Gina “Rethink Normal” Murrell Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Gina “Rethink Normal” Murrell

Boom for Real features several from Basquiat's circle, including Grey bandmate Michael Holman, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, writer Luc Sante, graffiti artist Lee Quiñones, writer and TV Party host Glenn O'Brien, and more. Really cool #documentary that captures the ethos of the time. https://t.co/ZCeTLhKoy9

Gina “Rethink Normal” Murrell

Last night, as I left Milstein, this flier featuring a 1971 photo of Angela Davis with a magnificent Afro caught my eye: “CJC Presents… Abolition Book Club.” An on-campus abolition book club for students. (Flier: “Readings linked in the QR code.”) Pretty amazing. #HigherEd #NYC https://t.co/NsgBgeUFmY https://t.co/iNZ4VE5iaV

Gina “Rethink Normal” Murrell

The other morning on the train, a rider by the window was #reading Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman. The novel, originally published in Swedish in 2019, is about a botched bank robbery that turns into a character study. https://t.co/cnqJqPE8ZC #books #SubwayReads https://t.co/tUhrgtedah

Gina “Rethink Normal” Murrell

Margo Jefferson (whose 2015 #memoir, Negroland, I loved) read from her Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir, released in April 2022 by @PantheonBooks. #BKBF #BrooklynBookFestival #Brooklyn #NYC https://t.co/fQfGLb48Gr

Gina “Rethink Normal” Murrell

I’ve been a longtime fan of Moss’s blog Jeremiah's Vanishing New York and his advocacy for NYC places at risk for closure due to landlord greed, e.g. his fight to save St. Mark’s Bookshop. But I knew little about him personally ‘til tonight. I’m now even more a fan. Great event. https://t.co/SvUZBfwyat

Gina “Rethink Normal” Murrell

Browsing Troubled Sleep, I saw Mimi Pond’s The Customer Is Always Wrong, a 2017 #GraphicNovel based on Pond waitressing in the 1970s at Mama’s Royal Cafe, a real diner in my former Oakland neighborhood. I’ve long wanted it, but I’m not buying anymore #books until after I move. https://t.co/mB1MHJOC0A

Gina “Rethink Normal” Murrell

Also, this 1st edition (1773) of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, “the first known book of poetry published by a Black woman.” Wild seeing in person this original portrait of Wheatley that previously I’d only seen reproduced. #libraries #NYC https://t.co/HdzQpb7h43

Gina “Rethink Normal” Murrell

Written and illustrated by Alice Oseman, #Heartstopper follows English high schoolers Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson as their friendship develops and sense of self evolves. The delightful illustrated touches present in #HeartstopperNetflix stem from the graphic novel. #yalit

Gina “Rethink Normal” Murrell

Though “Treasures” includes Charles Dickens’s desk and chair, Virginia Woolf’s walking stick, and a gown worn by Isadora Duncan, standout items for me were rare #books, like this first edition of Nella Larsen’s Passing (1929), signed by the author. #archives #libraries #NYC https://t.co/Yz7kqMFpJR

Gina “Rethink Normal” Murrell

It’s happening! Signage is now up at the forthcoming second location of #Brooklyn indie bookstore Books Are Magic, opening at 122 Montague St in Brooklyn Heights. (The first location is in Cobble Hill.) https://t.co/pN7hviIENe #bookstores #NYC https://t.co/abxVjX7txQ