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@uwiscpress.bsky.socialReposted by @altajournal.bsky.socialFrom @altajournal.bsky.social: 15 New Books for October -- including Monona Wali's forthcoming novel, Sutra Americana, out October 20!
Check out the full list of recommended reads: www.altaonline.com/books/g73842...
@rednosestudio.bsky.socialReposted by @altajournal.bsky.socialNew series of artwork for the current issue of @altajournal.bsky.social Thanks to John Goecke and the whole team at Alta for trusting my work for this bonkers tale about a TV writer trying to survive in an industry that desperately needs bold creative decisions,
@somanybooks24.bsky.socialReposted by @altajournal.bsky.social“Amazingly, given the complexity of the relationships, no character chart is needed. So vivid and precise are Lee’s descriptions that all players register as fully fleshed.”
In @altajournal.bsky.social, Joan Frank reviews Min Jin Lee’s new novel, “American Hagwon” www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
@bradlisti.bsky.socialReposted by @altajournal.bsky.socialHonored to appear in @altajournal.bsky.social. Big thanks to David L. Ulin, who has written a thoughtful and generous piece about the Otherppl show—its origins, its evolution, and what 15 years of conversations with writers have come to mean.
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@heydaybooks.comReposted by @altajournal.bsky.social"Discovery, renewal, and fortune have long marked the story told about California—but Kaufmann invites us to reconsider this narrative," writes @altajournal.bsky.social.
𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙊𝙪𝙩 ranks among Alta's new must-reads.
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@altajournal.bsky.socialA writer lends her voice to the booming business of audiobooks. buff.ly/knewHTf
@altajournal.bsky.socialTommy Pico’s Nature Poem finds a language for our present moment. buff.ly/2bl50E6
@altajournal.bsky.socialMark Arax discusses Fresno and journalism. buff.ly/2dH26ml
@altajournal.bsky.socialIn American Hagwon, the third book in a planned quartet, Min Jin Lee reveals the ambitions and fortunes of a striving Korean family from 1992 to 2007. buff.ly/sGhxNjs
@altajournal.bsky.socialHere are the works by authors on and of the West—including The Occidental Book of the Dead, Off the Reservation, and Passengers—that we’re most excited to see published this month. buff.ly/xbQZxPy
@altajournal.bsky.socialZoe Kazan’s new adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel stars Florence Pugh as an evil woman bent on destroying those who dare to love her. buff.ly/5N1e0tw
@altajournal.bsky.socialThe 25 restaurants defining California dining. buff.ly/n0u0sBT
@altajournal.bsky.socialHow editing American Flash Fiction restored my focus. buff.ly/A5Vh6yq
Writes Stryker, “It’s time to breathe. To rise. To reassemble. To transform. Come with me? It’s never too late to live, however close to death we all well might be. It’s not too late, but it’s definitely time to go.”
@libraryofamerica.bsky.socialReposted by @altajournal.bsky.social“The real appeal of flash resides in how it catalyzes our awareness, drawing us more closely into an engagement with a text,” writes David L. Ulin in @altajournal.bsky.social, discussing the new LOA anthology American Flash Fiction and the growth of this captivating genre through literary history.
@altajournal.bsky.socialA look inside Alta Journal’s Issue 37. buff.ly/SLSqFBU
@altajournal.bsky.socialTommy Pico’s Nature Poem is the California Book Club’s October 2026 pick. buff.ly/0kbieTa
@altajournal.bsky.socialExposition Park residents weigh in on the director’s billion-dollar project. buff.ly/q9obniC
@altajournal.bsky.socialWriter Rosanna Xia picks five titles that explore the climate crisis and our relationship with a changing planet. buff.ly/05ST3De
@altajournal.bsky.socialRead two passages from Tommy Pico’s Nature Poem, the California Book Club’s October selection. buff.ly/Ymz8T2d
