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Daniel Worden Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Faculty @RIT_artdesign / Art, Comics, Documentary, Print / NEOLIBERAL NONFICTIONS https://t.co/ZyLeACSish

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Book Cover for: News of the World, Paulette Jiles

News of the World

Paulette Jiles
Daniel WordenDaniel Worden

Just finished reading Paulette Jiles’ News of the World - the novel is a revision of that old classic The Searchers, but with nostalgia for a time before “fake news.” At least that’s how it seems now, and I guess Tom Hanks as the heroic standard of objectivity cowboy makes sense.

Paperback, 2017

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler
Daniel WordenDaniel Worden

About one year ago, I told the students in my American Literature class to start reading Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower over spring break. Back then, I told them to “think about how this book might apply to our world today.” That assignment worked well I guess...

Paperback, 2019

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Gasoline Dreams: Waking Up from Petroculture, Simon Orpana

Gasoline Dreams: Waking Up from Petroculture

Simon Orpana
Daniel WordenDaniel Worden

Happy to get a copy of Simon Orpana’s comic Gasoline Dreams from @FordhamPress in the mail today. It’s great - my blurb doesn’t lie! https://t.co/0E2c9UsFda

Paperback, 2021

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Left Bank Gang, Jason

The Left Bank Gang

Jason
Daniel WordenDaniel Worden

Current research interest: Jason's The Left Bank Gang https://t.co/CQahQF7qUk

Paperback, 2006

$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Searchers, Edward Buscombe

The Searchers

Edward Buscombe
Daniel WordenDaniel Worden

Just finished reading Paulette Jiles’ News of the World - the novel is a revision of that old classic The Searchers, but with nostalgia for a time before “fake news.” At least that’s how it seems now, and I guess Tom Hanks as the heroic standard of objectivity cowboy makes sense.

Paperback, 2022

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Maus: A Survivor's Tale Part I: My Father Bleeds History (Maus #01), Art Spiegelman

Maus: A Survivor's Tale Part I: My Father Bleeds History (Maus #01)

Art Spiegelman
Daniel WordenDaniel Worden

My talk about Art Spiegelman's Maus, comics history, and book bans (among other things) is online! Thanks to @JeremySarachan for the invitation to @MACsjfc https://t.co/WfJirxrXHL

Hardcover, 1986

$36.00$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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