Frances Dinkelspiel Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Going to #Detroit tomorrow for the first time for a project-in-progress. Lucky I already have this biography of Detroit written by my friend Scott Martelle. The former @latimes editorial writer was a reporter at the @detroitnews for a decade. His next book is on the year 1932. https://t.co/Mom3zsTzAR

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Happy official publication day to @katiehafner whose delightful, tender novel “ The Boys” launches today. I got to hang out with her publisher, Cindy Spiegel of @SPIEGELandGRAU at @commofwriters last week and hear how they came together. 🥳 📕 #Writers https://t.co/hxSVwHeO2z

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Pretty thrilled to be listening to @DavidGrann at #TellurideFilmFestival. Two movies here are based on his articles. The art of weaving facts into a captivating story is a true gift indeed and Grann is a master. He, Laura Dern, Ed Zwick talk about “Trial by Fire” https://t.co/JakMtnHB7V

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Can’t wait to delve into “The Riders Come Out at Night” by @DarwinBondGraha and @awinston. I am at Clio Books in #Oakland and Liam from @ebyesterday is interviewing them. Their tales of the @oaklandpoliceca are chilling. https://t.co/uA820U0WIP

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Read how Bay Area author Gail Tsukiyama was inspired to write about the first famous Asian American Hollywood actress: Anna May Wong. Her new novel is "The Brightest Star." My column for @baynewsmatters https://t.co/gbx09bE0MA #books #BooksWorthReading

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I got to know Mark Anderson when I was working on my book about him "Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California." Berkeley-born, a photographer, a narcissist and a liar, the question I always had was how a civic citizen turned so bad.

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@gregggonsalves @SteveAHorn Don’t forget Randy Shilts of the San Francisco Chronicle whose book And the Band Played On is fabulous. Alas he fired of AIDS so he may not be as well remembered. But he tackled sacred cows in the medical and gay communities

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Really happy to be at @gabrielleselz’s book launch for “Light on Fire: The Art and Life of Sam Francis” The event is put on by @litquake and @citylights @ucpress https://t.co/dRGg9IT9tU

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@tiphanieyanique Rebecca Makkai’s The Hundred Year House

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Just finished “White Lies” by @ajbaime, a biography of the real Walter White who headed up the @NAACP for decades. Why he is not among our most revered civil rights icons baffles me. He exposed lynchings, fought segregation in the courts, hired Thurgood Marshall and more. #books https://t.co/8N4ilaXiUy