Marcie Geffner | "Mostly Books" on Substack
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Contributor to PW, Kirkus, and Washington Independent Review of Books. NBCC Member. UCLA graduate in English with high honors and specializations in Romantic poets and literature in translation. Author of "Mostly Books by Marcie Geffner" on Substack.
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Truth is stranger than fiction is stranger than truth. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/f... @rosemetalpress.bsky.social @marciegeffner.bsky.social #booksky
Fit Into Me: A Novel: A Memoir | Washington Independent Review of Books
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January 7, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Truth is stranger than fiction is stranger than truth. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/f... @rosemetalpress.bsky.social @marciegeffner.bsky.social #booksky
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NBCC member Paul Wilner contributed a book roundup on the first months of the new year for Alta:
The Best New Books to Start 2026
From neo-Nazi true crime to George Saunders’s latest and a long-awaited Vollmann epic, here are the books we can’t wait to read in the coming months.
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December 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NBCC member Paul Wilner contributed a book roundup on the first months of the new year for Alta:
A new book about housing and the causes of homelessness: marciegeffner.substack.com/p/book-revie...
Book Review: ‘There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America’ by Brian Goldstone
Intimate profiles of five families illustrate systemic barriers to safe and secure housing
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December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A new book about housing and the causes of homelessness: marciegeffner.substack.com/p/book-revie...
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A generational hex destroys the love lives of Nigerian women. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/c... @doubledaybooks.bsky.social @marciegeffner.bsky.social #booksky
Cursed Daughters: A Novel | Washington Independent Review of Books
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December 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
A generational hex destroys the love lives of Nigerian women. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/c... @doubledaybooks.bsky.social @marciegeffner.bsky.social #booksky
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Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Fiction
December 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Fiction
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Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Criticism
December 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Criticism
In celebration of Hanukkah, this week's book review has been replaced with a reprint of one of my very few personal essays. marciegeffner.substack.com/p/essay-the-...
Essay: The Mysterious Case of the Missing Cheese Blintzes
Was the disappearance of my favorite late-night snack antisemitism or something less sinister?
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December 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
In celebration of Hanukkah, this week's book review has been replaced with a reprint of one of my very few personal essays. marciegeffner.substack.com/p/essay-the-...
What to read now. open.substack.com/pub/marciege...
Book Review: ‘The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler’s Men’ by Eric Lichtblau
Fascinating, infuriating history reveals how CIA, FBI hid ex-Nazis for decades
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December 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Roundup: 5 Books I Read in November 2025
Retellings of Greek myths and a short story collection topped my list last month
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December 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
What did you read in November? open.substack.com/pub/marciege...
Recommended reading: "The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life" by Aleks Krotoski. Full review at "Mostly Books!"
Book Review: The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life by Aleks Krotoski
How wealthy AI developers, investors plan to live forever
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December 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Recommended reading: "The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life" by Aleks Krotoski. Full review at "Mostly Books!"
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NBCC member Marcie Geffner reviewed Ayana Gray's novel "I, Medusa" for her Substack, Mostly Books:
Book Review: I, Medusa: A Novel by Ayana Gray
Retelling of classic Greek myth checks the boxes for YA Romantasy
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November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
NBCC member Marcie Geffner reviewed Ayana Gray's novel "I, Medusa" for her Substack, Mostly Books:
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NBCC member Marcie Geffner wrote about Thad McIlroy’s controversial pro-AI presentation to Authors Guild members in “AI Evangelist Ignores Authors’ Concerns” for her Substack, Six Forty-Five:
AI Evangelist Ignores Authors’ Concerns at Authors Guild Foundation Event
Environmental impacts, job losses, and copyright concerns are brushed aside in pro-AI presentation
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October 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
NBCC member Marcie Geffner wrote about Thad McIlroy’s controversial pro-AI presentation to Authors Guild members in “AI Evangelist Ignores Authors’ Concerns” for her Substack, Six Forty-Five:
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NBCC member Marcie Geffner reviewed "Taiwan Travelogue" by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King, for the @wirobooks.bsky.social:
Taiwan Travelogue: A Novel
Aoyama Chizuko has “a monster’s appetite.”
“When it comes to good food,” she says, “I will forever have room in my stomach.”
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November 21, 2024 at 1:00 PM
NBCC member Marcie Geffner reviewed "Taiwan Travelogue" by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King, for the @wirobooks.bsky.social:
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NBCC member Marcie Geffner reviewed "The Literati," a novel by Susan Coll, for the Washington Independent Review of Books:
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November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
NBCC member Marcie Geffner reviewed "The Literati," a novel by Susan Coll, for the Washington Independent Review of Books:
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NBCC member Marcie Geffner reviewed "City of Fiction" by Yu Hua, translated from the Chinese by Todd Foley, for the Washington Independent Review of Books:
City of Fiction: A Novel of Love and Violence in a Time of Change | Washington Independent Review of Books
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May 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
NBCC member Marcie Geffner reviewed "City of Fiction" by Yu Hua, translated from the Chinese by Todd Foley, for the Washington Independent Review of Books:
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NBCC member Marcie Geffner reviewed "If You Love It, Let It Kill You" by Hannah Pittard for the Washington Independent Review of Books: buff.ly/0JV7ebj
July 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
NBCC member Marcie Geffner reviewed "If You Love It, Let It Kill You" by Hannah Pittard for the Washington Independent Review of Books: buff.ly/0JV7ebj