Best American Poetry 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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Why Dance Matters
Mindy AloffBest American PoetryRecommendation: "Why Dance Matters" by Mindy Aloff [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman] https://t.co/Nzd06bHRq6
Hardcover, 2023
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Giant
Edna FerberBest American Poetry@PaisleyRekdal I liked to read what my older sisters were reading. I brought Edna Ferber's "Giant" to 5th grade and my teacher took it away. "You shouldn't be reading that!" I still remember lines from that book. "It's the luxuries that count, not the necessities."
Paperback, 2019
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Student Text: 1984
George OrwellBest American PoetryI often get into arguments with liberals . . .when I direct them to writers who write as well as the tokens.They are invested in the belief that because they’ve read Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time they have Black literature covered. Ishamel Reed on Tokenism https://bit.ly/2VOR5rS
Hardcover, 2000
$27.67$13.84 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Kitchen Wars: A Memoir
Betty FussellBest American Poetry@EmilyRNunn There's a reason for why the French christened the kitchen arsenal the "batterie de cuisine." (paraphrasing Betty Fussell's "My Kitchen Wars")
Paperback, 2009
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Stone Lover
A. C. WarnekeBest American PoetryListen: Tracy K. Smith Reads and discusses #KamilahAishaMoon 's "Irony" and Louise Erdrich's "Stone Love" from The ... https://bit.ly/3vbcZmE
Paperback, 2012
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
United States Penal Code Annotated: 2021
House Of RepresentativesBest American Poetry@brendashaughnes This names the dirtbags who sponsored the legislation. https://t.co/dsjrzWgzPF "On March 11, 2021, the Texas Heartbeat Bill (SB8) was introduced to the Texas House of Representatives by Rep. Shelby Slawson, and to the Texas Senate by Sen. Bryan Hughes."
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The Debt to Pleasure
John LanchesterBest American Poetry@svenbirkerts Have you read The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester? You may want to hold off on that dinner. (The book is hilarious btw)
Paperback, 2001
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Anywhere But Here
Mona SimpsonBest American Poetry@svenbirkerts @katekilla I second Mona Simpson, specifically "Anywhere But Here" I haven't read Karr. Also, "Fierce Attachments" by Vivian Gornick.
Paperback, 1992
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A Small Place
Jamaica KincaidBest American Poetry@Immissingone @katekilla This reminds me of Jamaica Kincaid's "A Small Place" https://t.co/ByOBwiNarQ
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Fierce Attachments: A Memoir
Vivian GornickBest American Poetry@svenbirkerts @katekilla I second Mona Simpson, specifically "Anywhere But Here" I haven't read Karr. Also, "Fierce Attachments" by Vivian Gornick.
Paperback, 2005
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book