David Folkenflik 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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NPR media correspondent || Author, Murdoch's World

The Lyrics: 1961-2020
Bob Dylan
This Father’s Day, it seems appropriate to confront a question fundamental to parenting: Are the lyrics sung by the Minions any harder to discern than those of Bob Dylan?
Hardcover, 2016
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Winterland
Rae Meadows
I'll be sitting in as host on Sunday's @NPRWeekend for the estimable @ayesharascoe - With segments on politics w NPR's @MaraLiasson the World Cup w ESPN's @JeremySchaap @SANDYalexg on his new album, God Save the Animals and the author @raemeadows on her new book, "Winterland"
Paperback, 2023
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Spooked: The Trump Dossier, Black Cube, and the Rise of Private Spies
Barry Meier
Coming up on NPR: "Spooked" author @BarryMeier debates reporter turned private eye @tydamar over the role of private investigators in journalism Meier notes deeply flawed coverage launched by the Steele Dossier Maroney points to exonerations driven by private investigators
Hardcover, 2021
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When General Grant Expelled the Jews
Jonathan D. Sarna
@BrooksDSimpson @RealRickCote @BulwarkOnline @NSLpodcast @DavidPriess @lawfareblog @BobbyChesney @steve_vladeck @davidfrum @_BruceCampbell @vermontgmg @jbf1755 @HC_Richardson As far as a more narrowly focused treatment, I found Jonathan Sarna’s book “When General Grant Expelled the Jews” illuminating
Paperback, 2016
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Lifespan of a Fact
John D'Agata
Fascinating, twisty @slate essay by Dan Kois on John D'Agata's book "The Lifespan of A Fact" http://t.co/ySQS1K1S
Paperback, 2012
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Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky
Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
To close the show, a piece in our series Picture This, we talk with Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond and Daniel Minter about powers and magic of color in their new children's book, Blue
Hardcover, 2022
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