Emily Van Duyne 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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LOVING SYLVIA PLATH: A RECLAMATION forthcoming w/W.W. Norton & Co. 2022 NJ Individual Artist Fellow. Fulbright Scholar. https://t.co/rpKdCcVCrE

Silent Cities San Francisco: Hidden Histories of the Region's Cemeteries
Jessica Ferri
Tomorrow at 5 pm PST/8 pm EST, I’ll be talking on Instagram Live with my dear friend @JessicaAFerri about her second book in her series about America’s cemeteries, Silent Cities: San Francisco. Follow @ silent_._cities on Instagram to tune in. https://t.co/hX4Tu9iuIR
Paperback, 2021
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Orlando, a Biography: The Virginia Woolf Library Authorized Edition
Virginia Woolf
Also, omg, please spare me the comparison of Ted Hughes to Virginia Woolf's magnificent Orlando. How much can one woman stand on a Friday morning?
Paperback, 1973
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House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed
Sara Gay Forden
I’m taking my fat ass to see House of Gucci alone, and then I’m gonna eat oysters alone, while I read a Russian novel.
Paperback, 2001
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Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work
Bell Hooks
My favorite bell hooks book is remembered rapture: the writer at work.
Paperback, 1999
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Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown
Love that moment in Goodnight Moon when Margaret Wise Brown is like, Goodnight Nobody on a totally blank page to predict each innocent child’s coming existential dread and/or Robert Morris phase
Board Book, 1991
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Ariel: The Restored Edition: A Facsimile of Plath's Manuscript, Reinstating Her Original Selection and Arrangement
Sylvia Plath
I've been teaching my freshman to close read persona poems using poetry from Ariel. Today we did "Elm." Anyway, "Elm" is fucking terrifying and Sylvia Plath was a genius, this is the least surprising tweet I have ever made but I don't care because teaching a poem is thrilling.
Paperback, 2005
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Plath: Poems: Selected by Diane Wood Middlebrook
Sylvia Plath
I've been teaching my freshman to close read persona poems using poetry from Ariel. Today we did "Elm." Anyway, "Elm" is fucking terrifying and Sylvia Plath was a genius, this is the least surprising tweet I have ever made but I don't care because teaching a poem is thrilling.
Hardcover, 1998
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The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
American Girl doll of Sylvia Plath during The Bell Jar summer or bust.
Paperback, 2005
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Taste: My Life Through Food
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci’s “Taste” has me wanting to quit writing & just cook all day & night.
Hardcover, 2021
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nightbitch
Rachel Yoder
Absolutely loved this interview with Rachel Yoder. And also loved her novel Nightbitch. https://t.co/M0OvQfidJo
Paperback, 2022
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