chillsatwillpodcast Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy
Jennifer Carlson
Congrats to Ep 180 guest @jdawncarlson on Pub Day! She was @NewsHour last night with @WmBrangham. Watch segment: https://t.co/PwcKhXAPlk Listen to Ep180 https://t.co/BquYoD4A37 Buy Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy https://t.co/cQS89htNk0
Hardcover, 2023
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hollows
Tommy Dean
@jwitty interviewed Ep152 guest @TommyDeanWriter for @CraftLiterary. She writes about his 2022 collection, Hollows: "If flash fiction were a foreign language, Dean would be the dean of the full-immersion program."👏 Read: https://t.co/6G7AEsxIjH Listen: https://t.co/oMuMSSIhUz
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
In this Episode 143 clip, @AvashiaNeema and Pete discuss their shared love and awe of Abraham Verghese's work, particularly Cutting for Stone, which Neema likening its mind-blowing nature to Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See. Ep143: https://t.co/anBjBfoyxi https://t.co/uaAZM5yi7l
Paperback, 2017
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Counterfeit
Kirstin Chen
OK, so Pete's not the only one trumpeting Episode 134 guest @kirstin_chen Counterfeit to the skies! This clever, affecting, and incisive book is the July pick for @GenPadalecki Book Club, and it's the August pick for @rgay Audacious Book Club! Ep134: https://apple.co/3Ohgccj https://t.co/Ozd6wugAs9
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Everybody Knows
Jordan Harper
@jordan_harper nails it when portraying LA in Everybody Knows, and in this clip, he discusses LA as "America writ large." Listen: https://t.co/FCYgSnBG6O Buy from @mulhollandbooks: https://t.co/btrCLaHCWg Watch: https://t.co/qHLyKuzXyw https://t.co/W5w4RLhvgc
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas
Roberto Lovato
In this Episode 167 clip, Pete and @maider_vang discuss parallels between her essential work and @robvato towering Unforgetting. Listen: https://t.co/BquYoD4A37 Watch: https://t.co/ZO9NYNlDT4 Buy book @graywolfpress: https://t.co/Qnew203UtI https://t.co/KivE4Zhuci
Paperback, 2021
$20.99$10.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Singer Distance
Ethan Chatagnier
The Central Valley was well-represented in Pete's conversation with the uber-talented world-builder, @EthanChatagnier! Excited to share the conversation on July 18. Buy his highly-lauded Singer Distance from @Tin_House: https://t.co/KjtdhR7lfj https://t.co/XAtO8GGsnO
Paperback, 2023
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him
Justin Tinsley
Pete is giving away 3 copies of Ep169's @JustinTinsley It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World that Made Him, from @ABRAMSbooks. RT to be entered into the raffle, with the deadline being Friday, 6am PST. @cheo_coker writes of the book, "Justin Tinsley has written a classic..." https://t.co/BGKm9U2G64
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Unaccompanied
Javier Zamora
Episode 158 guest @jzsalvipoet poetry collection, Unaccompanied, was named a Finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award in 2019, & winner of the Northern California Book Award in 2018. Buy collection from @CopperCanyonPrs: https://t.co/DEVoak54KC Ep158: https://t.co/3jARLrfi4h
Paperback, 2017
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Craft and Conscience: How to Write about Social Issues
Kavita Das
How resonant and reflection-inducing was Ep188 guest @kavitamix Craft and Conscience? Just look at the annotations 😲 Listen: https://t.co/sSMrUEv7LG Buy from @BeaconPressBks: https://t.co/O7f53chDpE Watch: https://t.co/wnG0kuLLMw https://t.co/w9IskOrgmo
Paperback, 2022
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book