Excellent under-the-radar books, recommended by writers.

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A stack of books.
ONE INCREDIBLE BOOK
Overlapping sheets of paper with introductions and illustrations on them.
AN INTRO BY THE RECOMMENDING WRITER
POSTCARDS + A BOOKMARK WITH ART BASED ON THE BOOK
The contents of Box 11, including The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, an introduction by Jae Towle, two postcards and a bookmark.
Box 10
The contents of Box 9, including Boy Oh Boy by Zachary Doss, an introduction by Joel Hans, two postcards and a bookmark.
Example of contents of the box: a book, the recommender's ode to the book, postcards and a bookmark
Example of contents of the box: a book, the recommender's ode to the book, postcards and a bookmark
Example of contents of the box: a book, the recommender's ode to the book, postcards and a bookmark
The contents of Issue 5: the book Walking on Cowrie Shells by Nana Nkweti, the ode to the book by Karen Russell, a bookmark and two postcards.
Box 4
Example of contents of the box: a book, the recommender's ode to the book, postcards and a bookmark
Example of contents of the box: a book, the recommender's ode to the book, postcards and a bookmark
The contents of Box 1, including Through the Arc of the Rain Forest by Karen Tei Yamashita, an introduction by Samuel Rafael Barber, two postcards and a bookmark.
The contents of Box 15, including the book Days of Distraction by Alexandra Chang, an introduction by Olufunke Grace Bankole, a bookmark and a postcard.
The contents of Box 14, including the book Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead by Barbara Comyns, an introduction by Stephanie Madewell, and two postcards.
The contents of Box 13, including the book In the Time of the Blue Ball by Manuela Draeger, an introduction by Janalyn Guo, two postcards and a bookmark.
The contents of Box 12, including Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck, an introduction by David Naimon, two postcards and a bookmark.

Box #1
September 2021: Samuel Rafael Barber // Karen Tei Yamashita‘s Through the Arc of the Rain Forest 

Box #2
October 2021: Aurelie Sheehan // Cherríe Moraga‘s Native Country of the Heart

Box #3
November 2021: Melissa Faliveno // Gabriel Bump‘s Everywhere You Don’t Belong

Box #4
December 2021: Frances Cannon // Chelsey Johnson‘s Stray City

Box #5
January 2022: Karen Russell // Nana Nkweti‘s Walking on Cowrie Shells

Box #6
February 2022: Ander Monson // Yōko Ogawa‘s Revenge

Box #7
March 2022: Thomas Dai // Jen Bervin‘s Silk Poems

Box #8
April 2022: Kate Bernheimer // Kathryn Davis‘ Labrador

Box #9
May 2022: Joel Hans // Zachary Doss‘ Boy Oh Boy

Box #10
June 2022: Callum Angus // Guadalupe Nettel‘s Bezoar

Box #11
July 2022: Jae Towle // Tove Jansson‘s The Summer Book

Box #12
August 2022: David Naimon // Jenny Erpenbeck‘s Visitation

Box #13
September 2022: Janalyn Guo // Manuela Draeger‘s In the Time of the Blue Ball (translated by Brian Evenson with Valerie Evenson)

Box #14
October 2022: Stephanie Madewell // Barbara Comyns‘ Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead

Box #15
November 2022: Olufunke Grace Bankole // Alexandra Chang‘s Days of Distraction

Box #16
December 2022: Sarah Shay Mirk // MYSTERY BOOK

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