Seven Stories Press staff recommendations for March 2026, with appearances by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social, @berlantbro-more.bsky.social, @poetshouse.bsky.social, @archipelagobooks.bsky.social, and more~
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That lovely book is from our friends at @versobooks.bsky.social !
Little Lazarus by Michael Bible Instead of a Letter by Diana Athill Lili is Crying by Hélène Bessette (tr. Kate Briggs) Iris and the Dead by Miranda Schreiber The Other Girl by Annie Ernaux (tr. Alison L. Strayer) Orlanda by Jacqueline Harpman (tr. Ros Schwartz) Vaim by Jon Fosse (tr. Damion Searls) Little World by Josephine Rowe Plant Dreaming Deep by May Sarton Hothouse Bloom by Austyn Wohlers Gertrude Stein by Francesca Wade Art Work by Sally Mann
Here are the books I finished in February. I recommitted to reading 1hr each morning before starting work & it was just the reset I needed. Bessette & Sarton were both rereads. 4 are from the @usrofc.bsky.social longlist. I loved the entire stack! #AContinuation #SundaySarton #NYRBWomen26
“Blocking access to books does not change our history nor…who we are. It simply prevents readers from understanding the complexity and beauty of the world we live in.”
@maris.bsky.social on why we must stop bill HR 7661, which would ban books on sex & gender from public schools/libraries nationally
We're also offering free downloads of Chris Hedges' new book A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine, an intimate and harrowing portrait of Israel and the United States's oppression, occupation, and perpetual violence in Palestine.
We've compiled a selection of titles on U.S. imperialism in Southwest Asia and beyond, ranging from classic texts by Howard Zinn and Arundhati Roy, to Bush-era pamphlets on Iraq and Afghanistan, to contemporary literature on Palestine and Iran by Marjane Satrapi, Omar Zahzah, Ramzy Baroud, and more.
HANDS OFF IRAN A READING LIST AND FREE EBOOK SEVEN STORIES PRESS
The perpetual war, facilitated by the U.S. and Israel, changes shape with the needs of the imperial project, moving from attacks on one country to another with the whims of the military class. It changes shape, but remains the same goal: to dominate the region and eliminate resistance and dissent.
Gibson’s Bookstore flyer for Dan Simon Ashland event on March 4
If you’re close to Concord, NH, tomorrow evening I’ll be @gibsonsbookstore.bsky.social to talk to @sevenstories.bsky.social publisher Dan Simon about his new novel, Ashland @europaeditions.bsky.social. Join us!
On our Substack: an excerpt from the second novel by @eoghanwalls.bsky.social, FIELD NOTES FROM AN EXTINCTION, an IndieNext pick for March that Graeme Macrae Burnet, in the New York Times Book Review, describes as as “a unique and richly imagined novel.”
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If you have three minutes and live in NYC, you should read this about our public libraries. sevenstories.substack.com/p/guest-post...
Through the weekend, celebrate Ralph Nader’s 92nd birthday with some extracts from his book RETURN TO SENDER, plus a 30% off discount on of his books! @nader.org
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Nader at the capitol, 1980-something
Nader on a plane reading a newspaper, 1960-something
Today we’re celebrating 92 years of our friend, author, and favorite public advocate Ralph Nader, born on February 27, 1934 💛
“Library institutions should not be regularly put on the chopping block while Wall Street brokers take home millions… Our city deserves a budget that focuses on the people here… That is what makes NYC great.” —Librarian & Seven Stories author @halschrieve.bsky.social on the fight for NYC libraries
i read the first 13 chapters of the call out without speaking to another person or coming up for air and then my mom asked me a question and i had trouble parsing it because it didnt rhyme
Did you know if you post a g**gle f*rms link on X The Everything App it will be spammed to the point of total unusability and you will have to rebuild your whole galley launch minutes after posting it. Just a tip from me to you
Grid of available galleys from Seven Stories Press
New form for online creators to request galleys
It certainly doesn’t feel like it this week, but summer will, in fact, arrive. We’ve just received galleys of six spring/summer 2026 titles we’re absolutely psyched about. Grab your favorites and start daydreaming of beach reading days. forms.gle/D6Lpv6ywkaia...
…and invited him to describe what has been happening in Palestine through the stories of his family—how his relatives were pushed off their land, how they came to live in Gaza, and how they joined the collective fight to preserve Palestinian land, culture, and collective memory.” (4/4)
…that is widely regarded to be one of the most visible and most documented atrocities of modern history. But this kind of documentation, while extremely important for historical record, can only do so much. As acquiring editor Greg Ruggiero writes: "We at Seven Stories approached Ramzy Baroud… (3/4)
In sharing this account, Baroud offers a personal antidote to the dehumanizing nature of numbers and attention-grabbing headlines released by the media. For the past three years, we've watched from abroad, culpable in our complicity, as Israel has executed a genocide of the Palestinian people (3/4)
To mark the publication of Ramzy Baroud's Before the Flood: A Gaza Family Memoir, we're proud to share Baroud's introduction to the text, a history of Palestine told through a beautiful multigenerational narrative of the author's family. sevenstories.com/blogs/408-th... (1/4)
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DEAR BLUESKY I just sent an email out to I think everyone I have ever met I know being like LMK IF YOU WANT GALLEY OF MY NEW BOOK// if U have met me (or even if U haven't) and U did not get said email but would like one pls msg me or @wanlittlehusk.bsky.social and we will MAKE IT HAPPEN
[town crier voice]:
GALLEYS GALLEYS GET YOUR GALLEYS OF ABSURD VERSE NARRATIVE ABOUT LOVE HERE FRESH GALLEYS
ENLIGHTENED TRANSSEXUALS AND THEIR FRIENDS OF BLUESKY:
I am putting together my galley list for THE DINNER PARTY! If you are interested in receiving a copy (as you all should be), dm me here or email me at lou@sevenstories.com and I will add you to the list
I made a lil playlist for THE GRIEF SHOP, coming out in June from @sevenstories.bsky.social.
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Picture of THE NEW HUEY P. NEWTON READER
Quote from Huey: The ideas will always be among the people. The prison cannot be victorious because walls, bars, and guards cannot conquer or hold down an idea.
Celebrate his life and work with 30% off THE NEW HUEY P. NEWTON READER, edited by David Hilliard and Donald Weise with a new introduction by Elaine Brown
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Huey Newton looking effortlessly cool in a very chic apartment
Revolutionary icon and Black Panther Party co-founder Dr. Huey P. Newton was born on February 17, 1942 🎂
"A self-described exile, Toth fled Hungary after a public smear campaign was launched against her, for the “crime” of suggesting the introduction of certain inclusive books into schools' curricula, and the removal of more regressive others."
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Happy to report copies of this have just arrived in the @sevenstories.bsky.social office! Please reach out if you're a reviewer or bookseller interested in a copy.
Valentine of Octavia Butler, captioned: YOU MAKE ME FEEL! FEEL! FEEL!
Valentine of Annie Ernaux, captioned: I’m Getting Lost in your eyes
Valentine of Angela Davis, captioned: Let’s radically transform the world together
Valentine of Kurt Vonnegut, captioned: Valentine: if this isn’t nice, what is?
Some love notes for you, from all of us here at Seven Stories. Get 30% off our Valentines favorites here: www.sevenstories.com/blogs/406-30...
