Aditya Gotu Desai Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Aditya Gotu Desai

JAMES BOND HAS BEEN OUTDATED SINCE INCEPTION AS AN AVATAR OF IAN FLEMING’S NOSTALGIA FOR PREWAR COLONIAL BRITAIN SO A GOOD BOND MOVIE CAN ONLY EXIST AS A PARODY OF BRITISHNESS AND THATS WHY ROGER MOORE WILL ALWAYS BE THE ONLY TRULY GOOD BOND https://t.co/jXktxPUySj

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@MDhumanities I am seeking community leaders, artists, educators, care providers, consultants, — especially Native or Indigenous — to be listed as potential speakers or facilitators for programs on THERE THERE by Tommy Orange. Please read on! https://t.co/BC2ZCfvXPM

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I find it genuinely curious how the Harry Potter fandom remains mired in the art vs artist debate over JKR being an actual bigot, while Star Wars fans decided George Lucas was a Dead Author after hearing the word midichlorians

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@ElSangito true, oscars are about as anti-Black as most liberal institutions. but jordan peele did win for get out, which got heavily nominated. that again, had that industry-shifting hype. 🤷🏾‍♂️

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The closest I’ve ever gotten to a binge was Rick Riordan. I read Percy Jackson 1 thru 4 when I was teaching youth creative writing. I tried reading a little bit of every author they raved about, but this was the only one that really hooked me.

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It’s probably worth mentioning that Maryland’s new governor came to prominence, in no small part, because of a book. This has spent over a decade assigned in various classrooms, akin to Ben Carson’s Gifted Hands, the required hagiography for growing up in this state https://t.co/3MhS0NJIrT

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Naima Coster is going live on @MiddayWYPR in a few minutes to talk about What’s Mine and Yours! https://t.co/q7Vj4xSU98 https://t.co/GLl7OWe6pE