Alexandra Kleeman Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Alexandra Kleeman

Dwells with keen intelligence and rich insight at this nexus of food, pleasure, privilege and catastrophe, offering a mouthful of nectar that tastes faintly of blood.

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I reviewed ‘Gods of Want,’ K-Ming Chang’s gorgeous, delirious, shape-shifting story collection, in the ⁦@nytimes⁩! This book is out today and it’s a very special beast. @nytimesbooks⁩ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/books/review/k-ming-chang-gods-of-want.html

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Really learned a lot from this book, Callous Objects: Design Against the Homeless by Robert Rosenberger. https://t.co/DItHYikXgk

Alexandra Kleeman

Her fascination with the mechanics of thinking and acting when few options exist lends her characters’ efforts a gravity that is wholly without sentimentality or overseriousness. That quality, in itself, is a knockout punch.

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For the @NYTmag I wrote about the amazing Yiyun Li, whose latest novel THE BOOK OF GOOSE is out on 9/20 from @fsgbooks! It was a masterclass in the particular way in which Li is able to render life-shattering loss with startling grace and clarity.

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Just to drop a few favorites in this as a thread... This potent, surreal novella by Marie Ndiaye from @TwoLinesPress! https://t.co/gplZ5FJtQ9

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Blown away that the amazing @MarinIreland (from Sneaky Pete and Y: The Last Man) granted her voice and talent to the Something New Under the Sun audio book! https://twitter.com/MarinIreland/status/1453113150409252872

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Excited to speak with Christine Angot about her stunning now elf AN IMPOSSIBLE LOVE, this Saturday at 3pm at ⁦@albertinebooks⁩ ! ⁦@archipelagobks⁩ https://www.albertine.com/events/an-impossible-love-christine-angot-and-alexandra-kleeman-in-conversation/

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I reviewed Sheila Heti’s bonkers creation myth, Pure Colour, for the ⁦@nytimes⁩! “Heti mastered a sort of colossal smallness, transforming the molehills of mundane life into exhilaratingly steep mountains, landscapes of complexity and fascination.” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/books/review/pure-colour-sheila-heti.html

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For this week’s @nytmag I wrote about actress-director Rebecca Hall and her new adaptation of Nella Larsen’s “Passing,” out on ⁦@netflix⁩ very soon! This book played a large role in my own multiracial reckoning, and is sure to ignite conversations. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/magazine/rebecca-hall-passing.html