Emily Raboteau 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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Emily Raboteau is an author. Author of THE PROFESSOR'S DAUGHTER, SEARCHING FOR ZION and LESSONS FOR SURVIVAL, forthcoming from @HenryHolt. Professor @CUNY. #ProtectTransKids

The Fifth Season
Don Kline
You have 4 weeks left to read @nkjemisin’s THE FIFTH SEASON in time for the #ClimateReads book discussion led by @blackpotmojo on 11/17 @BPL_Presents via @XrRebelNYC w/ panelists @mmildenberger and Gerry Canovan. Register here: https://t.co/SS9WV6FEhO https://t.co/vf2oyY6NyE
Paperback, 2020
$14.73Member price:$7.36 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir
Margo Jefferson
@MauriceRuffin Margo Jefferson’s new memoir Constructing a Nervous System, and Adrienne Kennedy’s People Who Led to My Plays, on whose shoulders it stands.
Paperback, 2023
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms
Daniil Kharms
– February 13th, 1938. [Trans. with Eugene Ostashevsky and Simona Schneider] From “Today I Wrote Nothing: the Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms.” Trans. Matvei Yankelevich @overlookpress
Paperback, 2009
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Kimmerer shows us that awakening of ecological consciousness requires the knowledge and practice of a reciprocal relationship with the nonhuman living world, starting with language. I love teaching this paradigm-shifting book. It’s changing the discourse.
Paperback, 2015
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
White on White
Aysegül Savas
Congratulations to my dear doppelgänger, Aysegul Savas, on this terrific review of her terrific second novel, White on White, from @riverheadbooks. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/books/review/aysegul-savas-white-on-white.html?referringSource=articleShare
Paperback, 2022
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming
Ava Chin
I am SO excited to read this ARC from @penguinpress by my amazing @CUNY colleague, @AvaChin. Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming https://t.co/OAsoDdy2tM
Paperback, 2024
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Invisible Things
Mat Johnson
A glowing review by @MichaelDirda in @washingtonpost for @mat_johnson’s new novel, INVISIBLE THINGS. https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/06/22/invisible-things-book/
Paperback, 2023
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Night of the Living Rez
Morgan Talty
Great review of @Morgan_J_Talty’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING REZ by @KerriArsenault in @nybooks. https://t.co/haxn4KPCh3
Paperback, 2022
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
Angie Cruz
My dear friend & neighbor @acruzwriter reading from her fabulous 4th novel, HOW NOT TO DROWN IN A GLASS OF WATER, @WordUpBooks @Flatironbooks uptown launch @DomWriters https://t.co/YHgBkK3w0l
Paperback, 2023
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion
Favorite essays (accessible online) by the late Greg Tate and Joan Didion?
Paperback, 2008
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book