Ela Bittencourt Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Ela Bittencourt on XArt & books for Artforum, Frieze, Harpers, Hyperallergic, NYRB, The Nation, Village Voice. Taught essay @Columbia. elabittencourt@gmail.com

Understanding Women: A Feminist Psychoanalytic Approach
Susie OrbachWith a quick bow to Susie Orbach’s brilliant Understanding Women: A Feminist Psychoanalytic Approach (1986) https://t.co/aaivIliieV
Paperback, 2013
$9.95Member price:$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Book of Daniel
E. L. DoctorowDoctorow’s THE BOOK OF DANIEL (@Columbia campus aka home sweet home!) https://t.co/ASxs0W4ebe
Paperback, 2007
$21.00Member price:$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fierce Attachments: A Memoir
Vivian Gornick@BethanyJarmul Also read recently Vivian Gornick’s FIERCE ATTACHMENTS — definitely couldn’t put it down
Paperback, 2005
$15.00Member price:$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dictee
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha@whitneymuseum #biennial2022 preview really made me want to dig up my copy of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s DICTEE https://t.co/kcuJ0mfmXf
Paperback, 2022
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Giving Up the Ghost: A Memoir
Hilary MantelHilary Mantel’s reckoning with chronic pain — and blatant, blatantly chauvinistic misdiagnosis — in GIVING UP THE GHOST was quite cathartic for me https://t.co/CMKsNJO0yS
Paperback, 2004
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bad Blood
Lorna Sage@BethanyJarmul Lorna Sage’s BAD BLOOD — absolutely genius
Paperback, 2011
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book