Bruce Holsinger 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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Author of THE GIFTED SCHOOL and THE DISPLACEMENTS, from @riverheadbooks Editor @newlithist
The Emperor of Ocean Park
Stephen L. CarterBruce Holsinger@crudites_ Vladimir by Julia May Jonas Blue Angel by Francine Prose Stephen Carter, The Emperor of Ocean Park All just brilliant!
Paperback, 2003
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On Parchment: Animals, Archives, and the Making of Culture from Herodotus to the Digital Age
Bruce HolsingerBruce HolsingerFinal cover, title, and pub date: ON PARCHMENT: ANIMALS, ARCHIVES, AND THE MAKING OF CULTURE FROM HERODOTUS TO THE DIGITAL AGE, coming February 21, 2023 from @YaleBooks Could not be more grateful to everyone who has helped bring this book into the world!!! https://t.co/OmnYXWKWsG
Hardcover, 2023
$40.00Member price:$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Traces: Nineteenth-Century Readers and the Future of the Library
Andrew M. StaufferBruce Holsinger@stacecarter I bet that was @Andrew_Stauffer’s Book Traces…
Hardcover, 2021
$49.95Member price:$47.45 + Free shipping5% off
The Writing of Fiction
Edith WhartonBruce HolsingerGiving a craft talk this week called "The Alchemy of Research," and thinking about this passage from Edith Wharton's The Writing of Fiction. (h/t @blgtylr's intro to the Scribner reissue) "In fiction...any theory must begin by assuming by assuming the need of selection." https://t.co/DqFIP07jfV
Paperback, 1997
$15.00Member price:$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Age of Vice: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)
Deepti KapoorBruce Holsinger@TheBookMaven @alejandrovarela AGE OF VICE by Deepti Kapoor (in ARC). Huge book in every way, completely captivating. @riverheadbooks https://t.co/LMZ0W2p1Nt
Paperback, 2024
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Vladimir
Julia May JonasBruce Holsinger@crudites_ Vladimir by Julia May Jonas Blue Angel by Francine Prose Stephen Carter, The Emperor of Ocean Park All just brilliant!
Paperback, 2023
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Babbitt
Sinclair LewisBruce Holsinger@ImMeganCollins In this re-visioning of Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt, a baseball-loving midwestern man newly divorced and on the eve of midlife renovates a wing of his house, finding solace in the simplicity of the work--and in the beguiling but troubled daughter of the town electrician.
Paperback, 1996
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Chaucer: A European Life
Marion TurnerBruce Holsinger@Joanne_Paul_ @StephanieLahey Marion Turner on Chaucer
Paperback, 2020
$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa
Michael GomezBruce HolsingerFirst iteration of “Premodern Encounters” about to begin, featuring Michael Gomez on “African Dominion” and Shao-yun Yang on “The Way of the Barbarians.” Ten disciplines in the room by my count… https://t.co/3D7dRUO4Ia
Paperback, 2019
$35.00Member price:$31.50 + Free shipping10% off
Babbitt
Sinclair LewisBruce Holsinger@ImMeganCollins In this re-visioning of Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt, a baseball-loving midwestern man newly divorced and on the eve of midlife renovates a wing of his house, finding solace in the simplicity of the work--and in the beguiling but troubled daughter of the town electrician.
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