Eva Holland Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Currently reading Hilary Peach's THICK SKIN, a memoir about life as an itinerary female boilermaker. Turns out lovely, detailed descriptions of welding are extremely my thing? Check it out: https://t.co/7piXUd7HAx

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For fans of Tom Kizzia's book Pilgrim's Wilderness: Elishaba, Papa Pilgrim's eldest daughter, has written a memoir. (CW) https://t.co/ZdFKw7wxKm

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@dzuunmod I think some of the grade ten classes at my school did A Midsummer Night's Dream instead of Julius Caesar? But yeah. SO MUCH Shakespeare.

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Also: shoutout to Drs. Martin Seligman and Elaine Fox, both of whom picked up the phone in the middle of holiday chaos. Fox's RAINY BRAIN, SUNNY BRAIN was fascinating, and Seligman's LEARNED OPTIMISM and THE HOPE CIRCUIT were invaluable too. They both have new books coming out!

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As a reader, I would have liked to see someone who actually *liked* The Overstory take on Bewilderment, and engage more seriously (even if critically!) with what Powers is trying to do. Instead of just mocking the whole endeavour. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/15/books/review-bewilderment-richard-powers.html

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Happy book birthday to Try Not To Be Strange! It's a history of a real place, an uninhabited Caribbean island, that is also a fictional kingdom passed down from writer to writer through the years. It's, uh, probably at least a little bit strange. I can't wait to read it. https://t.co/t7OemmISRD

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For @outsidemagazine, I wrote (separately) about Maggie Shipstead's new novel, Great Circle, and Richard Powers' latest, Bewilderment. Then they were both Booker finalists. Coincidence? Who can say. https://t.co/T1fLX52rdt https://t.co/kV0Cox8zEe

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Day three of poor Tacoma's confinement in his crate (except for pee breaks) so his spine can heal up, and I feel like a monster already. Currently, though, I'm being soothed by the audiobook of @ChrisMcDougall's Running With Sherman. A balm for hard days. https://www.chrismcdougall.com/running-with-sherman/

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Check out an excerpt from Heather's new book, Powder Days, on the future of ski bums and ski towns! https://twitter.com/hhansman/status/1456302589281116180

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For this story, I looked at books like Aaron Lazare's classic On Apology, and the state-focused collection The Age of Apology, but I think the most important insight may have come from a small section in Glen Sean Coulthard's Red Skin, White Masks. https://t.co/CAyqQq4xOR