๐บ๐ฆ Dean Bakopoulos ๐บ๐ฆ Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Novelist. WGA Screenwriter. Guggenheim & 2xNEA fellow. Dad. Kid of immigrants ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ท Co-creator/EP โMade for Love" on HBO Max. Reps: CAA/Artists 1st

How High We Go in the Dark
Sequoia Nagamatsu
Excited to welcome @GrinnellCollege alum @SequoiaN to campus today. He's the author of the dazzling novel "How High We Go in the Dark!" Craft roundtable at 4:15 PM and a reading at 8 PM. https://t.co/wEQBnTVcsC
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Heavy: An American Memoir
Kiese Laymon
@NatalieLima09 Kiese Laymonโs HEAVY one of the best audiobooks of all time
Paperback, 2019
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Songs of Unreason
Jim Harrison
โThe world that used to nurse us now keeps shouting inane instructions. That's why I ran to the woods.โ Jim Harrison, Songs of Unreason
Paperback, 2013
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Golem Girl: A Memoir
Riva Lehrer
Excited to welcome the amazing @riva_lehrer to @GrinnellCollege this week! First 50 attendees get a free copy of her acclaimed memoir Golem Girl! https://t.co/8dTccdRXKk @GrinnellWriters
Paperback, 2021
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Wild Iris
Louise Gluck
The true Easter hymnal is The Wild Iris by Louise Glรผck "Vespers" https://poets.org/poem/vespers
Paperback, 1993
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mouth to Mouth
Antoine Wilson
Bought the new @antoinewilson novel, Mouth to Mouth, at @Prairie_Lights this past weekend. Itโs blazingly good. Highly recommend! https://t.co/5oAWBvinQ7
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Luster
Raven Leilani
The 2023 @GrinnellCollege Distinguished Author is Raven Leilani, award-winning writer of the amazing debut novel LUSTER! Leilani will give a reading, followed by a Q&A and booksigning, in JRC 101 at 8 pm; roundtable discussion at 4:15 pm HSSC S1325 on TH, 4/20/23. https://t.co/YHxwdXn8CD
Paperback, 2021
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Dry Heart
Natalia Ginzburg
How come nobody told me about The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg? ๐ฅบ๐ซค๐ตโ๐ซ
Paperback, 2019
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Speedboat
Renata Adler
@likaluca Renata Adler, Speedboat. William Maxwell, So Long, See You Tomorrow. Lorrie Moore, People Like That Are The Only People Here. Baldwinโs Go Tell it On The Mountain. Jamaica Kinkaidโs Lucy. A lot of Roberto Bolaรฑo.
Paperback, 2013
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
So Long, See You Tomorrow: National Book Award Winner
William Maxwell
โBetween the way things used to be and the way they were now was a void that couldn't be crossed. I had to find an explanation other than the real one... " โ William Maxwell, So Long, See You Tomorrow re-reading this quote inspired this month's Substack...
Paperback, 1996
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book