Today in Bookish and Literary History, April 2



1972 Small Craft Warnings by Tennessee Williams | US | 86 |

2020 The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey | Trinidad - UK | 272 | πŸ†πŸ†

2024 Table for Two by Amor Towles | US | 464 |

2024 Scientific Marvel: Poems by Chimwemwe Undi | CAN | 96 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†

2024 Clear by Carys Davies | UK | 208 | πŸ†πŸ†

2024 The Husbands by Holly Gramazio | AUS | 352 |

2024 I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger | US | 336 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (My Review)

2024 We Loved It All: A Memory of Life by Lydia Millet | US | 272 |

2024 New and Selected Poems by Marie Howe | US | 192 | πŸ†

2024 The Audacity by Ryan Chapman | US | 288 |

2024 Death Styles by Joyelle McSweeney | US | 136 |

2024 Traces of Enayat by Iman Mersal | EGY | 236 |

2025 I Am Nannertgarrook by Tasma Walton | AUS | 288 | πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†


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