of this fascinating antihero, Varfis-van Warmelo explores the lure of a fictional life over lived reality.”
In @RainTaxiReview, Zara Karschay reviews Aea Varfis-van Warmelo’s debut novel, “Attention-Seeking Behavior” - https://t.co/JosJQoIix7

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“This is a truly glorious novel rife with the grief and loss of climate disaster and a deep love for humanity and our planet.”
In @TheBrooklynRail, Yvonne C. Garrett reviews Deb Olin Unferth’s new novel, “Earth 7” - https://t.co/ijMxXFAcYm