Franklin Foer 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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Delmore Schwartz: The Life of an American Poet
James AtlasFranklin FoerYou might not ever have heard of Schwartz, and it doesn’t really matter. Atlas’s biography of him is such a psychologically acute, stylishly executed portrait of a doomed genius and his milieu of New York intellectuals that it effortlessly propels the reader through its pages.
Paperback, 2020
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Herman MelvilleFranklin Foer@mattyglesias There’s a meta French novel version of your modest proposal, about an attempt to write a screenplay about the life of Herman Melville. I recommend it. https://t.co/UMUhyTAGWz
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Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
Sarah BakewellFranklin FoerWhat her book set out to defend is a ... tradition... that stands for reason, the ennobling potential of education, and the centrality of the “human dimension of life” ....Bakewell’s writing inspires immense pleasure. She is a warm, engaging, and clear explicator of dense ideas.
Hardcover, 2023
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Political Prisoner: Persecuted, Prosecuted, But Not Silenced
Paul ManafortFranklin FoerAfter representing some of the world’s most abusive autocrats, Paul Manafort has the nerve to title his memoir Political Prisoner. I reviewed it… https://t.co/YCWwZ0Uhcq
Hardcover, 2022
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