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A S Hamrah Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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writer and film critic • @thebafflermag, @bookforum, @nplusonemag, @harpers, etc. • member @NatSocFilmCrix • my book, The Earth Dies Streaming, link below

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Book Cover for: Burning Down the House, Jane Mendelsohn

Burning Down the House

Jane Mendelsohn
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Watching Succession reminds me of reading Jane Mendelsohn’s 2016 novel Burning Down the House. The sudden death of the mogul father, the son named Roman…

Paperback, 2017

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Depraved Indifference, Gary Indiana

Depraved Indifference

Gary Indiana
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Feb 4, 7pm @mcnallyjackson in Wburg, the great Gary Indiana and I discuss his sick novel of the long con, a tale of two grifters off to see the world: Depraved Indifference. ~Finally in print again!~ https://t.co/EoNQTOnNLA

Paperback, 2020

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Earth Dies Streaming: Film Writing, 2000-2018, A. S. Hamrah

The Earth Dies Streaming: Film Writing, 2000-2018

A. S. Hamrah
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Criterion curatorial director @_Ash_Clark shouts out my book The Earth Dies Streaming in his new newsletter. Thanks, Mr. Clark! https://twitter.com/_ash_clark/status/1548328520094343170

Paperback, 2018

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Music of Chance, Paul Auster

The Music of Chance

Paul Auster
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Check out this all-region Blu-Ray I did the commentary track on — Philip Haas’s The Music of Chance (1993), based on the Paul Auster novel, starring the lurid, the sly, the great James Spader. https://t.co/ZNVZqWZQfQ

Paperback, 1991

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Tesla: All My Dreams Are True, Michael Almereyda

Tesla: All My Dreams Are True

Michael Almereyda
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Michael Almereyda’s book on writing and directing his film Tesla is out now and includes my interview with him from Aug 2020. An excellent study of screenwriting and history. https://t.co/6bOnwqIl8B

Paperback, 2022

$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Hill of Beans: A Novel of War and Celluloid, Leslie Epstein

Hill of Beans: A Novel of War and Celluloid

Leslie Epstein
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Tonight I'm doing a talk for @booksmithtweets with Leslie Epstein about his latest novel, Hill of Beans, a retelling of the making of Casablanca, which was written by his father and uncle, the twin screenwriters Philip and Julius Epstein. Register here: https://t.co/YXqd3BSaXi

Hardcover, 2021

$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Cinema House and the World: The Cahiers Du Cinema Years, 1962-1981, Serge Daney

The Cinema House and the World: The Cahiers Du Cinema Years, 1962-1981

Serge Daney
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Here’s Greg Gerke on Serge Daney’s The Cinema House and the World (@SemiotextePress) and on how we (some of us) watch movies today. https://t.co/JoV69EQvSr

Hardcover, 2022

$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Bunker: What It Takes to Survive the Apocalypse, Bradley Garrett

Bunker: What It Takes to Survive the Apocalypse

Bradley Garrett
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Social geographer Bradley Garrett speaks with @HoosacInstitute in this interview about BUNKER, her doc feature that plays tomorrow night at @MovingImageNYC at 8. https://t.co/0gYyZV9zGa

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book