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warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · 2d

"My 22-year-old face was far from craggy, but I did have long hair and a jacket just like McGuane’s. I would be a novelist." Robert Wilson's essay about the path to writing his first novel, was published yesterday in The American Scholar. Read it here: https://theamericanscholar.org/my-first-novel/

warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · 6d

Praise for The Love You Take: A Novel by Robert Wilson

The forthcoming title is available for pre-order now at the link in our bio.

#TheLoveYouTake #Novel #WarblerPress #Bookstagram #newbook #bookrecommendations

warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · 8d

Need a weekend read? Step into the shadows of Victorian London with The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

#DrJekyllAndMrHyde #RobertLouisStevenson #19thCenturyLit #Bookstagram #WarblerPress

warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · 11d

Evelyn Waugh’s debut novel, Decline and Fall, is a biting satire that lampoons British society of the 1920s.

#EvelynWaugh #DeclineAndFall #LiterarySatire #ClassicLiterature #BritishNovels #LiteraryHumor #Bookstagram #MustReadClassics #EccentricCharacters #SocialSatire #WarblerPress

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warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · 18d

It’s alive—it’s October! ⚡️🧟‍♂️ Celebrate spooky season with the gothic classic, Frankenstein.

#MaryShelley #Frankenstein #SpookySeason #GothicLit #ClassicLiterature #Halloween

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warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · 20d

Dostoevsky’s White Nights reminds us that even the briefest encounters can leave the deepest imprints.

#WhiteNights #Dostoevsky #LiteraryQuotes #Russianliterature #ClassicLit #bookrecommendations #WarblerPress

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warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · 22d

Murder, secrets, and suspense around every corner— in classic Christie fashion, The Seven Dials Mystery keeps you guessing until the very last page. Can you unravel the truth before the final twist?

#AgathaChristie #TheSevenDialsMystery #MysteryNovels #WarblerPress #readingrecommendations

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warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · 25d

On September 24, 1896, F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. Today he is remembered above all for The Great Gatsby, a novel that continues to stand as one of the most incisive explorations of American identity and ambition.

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warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · Sep 17

Willa Cather’s My Ántonia is an evocative tribute to the quiet heroism of pioneers whose struggles and triumphs shaped the American Midwest.

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warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · Aug 28

Obsessed with our recent releases and their cover designs ✨✨
Explore our newest titles at the link in our bio.

#bookrecommendations #newbooks #classicliterature #warblerpress #bookstagram #booktok #literature

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warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · Aug 26

The Professor’s House by Willa Cather

#warblerpress #bookstagram #bookrecommendations #bookrecs #readingrecs #americanliterature #literature #novels

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warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · Aug 26

Professor of English, William Cain, reads The Pasture by Robert Frost from our collection, The Essential Robert Frost.

#poetry #robertfrost #americanliterature #readingrecommendation #poetryreading #bookstagram #books #booktok #bookrecs

warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · Jul 14

Professor William Cain of Wellesley College introduces Henry James's Washington Square

#bookstagram #literature #americanliterature #novel #washingtonsquare #henryjames #classicliterature

warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · Jul 7

100 years ago, Ernest Hemingway and a group of friends traveled from Paris to the Basque Country for the Festival of San Fermín. The week's experiences formed the basis of his legendary roman à clef, The Sun Also Rises, which he wrote and published shortly after his trip that summer in 1925.

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warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · Jul 3

The inimitable Anne 💚

#anneofgreengables #bookstagram #literature #quotes #summerreading

warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · Jun 13

Celebrating the brilliant Dorothy L. Sayers, born on this day in 1893 in Oxford, England.

The novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, and creator of the indelible Lord Peter Wimsey gave us mysteries rich with wit and intellect. Sayers championed clear thinking, fierce faith, and the life of the mind.

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warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · May 14

Obsessed with the covers for our Warbler Classics editions of four Willa Cather Novels: O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, The Song of the Lark, and The Professor's House.

warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · May 9

J. M. Barrie, the Scottish novelist and playwright best known as the creator of Peter Pan, was born on this day in 1859, in Kirreiemuir, Scotland.

#jmbarrie #peterpan #neverland #bookstagram #literature #childrensbooks #fantasy #fiction

warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · Apr 28

Two poems from GITANJALI by Rabindranath Tangore

#poetry #Gitanjali #poems #nationalpoetrymonth

warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · Apr 24

"Chapter Heading" by Ernest Hemingway, from Three Stores & Ten Poems

#poetry #warblerpress #bookstagram #nationalpoetrymonth #ernesthemingway

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warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · Apr 18

On this spring day, sharing the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" , from The Essential Robert Frost, recently published by Warbler Press.

warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · Apr 16

"Inventory" from Enough Rope by Dorothy Parker

Enough Rope, Parker's debut poetry collection, was an instant bestseller and established her as one of the wittiest women in America.

warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · Apr 15

Wit, wisdom, and a razor-sharp pen ✒️✨ Dorothy Parker made her mark with biting satire, bold poetry, and incisive critiques of society. A literary icon who never held back. #DorothyParker #womenshistorymonth #enoughrope #poetry #criticism #womenauthors

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warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · Apr 15

On this day in 1843, Henry James was born in New York City.

Considered among the greatest authors in world literature, James's titles with Warbler include: gothic horror story The Turn of the Screw and novel Washington Square.

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warblerpress.bsky.social @warblerpress.bsky.social · Apr 14

"Fighting Words" from Enough Rope, Parker's debut poetry collection. Full of cynical humor, lighthearted wisecracks, and satire, Parker's poetry mercilessly skewer sentimentality and provides rapier sharp commentary on everything from friendship and love to aging and death with sparkling burlesque.