brandon soderberg 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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I report on cops, guns, & drugs. I cowrote “I Got A Monster." The "I Got a Monster" documentary is out now / brandonsoderberg@gmail.com

Pretty Hate Machine
Daphne Carr
@GrimKim not a whole book but there's some really good stuff about Hot Topic in Daphne Carr's "Pretty Hate Machine" 33 1/3rd
Paperback, 2011
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Familiar: A Full-Length Play
Benjamin Smith
I've been reading "The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade" by Benjamin T. Smith @benjamintsmith7 (it's excellent and thanks for the rec @llchristyll!). Here is how a 1908 weed bust was covered: enough weed "to poison the whole capitol." Sound familiar? https://t.co/Y16PY8H1f7
Paperback, 2019
$7.20$3.60 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade
Benjamin T. Smith
I've been reading "The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade" by Benjamin T. Smith @benjamintsmith7 (it's excellent and thanks for the rec @llchristyll!). Here is how a 1908 weed bust was covered: enough weed "to poison the whole capitol." Sound familiar? https://t.co/Y16PY8H1f7
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Passion
Barbara De Angelis
Happy Birthday to June Jordan. When @LisaMcCray and I began working on the new @baltbeat I gave her a copy of June Jordan's "Passion," a deck of Oblique Strategies cards and two other books. Gave the same to @JBrianCharles and then @halleteri (switched out one book for Baraka). https://t.co/IGLBhJ7YpH
Paperback, 1999
$12.00$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
James Forman
During hearing about increased gun possession penalties, an encouraging note from @Willcsmithjr. He mentions James Forman's "Locking Up Our Own" and explains that it informs his decisionmaking. Smith asks @ivanjbates to respond: https://t.co/ns6T1lCXHS
Paperback, 2018
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Late Modernism and the Avant-Garde British Novel: Oblique Strategies
Julia Jordan
Happy Birthday to June Jordan. When @LisaMcCray and I began working on the new @baltbeat I gave her a copy of June Jordan's "Passion," a deck of Oblique Strategies cards and two other books. Gave the same to @JBrianCharles and then @halleteri (switched out one book for Baraka). https://t.co/IGLBhJ7YpH
Hardcover, 2020
$105.00$80.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage
Jarrod Shanahan
highly recommend Shanahan's "Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage." Great storytelling, fascinating research, empathy for those inside. 400 pgs illustrating prison "reform" limits: “Human caging at Rikers Island began as a reform.” https://t.co/Gg34xf8SR6
Hardcover, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Inheritance: An Autobiography of Whiteness
Baynard Woods
At @redemmas as @baynardwoods reads from his new book "Inheritance" https://t.co/haBSUkMyfD
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Passion
June Jordan
Happy Birthday to June Jordan. When @LisaMcCray and I began working on the new @baltbeat I gave her a copy of June Jordan's "Passion," a deck of Oblique Strategies cards and two other books. Gave the same to @JBrianCharles and then @halleteri (switched out one book for Baraka). https://t.co/IGLBhJ7YpH
Paperback, 2021
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Doctor Doom: The Book of Doom Omnibus
Stan Lee
Director: Fassbinder in Querelle cocaine 80s maximalist mode Mr. Fantastic: Brad Davis Invisible Woman: Hannah Schygulla Human Torch: Kurt Raab The Thing: Fassbinder Doctor Doom: Udo Kier Cameo: Douglas Sirk as Stan Lee https://t.co/r0nTtepdrk
Hardcover, 2022
$125.00$100.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)