Dana Stevens Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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The 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

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@monostich Listening to Jane Eyre as an audiobook read by Juliet Stevenson & finishing a galley of the upcoming Oscar Wars by Michael Schulman.

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@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.

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Honored 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

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On 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

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Nice 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

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@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.

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This 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

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Just noting that the newly announced winner of the 2023 Caldecott medal, the wonderful Hot Dog by the wonderful Doug Salati, contains a crowd scene with an image of my dog & her (& my) favorite human: https://t.co/cokHTRnHkl https://t.co/rHieRlWeNF

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Quote 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