Alyssa Harad 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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Alyssa Harad is an author. Writer. #FlowerReport anchor. I live in a box of paints. ✍️ COMING TO MY SENSES (Penguin), @KenyonReview @thenation @JewishQuarterly etc. (she/her)
Family Lexicon
Natalia GinzburgAlyssa Harad@KateHarding Kristin Chen’s COUNTERFEIT is good fun. Maggie O’Farrell has a new hist-fic out. If you haven’t gotten into Natalia Ginzburg yet I think her dry humor might suit you? Family Lexicon is great.
Paperback, 2017
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Katherine MayAlyssa Harad@Romatowski If you haven't listened to Katherine May's Wintering yet, it's a wonderful audiobook, and seasonally appropriate. Some references to depression and illness, but mostly about how to live within constraints with grace and comfort, and lots of stuff about literal cold + warmth.
Hardcover, 2020
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer
Barbara EhrenreichAlyssa HaradIn 2018 the great Barbara Ehrenreich published Natural Causes, a book she wrote in part to face down her own mortality and the mortality of those she loved. What a writer, thinker, activist and human being. https://t.co/YN6rhBzyX6
Paperback, 2019
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family
Sophie LewisAlyssa Harad@AlexKleeman I am reading Sophie Lewis right now and your essay (and maybe the show?) is a perfect adjunct to Full Surrogacy Now and Abolish the Family.
Hardcover, 2019
$26.95Member price:$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Art Lover: A Novel
Carole MasoAlyssa Harad@lillydancyger Their genres are wilder than "memoir" but would definitely look at Carole Maso's The Art Lover and Ali Smith's Artful. Also Karen L Green's Bough Down.
Paperback, 2006
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall KimmererAlyssa HaradIf you love Braiding Sweetgrass and have not read any of Bereford-Kroeger’s books, I highly recommend it. She writes with a quiet authority and lyricism reminiscent of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s work. (Also you should read Braiding Sweetgrass!) https://t.co/su2bX9ovr6
Paperback, 2015
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Your Love Is Not Good
Johanna HedvaAlyssa HaradJohanna Hedva’s YOUR LOVE IS NOT GOOD is fantastic. https://t.co/47UVJmjwQb
Hardcover, 2023
$26.95Member price:$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fledgling
Octavia E. ButlerAlyssa HaradA delightful thing about making my way through Octavia Butler's books is describing them to V in the evening. I just finished telling him all about Fledgling and I can't stop laughing. What a wild, idea-packed book. You can practically see the marginalia in Butler's notebook.
Paperback, 2022
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
New and Selected Stories
Cristina Rivera GarzaAlyssa HaradFinally digging into Cristina River Garza’s new and selected stories, gorgeously published by @DorothyProject (as always!) and the Rivera Garza’s intro is really something... https://t.co/VFVrWEmOPX
Paperback, 2022
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookYour Love Is Not Good
Johanna HedvaAlyssa HaradJOHANNA HEDVA!!!!!! (I reached the basement scene in YOUR LOVE IS NOT GOOD)
Hardcover, 2023
$26.95Member price:$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book