Benjamin Kunkel 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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Editor at n+1 (2004 - 2014). Author of Indecision (novel); Utopia or Bust (essay collection); and Buzz (play). Member of New Left Review’s Editorial Committee
The Silentiary
Antonio Di BenedettoBenjamin KunkelOrdinarily I don’t care if some bit of a review I wrote ends up blurbing a book, but in the case of THE SILENTIARY by Antonio Di Benedetto, as brilliantly translated by @estherlallen, I’m v pleased to help this great disquieting novel into the (Anglospheric) world https://t.co/miPnmHR1DE
Paperback, 2022
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Shy
Max PorterBenjamin Kunkel"Shy’s disordered, multidimensional consciousness careens through a bravura, extended-mix of a novel that skitters, pulses, fractures and coalesces again with all the exhilaration and doom of broken beats and heavy bass lines"—@hermionehoby https://t.co/N4cKEXiJdp
Hardcover, 2023
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Andreas MalmBenjamin KunkelIn case you want to complement the NYer’s interview with Andreas Malm with my review of *How to Blow Up a Pipeline* https://t.co/87av0XREEv
Paperback, 2021
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Steady-State Economics: Second Edition With New Essays
Herman E. DalyBenjamin KunkelI was sorry to learn yesterday that Herman Daly had died. His version of ecological economics, esp. in the great & neglected STEADY-STATE ECONOMICS, seems to me work of the 1st importance; & every time I was in touch w him, he was also an exceptionally gracious & generous man. 1/
Paperback, 1991
$58.00$33.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto
Kohei SaitoBenjamin KunkelThe most notable recent addition to the groaning bookshelf on growth and degrowth... a disarmingly good-natured summons to 'degrowth communism' as the political program that 'will save the world.' Arriving at a moment of mounting ecological alarm, Slow Down became a surprise bestseller in Saitō’s native Japan.
Hardcover, 2024
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Left-Handed Woman: Essays
Judith ThurmanBenjamin Kunkel"What an unnecessarily punitive and antithetical conception of beauty and politics!"—@hermionehoby on Judith Thurman's collection of profiles & essays: https://t.co/pd8pLIPbfd
Hardcover, 2022
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Fuccboi
Sean Thor ConroeBenjamin Kunkel"Is ya boy A Good Guy or A Bad Guy?" Hermione on Sean Thor Conroe's FUCCBOI: https://t.co/yEUuVi2w6z
Paperback, 2023
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Your Face Tomorrow: Poison, Shadow, and Farewell
Javier MaríasBenjamin KunkelI was sorry to learn of the death of Javier Marías the other day: no doubt at 70 he had a few more books in him. As this old piece suggests, I found YOUR FACE TOMORROW disappointing—but several of his books are among my favorite contemporary novels: https://t.co/beNhYXIrbE
Hardcover, 2009
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Everything and Less: The Novel in the Age of Amazon
Mark McGurlBenjamin KunkelI wrote for @bookforum about Mark McGurl's new book EVERYTHING AND LESS: THE NOVEL IN THE AGE OF AMAZON https://t.co/ihmfgBeHIm
Hardcover, 2021
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mating: A Novel (National Book Award Winner)
Norman RushBenjamin KunkelIn case you didn’t click the link to my old LRB piece on Norman Rush as you were reading the Times on “Mating”: https://t.co/1EJo8BF9on
Paperback, 1992
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