Blair Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Imani Perry’s South to America // Adolph Reed Jr’s The South // Chantal Akerman’s Sud

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Lorraine Hansberry was rigorous and unyielding in her life, but she was gone too soon and claimed too quickly by those who thought they understood her ... Shields’s portrait is the latest attempt to expand our sense of the personal struggle behind the public figure.

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Sylvia Townsend Warner really comes out the gate firing in Summer Will Show https://t.co/SosoKDeufx

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I wrote about Margo Jefferson’s great new book, Constructing A Nervous System. Thanks to @namarasmith for editing. https://www.bookforum.com/print/2901/margo-jefferson-s-memoir-of-homage-and-self-creation-24842

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Bummer. You told the 3rd graders they were going to learn about economics--and economics only--from Dr. Seuss. Then this kid hears a little bit of The Sneetches and nearly formulated "wait...is race the modality in which class is lived?" Big shoutout to Noah. https://t.co/GCra3t2ZWy https://t.co/k17BnBHxkH

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WE NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD (Faber & Faber, 2024): an autofictional epistolary novel composed only of the phrases the writer has written to multiple lovers

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I keep forgetting about my pivot to serenity. So I just want to say I continue to wish the best for the Lakers and also I recently read My Phantoms, which I thought was great, so I am also wishing the best for Gwendoline Riley.

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Adding to this when I was minding my business on the subway and read this in Topics of Conversation https://twitter.com/__seab/status/1027186593889742849 https://t.co/T5TJkaac2H

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Imani Perry’s South to America // Adolph Reed Jr’s The South // Chantal Akerman’s Sud

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A film I edited, After Sherman, premiered at True/False this weekend. As is my custom I have read one review and will now be muting it from my timeline! Thanks to Jon & everyone for having me on. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/after-sherman-film-true-false-2022-1235103910/