David S Wallace 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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Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Hernan Diaz
Perhaps “Trust,” in the end, makes a surprisingly un-postmodern case for what the novel can do. It can deliver discrete, luminous sensations. It can make one subjectivity clear at a time. And it can help you appreciate experience… before it disappears.
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Certain American States: Stories
Catherine Lacey
I talked to Catherine Lacey about her story in this week's New Yorker. Some things she spoke about incisively: ending stories, wounds physical and psychic, voices in our head, why we can't take advice, etc. https://t.co/VJjtGC4FAD
Paperback, 2019
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century
Andreas Malm
@RobGMacfarlane Andreas Malm’s “Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency” attempts to do this. Here’s a fairly balanced review of it: https://t.co/ozslO7gZC1
Paperback, 2020
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
For the Ride
Alice Notley
I wrote about the fearless Alice Notley and her new book "For the Ride." https://t.co/a8ojgFAt6d
Paperback, 2020
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Collected French Translations: Poetry
John Ashbery
I wrote about John Ashbery, social media and self-presentation, the political turn in poetry's mainstream—small, straightforward things like that... https://t.co/HrnRWnWKgs
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Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World
Daniel Sherrell
I wrote about Daniel Sherrell's new book "Warmth," climate change memoirs, narrativity, religious feelings—and more! https://t.co/BewhhuBQ0h
Paperback, 2021
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Cassandra at the Wedding
Dorothy Baker
Dorothy Baker’s very great “Cassandra at the Wedding” has me questioning what happened to the brandy & soda. Unorthodox drinkers everywhere demand to know!! https://t.co/b21K3ea1rC
Paperback, 2012
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Unquiet
Linn Ullmann
It’s incredible to me that Ingmar Bergman always wanted to make a film called “Laid & Slayed in Eldorado Valley” (from Linn Ullmann’s “Unquiet”) https://t.co/w1j8e5f17g
Paperback, 2020
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Maafa
Harmony Holiday
Wrote a little note about Harmony Holiday's new book "Maafa." It's inventive, boundary-pushing work—well worth reading. https://t.co/shKDhBFhVF
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Generations: A Memoir
Lucille Clifton
I tried to say something about Lucille Clifton and her memoir "Generations." A really great book! https://t.co/qmklI3PMvy
Paperback, 2021
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book