Abigail Santamaria 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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NEH Public Scholar; Biographer of Madeleine L'Engle (FSG, forthcoming) & Joy Davidman (HMH, 2015); Co-founder, https://t.co/1zUQtfq9Y6
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Robert A. CaroAbigail Santamarialike a talisman, along with Robert Caro's THE POWER BROKER. Caro wrote for the @nytimes about his experience in the Allen Room, overlapping with Milford & other luminaries to form a literary community that sustained them all. (6/7) https://t.co/oSiTUitm3G
Paperback, 1975
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine PatersonAbigail SantamariaKatherine Paterson told me that what impressed her young kids the most at the 1978 Newbery Award banquet for A BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA was that Maurice Sendak was in attendance and spent most of the evening telling them stories.
Paperback, 2017
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Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Nancy MilfordAbigail SantamariaWhen I was researching my first book, digging through old files in the offices of my subject's literary agency, I came across Milford's contract for her second and last biography, SAVAGE BEAUTY: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay. (3/7)
Paperback, 2002
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A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'EngleAbigail SantamariaThe BBC's list of the 100 greatest children's books of all time includes both picture books and YA. A WRINKLE IN TIME by @MadeleineLEngle comes in at #34, not far after A SNOWY DAY, the iconic picture book by Ezra Jack Keats (#31). https://t.co/O6BNjhJNDp
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Samuel Beckett
Deirdre BairAbigail Santamaria@rachsyme Several Glamorous & Eccentric women make cameos in PARISIAN LIVES, by the late great Deirdre Bair, about biography and her adventures chasing after Samuel Beckett and Simone de Beauvoir
Paperback, 2016
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I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
Nora EphronAbigail Santamaria@AileenWeintraub Read “I Feel Bad About My Neck” by Nora Ephron
Paperback, 2008
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These Precious Days: Essays
Ann PatchettAbigail SantamariaTranscendent essay by one of my favorite living novelists about friendship, being our best selves, seeing and being seen: These Precious Days, By Ann Patchett | Harper's Magazine https://t.co/ylSzK3j1mP
Paperback, 2022
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Zelda: A Biography
Nancy MilfordAbigail SantamariaNancy Milford's ZELDA was the book that inspired me to write literary biography. (1/7) https://t.co/2RGHIHuuPK
Paperback, 2011
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Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography
Deirdre BairAbigail Santamaria@rachsyme Several Glamorous & Eccentric women make cameos in PARISIAN LIVES, by the late great Deirdre Bair, about biography and her adventures chasing after Samuel Beckett and Simone de Beauvoir
Paperback, 1991
$43.95$21.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
Heather ClarkAbigail SantamariaGlowing and well-deserved shout-out here to Heather Clark’s masterful RED COMET. Love to see it! @Plathbiography “Somebody Has to Live Life Like It Matters.” Frieda Hughes on Love, Loss, and Magpies | Vanity Fair https://t.co/kw11eO714T
Paperback, 2021
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