BOMB Magazine 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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Sorry to Disrupt the Peace
Patrick CottrellBOMB Magazine“Whereas some people have a passion for sex, my mentor has a passion for otters.” In this brief work of fiction by @pmcottrell, the author of SORRY TO DISRUPT THE PEACE (@mcsweeneys) imagines two researchers making surreal observations of an otter. https://t.co/wQqAKQkfNQ
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The Novelist
Jordan CastroBOMB Magazine“What people mean when they say ‘all art is political’ is that ‘all art should be political, and understood politically’…With literature, I want to aim at something higher." @jordan_castro2 with Juliet Escoria on his debut book THE NOVELIST (@softskull).
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first bookNew York 1, Tel Aviv 0: Stories
Shelly OriaBOMB Magazine"It’s a long walk to not be a momma." From "¥360/$360" by Kim Gek Lin Short, originally published in I KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU: STORIES ON REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, edited by Shelly Oria and reprinted with permission from @mcsweeneys. https://t.co/v8mos99n3G
Paperback, 2014
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookPretty Baby: A Memoir
Chris BelcherBOMB Magazine"Maybe because of queerness I have this awareness that my body is always possible." —Chris Belcher @chris_belcher interviewed by Sam Cohen on PRETTY BABY (@AvidReaderPress), a memoir about queer becoming. https://bombmagazine.org/articles/chris-belcher-interviewed/
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookButts: A Backstory
Heather RadkeBOMB MagazineBUTTS: A BACKSTORY, a historical exploration of the body through cultural values on race, gender, sex, and humor, is out now from @AvidReaderPress. Read our interview with Heather Radke by @kwistent: https://t.co/4rvKbOvt9J
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe River You Touch: Making a Life on Moving Water
Chris DombrowskiBOMB Magazine"Memoir, I think, lures us toward the extraordinary, when in fact the quotidian is vastly more compelling and powerful." —Chris Dombrowski The author of THE RIVER YOU TOUCH (@Milkweed_Books) on fatherhood, vulnerability, and community. By @conza_yvonne. https://t.co/5nNWwflc3q
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir
Ingrid Rojas ContrerasBOMB Magazine"If you're someone who loves language, then what is it like to not have language and be outside of it?" —@ingrid_rojas_c The author shares how her experience with amnesia influenced THE MAN WHO COULD MOVE CLOUDS (@doubledaybooks). https://t.co/YaJd8x2leu
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Books of Jacob
Olga TokarczukBOMB MagazineLauded by the Nobel committee, Olga Tokarczuk’s magnum opus, THE BOOKS OF JACOB (@riverheadbooks), is “a near 1,000-page, deeply researched novel that aims to destroy any notions of linearity.” By @RhianSasseen. https://t.co/G5stFm4axf
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Seaplane on Final Approach
Rebecca RukeyserBOMB Magazine"Your lust will never deflate, and it will never produce anything even approximating discomfort." —@RebeccaRukeyser The author on THE SEAPLANE ON FINAL APPROACH (@doubledaybooks), a novel about lust and longing on the Alaskan coast. By @NellZink. https://t.co/zrjunQTQnx
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Last White Man
Mohsin HamidBOMB Magazine"I write sentences to create an emotional register that allows the reader to step into a certain experience and accept it.” —Mohsin Hamid For the fall issue, the author spoke with @chapmanchapman on his latest novel, THE LAST WHITE MAN (@riverheadbooks). https://t.co/l45vdexo1V
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book