Brian Heater 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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The Birthmark
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Lotsa middle school English teachers using the he's a 10 but meme to get get kids to read Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Birthmark."
Paperback, 2017
$6.99$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Acting Class
Nick Drnaso
Nick Drnaso returns to RiYL this week, to discuss Acting Class, his latest for @DandQ. https://t.co/Xoqk861Ttr https://t.co/tBP5lCzDOM
Hardcover, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him: The Pilgrimage of Psychotherapy Patients
Sheldon Kopp
@kirstenkorosec @Tim_Stevens If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him. If you meet the bear, yell and make yourself look larger.
Paperback, Mass Market, 1982
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead
Bill Griffith
Bill Griffith has been writing and drawing 'Zippy the Pinhead' since the mid-70s. He's also produced some recent graphic novels, including 'Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Love Affair With a Famous Cartoonist' and 'Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead' https://t.co/1GjKI6oKGU
Hardcover, 2019
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Brooklyn's Last Secret
Leslie Stein
This week, Leslie Stein returns to the show to discuss her terrific new comic tour diary for @DandQ , Brooklyn's Last Secret. https://t.co/Xoqk861Ttr https://t.co/oEthFw6mj9
Paperback, 2023
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Jimbo: Adventures in Paradise
Gary Panter
Gary Panter gave us 'Jimbo's Inferno,' set design for 'Pee-wee Playhouse' and some great fine art paintings. https://t.co/mcTYv21IsP
Paperback, 2021
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper
Art Pepper
Favorite jazz books 1. Thelonious Monk: Life and Times 2. As Serious as Your Life 3. Space is the Place: Lives and Times of Sun Ra 4. Straight Life 5. Mingus’ cat toilet training book. https://t.co/nL4BKiXWlz
Paperback, 2005
$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Welcome to Dingburg: Zippy the Pinhead
Bill Griffith
Bill Griffith has been writing and drawing 'Zippy the Pinhead' since the mid-70s. He's also produced some recent graphic novels, including 'Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Love Affair With a Famous Cartoonist' and 'Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead' https://t.co/1GjKI6oKGU
Paperback, 2008
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cry Perfume
Sadie Dupuis
Speedy Ortiz's @sad13 joins us this week to discuss her @BlackOceanOrg poetry book, 'Cry Perfume,' editing her own work, and life on -- and off -- the road. https://t.co/Xoqk861Ttr https://t.co/V2ZultcI6r
Paperback, 2022
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Invisible Ink: My Mother's Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist
Bill Griffith
Bill Griffith has been writing and drawing 'Zippy the Pinhead' since the mid-70s. He's also produced some recent graphic novels, including 'Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Love Affair With a Famous Cartoonist' and 'Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead' https://t.co/1GjKI6oKGU
Hardcover, 2015
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book