Emily Goligoski Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Creative ACT: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin
Many of us have been trying to figure out how to best sustain creativity and innovation amid changes in where, when, and how we work. So it’s a timely moment for the arrival of a new book on creativity by record producer Frederick Jay “Rick” Rubin…
Hardcover, 2023
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Yoga
Emmanuel Carrère
Enjoying reading Emmanuel Carrère's YOGA so much that I am terrified of what I will find out about him from reviews. But prepare me: should I be gritting my teeth? cc @joumana_khatib https://t.co/8Qc55lb9gm
Paperback, 2023
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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
Amanda Montell
Listen to or read @AmandaMontell’s CULTISH for the phrase “party Buddhist” but stay for “ex-Shambhalan.” (Jokes aside, the book is compelling) https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/06/review-cultish-amanda-montell-language-fanaticism/619165/ @sophieGG @carmelelise
Hardcover, 2021
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Swimming Studies
Leanne Shapton
I am dreading finishing @Shaptonia's SWIMMING STUDIES and its immersive watercolors. @amitavakumar explains why https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2021/10/amitava-kumar-why-dont-books-for-adults-use-pictures/620313/
Paperback, 2025
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug
Augustine Sedgewick
"Coffee is not just one of the greatest commodities in the history of global capitalism. It is one of the most important commodities in the history of global inequality.” Augustine Sedgewick’s COFFEELAND audiobook is off to a powerful start ☕ https://t.co/LvIwZaHE4l
Paperback, 2021
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Taste: My Life Through Food
Stanley Tucci
Packing for #IJF22 & realizing how much I counter-program my own life, i.e., the reading combination of @SPlokhy’s "The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine” & Stanley Tucci’s “Taste."
Hardcover, 2021
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The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020
Rachel Kushner
If you appreciated Jamie's story as I (a just-one-time Sturgis rider) did, it's Rachel Kushner's THE HARD CROWD for you next. https://t.co/Fe6ter35xm @nina_channing https://t.co/JFY6U81ukc
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births
Michelle Millar Fisher
It reminded me of what DESIGNING MOTHERHOOD co-author Michelle Millar Fisher told me that the biggest win for working parents could be: “Being able to look at the to-do list of an organization & make space in terms of doing 5-7 things rather than 10.” https://t.co/RQDPQxUHa5 2/2
Hardcover, 2021
$44.95$22.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami
If @NellieBowles' story captured your interest, you must must must read Mieko Kawakami's novel BREASTS AND EGGS https://t.co/gd6su97plL
Paperback, 2021
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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
Twyla Tharp
Artists’ autobiographical reflections have powerful precedent: Twyla Tharp’s "The Creative Habit," @questlove's "Mo’ Meta Blues," @ANNELAMOTT’s "Bird by Bird," Patti Smith’s National Book Award-winning writing. "The Creative Act" may not become a lasting reference in the genre.
Paperback, 2006
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