David Corbett Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Recovering Catholic, NYT Notable author of THE ART OF CHARACTER, seven novels, dozens of stories, numerous scripts, and too many poems. https://t.co/BGC0aafRKi
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott FitzgeraldDavid Corbett'Near the start of F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, Tom Buchanan is mansplaining. “If we don’t look out,” he announces excitedly, “the white race will be – will be utterly submerged. It’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.”' https://t.co/UNrzpNNczk
Paperback, 2004
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Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel
Rebecca GoldsteinDavid Corbett@adrianmckinty Thanks for this. I'm a sucker for this kind of book. One of my favorites is Rebecca Goldstein's study of Kurt Gödel, one of the few books that managed to make the proof of his incompleteness theorem intelligible -- and I was a math major. https://t.co/N3ymorjFzD
Paperback, 2006
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Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
Cormac McCarthyDavid CorbettLovers of Lit (in all its tangled meanings): This is a wonderful thread by an impassioned teacher about a great book: Carmac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. I wish I could take this class and revisit the book, but I’ll have to content myself with doing the latter solo. @WriterUnboxed https://t.co/JqEZsu3Ybq
Paperback, 1992
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What Is This Thing Called Love: Poems
Kim AddonizioDavid Corbett#Saturday is a good day for #poetry -- here's "First Kiss" by @kim_addonizio from her collection "What Is This Thing Called Love." Her latest collection, "Now We're Getting Somewhere" came out in March and is getting the rave reviews she so richly deserves. @KimAddonizio https://t.co/yrHdmA98GE
Paperback, 2005
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China Mountain Zhang
Maureen F. McHughDavid CorbettA wonderful analysis of how much literary dystopias conform to actual surveillance by the police, NSA, etc., with references to Kafka's THE TRIAL, Philip K. Dick's DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? and Maureen F. McHugh's CHINA MOUNTAIN ZHANG. https://t.co/4JOMlzj3Bi
Paperback, 2020
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War is a Racket
Smedley D. ButlerDavid CorbettJust watched this quirky, exhilarating film which not only features an amazing cast but also sneaks in a bit of history concerning an underappreciated figure in US history, Gen. Smedley Butler (Robert DeNiro), author of WAR IS A RACKET. #Amsterdam https://t.co/VtPeyIgGgf
Paperback, 2024
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An Edinburgh Town-Dweller's Journals 1971-1996: September
Samuel PepysDavid Corbett"Much against my nature and will, yet such is the power of the Devil over me I could not refuse it, to the Theater, and saw 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' ill done." --Samuel Pepys, diary entry for September 25, 1661 https://t.co/FhUfO9jES0
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
George V. HigginsDavid Corbett"This life's hard, man, but it's harder if you're stupid." --The friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), directed by Peter Yates, screenplay by Paul Monash adapted from the novel by George V. Higgins. #FilmNoir https://t.co/zbbzF6njNs
Paperback, 2010
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Hoosier Noir: One
Alec CizakDavid Corbett@AmericanGwyn “All stories are about one thing—trouble.” —Les Edgerton
Paperback, 2020
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Stalingrad
Antony BeevorDavid Corbett@adrianmckinty You turned me on to Antony Beevor’s STALINGRAD, which was superb (though the maps and pics in kindle editions are all but impossible to make out), so I’m more than willing to trust your judgment on this.
Paperback, 1999
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