Dave Itzkoff Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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This Will All Be Over Soon: A Memoir
Cecily Strong
I wrote about Cecily Strong, the @nbcsnl and Schmigadoon star whose new book, This Will All Be Over Soon, is no traditional showbiz memoir - it's a candid account of her time during the pandemic and a life often touched by grief. https://t.co/lwo0buAuhQ
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Life's Work: A Memoir
David Milch
I spent some time with David Milch, whose new memoir, Life's Work, recounts his troubled upbringing, his work on shows like NYPD Blue and Deadwood, and his experience with Alzheimer's disease.
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir
Paul Newman
The book is surprising for the remarkable candor of its subject, one of the most accomplished and reticent actors from an era when the perpetual documentation of daily life was not a precondition for fame... The vulnerability that Newman reveals in the book is astonishing...
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Marvel: August 1961 Omnibus
Stan Lee
you gotta love reading an old Marvel back issue where even Stan Lee was basically like, "I have no idea how this fits with our current continuity" https://t.co/V43xMNIhXt
Hardcover, 2021
$150.00$125.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Fables
Aesop
The judge at the trial said, "There are very few nightclub acts which have fairy tales or Aesop's fables."
Paperback, 2022
$13.95$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
Sarah Polley
My profile of Sarah Polley, the actor and filmmaker, whose first book is "Run Towards the Danger," a collection of personal essays. https://t.co/3CVjki4hFA
Paperback, 2024
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
tick tick ... BOOM!: The Complete Book and Lyrics
Jonathan Larson
my post-nomination interview with Andrew Garfield, talking "Tick, Tick...Boom!", Jonathan Larson, Bernadette Peters and, sure, a bit of Spidey. https://t.co/3L6fDLujEN
Paperback, 2008
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Beauty of Living Twice
Sharon Stone
A very interesting conversation I had with Sharon Stone about her new memoir, The Beauty of Living Twice, her writing process and her perspective on her own career. https://t.co/jmbxJt57Gt
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Misfits: A Personal Manifesto
Michaela Coel
I wrote about Michaela Coel, whose new book, "Misfits: A Personal Manifesto," codifies her efforts to achieve transparency in her work and in her life. (📸s by the amazing Wulf Bradley) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/22/books/michaela-coel-misfits-book.html
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I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy
Of the title and cover image: [It] might be off-putting to some readers; the author is well aware. But she also feels it accurately encapsulates a coming-of-age story that is alternately harrowing and mordantly funny.
Hardcover, 2022
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book