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Our first graphic novel, The Incantations of Daniel Johnston, by Ricardo Cavolo and Scott McClanahan is buzzing! Literally. An excerpt just appeared in BuzzFeed (super rad). Early reviews have praised the book and I myself love it so fucking much. In honor of Daniel Johnston himself, I reached out to our beloved Two Dollar Radio Street Team to see what they had to say about his music and more...
Here at Two Dollar Radio we salute the bold, independent people who make this country great. Celebrate your independence this Independence Day weekend by scoring any 3 eclectic, vibrant books from one of your favorite independent book publishers for just $30.
What we've been watching, reading, listening to, and doing this week at Two Dollar Radio Corporate Headquarters.
An article at National Geographic came out yesterday titled 'Why All the Cool Kids Love Columbus, Ohio.' While it touches on some cool facets of our town, it misses the mark about what makes Columbus an exceptional place to live and create.
There seems to be a persistent trickle of news regarding blatant and shocking human rights violations that persist to this day in China. I've seen the documentary about Ai Weiwei, Never Sorry, and was directly made aware of the government's continuing censorship when we published Xiaoda Xiao's books, the novel The Cave Man and his memoir, The Visiting Suit: Stories From My Prison Life.
Two Dollar Radio Corporate Headquarters just received shipment of a ton of new merch to keep you cool all summer long—including tote bags, koozies, AND T-shirts (OMG).
What we're reading, listening, watching, and doing this week at Two Dollar Radio Corporate Headquarters.
Molly Delaney is a gem. She has sparkled the TDR office with creative ideas and energy over the past year+. We are sad to see her go, but excited to see her move on to other amazing things! I made plans with her to meet at a local bar before she left. The intention was for us to drink scotch as I conducted an exit interview about her time with Two Dollar Radio. This never really happened.
It's always a long road from acceptance to publication, so it's nice to take a step back on a book's publication day and say, well lookie here, we made something. Today that something is an incendiary and powerful debut novel called The Reactive, by South African writer Masande Ntshanga.
Late Night Library's host, Sean Aaron Bowers, expresses his fascination with opening lines of novels in his podcast about THE REACTIVE with author Masande Ntshanga. I have listed three memorable opening lines that come to mind for me!
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In October 2026, we are proud to be publishing Brenda Iijima's second novel, Shelter Is Necessary for Existence, a work of social satire wrapped in the patina of a psychological thriller. Narrated by the matriarch of an affluent family in... Read more →
In September 2024, we released Us Fools, the debut novel by Nora Lange, which went on to be a Los Angeles Times bestseller, a best book of the year at The Boston Globe and NPR, and win the Sue Kaufman Prize... Read more →
Introduction by Brett Gregory: Zachary Pace is the author of I Sing to Use the Waiting: A Collection of Essays about the Women Singers Who've Made Me Who I Am. This book is special. It's accessible and informative, yes, but it's... Read more →