Dana Stevens Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Dana Stevens on XDana Stevens is a movie critic. Film critic @Slate/cohost @SlateCultFest. Rep'd by @CheneyAgency. Camera Man, my book on Buster Keaton, is out: https://t.co/hqgJ15dayM Work @ https://t.co/79zI40I2xR
Women Talking
Miriam ToewsDana StevensThe confusing release strategies of the current movie landscape mean that I reviewed a few big movies opening this weekend well before they were widely available. So here are the reviews again. Sarah Polley's bold, brave, wise & often funny Women Talking: https://t.co/r13a8Vv6zA
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first bookOscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
Michael SchulmanDana Stevens@monostich Listening to Jane Eyre as an audiobook read by Juliet Stevenson & finishing a galley of the upcoming Oscar Wars by Michael Schulman.
Hardcover, 2023
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookForever...
Judy BlumeDana Stevens@bonnevivante Just heard that same interview! She's so great. If you like it I recommend the doc Judy Blume Forever, currently streaming on Amazon Prime, as well.
Paperback, 2014
$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first bookWuthering Heights
Emily Jane BrontëDana StevensThe new Emily Brontë biopic is atrociously bad & @magiciansbook's review pinpoints why. My personal least favorite bit: how Charlotte is shown as an envious older sister who ... only writes Jane Eyre after the publication of Wuthering Heights? WTAF? https://t.co/0AzEGmadng
Hardcover, 2022
$33.95$16.98 + Free shipping50% off your first bookTwo Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle
Jody RosenDana StevensHonored to be interviewing my friend @jodyrosen on May 23 at @BooksAreMagicBK for the launch of his book Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle. I just started reading it, but already on p. xvi we are going places. 🚲🕊️ https://t.co/C3rrhdZMeq https://t.co/u6kTICS5Am
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookConfess, Fletch
Gregory McDonaldDana StevensOn this week's @SlateCultFest, @dankois & @pahwa_nitish join us to talk about the absolutely delightful new movie Confess, Fletch; the legacy of novelist Hilary Mantel; & the surprise victory/alleged cheating scandal that rocked the chess world last week. https://t.co/LpTHJNjkT2
Paperback, 2018
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first bookRiver of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West
Rebecca SolnitDana StevensNice overview of the turbulent life of Eadweard Muybridge, grandfather of moving pictures, from @jasondashbailey. If you want more, @RebeccaSolnit's fantastic 2004 book River of Shadows places Muybridge in the context of his historical & technological era: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/288108/river-of-shadows-by-rebecca-solnit/ https://twitter.com/NYMag/status/1550487558286622721
Paperback, 2004
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookLouise Brooks: A Biography
Barry ParisDana Stevens@jasondashbailey A few that come to mind: Barry Paris on Louise Brooks; Gerald Clarke on Judy Garland; Furious Love by Sam Kushner & Nancy Schoenberger (about Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton's relationship); Scott Eyman's bio of Louis B. Mayer or his new one of Cary Grant.
Paperback, 2000
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first bookGender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Judith ButlerDana StevensThis is Judith Butler's book Gender Trouble in its essence: the supposed "naturalness" of a gender binary in fact requires constant policing to uphold. She used to quote the song lyric "You make me feel like a natural woman." If it's so natural why don't I feel like one already? https://t.co/Vp2wo2xrJ8
Paperback, 2006
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Gambler
Fyodor DostoevskyDana StevensQuote from Dostoevsky's The Gambler that James Caan's character delivers in its entirety in the film of that title, & that seems to capture his intuitive style: “Reason only satisfies man's rational requirements. Desire, on the other hand, encompasses everything. Desire is life.” https://t.co/7A4RP3R2Ir
Paperback, 2003
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book