Audra J. Wolfe, PhD Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Audra J. Wolfe, PhD

When I finished reading WE KEEP THE DEAD CLOSE last week, I had no idea it would be so timely.

Audra J. Wolfe, PhD

@vvelan Yes! Two books deal with exactly this topic: David Kaiser's DRAWING THEORIES APART https://t.co/p4AdAw1HNb And an edited volume, also from David Kaiser, PEDAGOGY AND THE PRACTICE OF SCIENCE. https://t.co/upYc9kWuJO

Audra J. Wolfe, PhD

@jackiantonovich *some* Tana French, like THE LIKENESS, might be good for this, but maybe pushing the limits of age appropriateness. (OTOH, I recommended it to a precocious 14 y.o. so)

Audra J. Wolfe, PhD

And he probably actually believes it, too. Read Sarah Smarsh's HEARTLAND, which captures rural white America's self-hatred better than almost anything else I've read. https://t.co/e4WTW5Fvxc

Audra J. Wolfe, PhD

And trust me, university presses ALSO welcome lively, well-crafted prose. Don't believe me? Helen Sword's STYLISH ACADEMIC WRITING includes empirical studies on just this point! https://t.co/5foaAeIEGz

Audra J. Wolfe, PhD

Reupping my review of Serhii Polkhy's ATOMS AND ASHES: A GLOBAL HISTORY OF NUCLEAR DISASTERS, for obvious and depressing reasons: https://t.co/sUMoeOgLpj

Audra J. Wolfe, PhD

@JohannaMellis Imani Perry's LOOKING FOR LORRAINE is fantastic, a brilliant exercise in disclosure and withholding, what to tell, what not to tell. While it's more experimental, Jenn Shapland's MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CARSON MCCULLERS is deliciously weird and self-reflective.

Audra J. Wolfe, PhD

The best thing that can come of this is renewed attention to Julia Armfield’s deeply moving, intensely weird OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA

Audra J. Wolfe, PhD

Read Susan Rabiner and Michael Fortunato's classic THINKING LIKE YOUR EDITOR, now 20 years old but still essential. https://t.co/vVTyEsP2fg

Audra J. Wolfe, PhD

@JohannaMellis Imani Perry's LOOKING FOR LORRAINE is fantastic, a brilliant exercise in disclosure and withholding, what to tell, what not to tell. While it's more experimental, Jenn Shapland's MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CARSON MCCULLERS is deliciously weird and self-reflective.