Greg Wilson @gvwilson@mastodon.social Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Company of the Dead
David KowalskiGreg Wilson @gvwilson@mastodon.socialKowalski's "The Company of the Dead" is very good on second reading too - recommended.
Paperback, 2012
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Imperfect Art: Reflections on Jazz and Modern Culture
Ted GioiaGreg Wilson @gvwilson@mastodon.social@pati_gallardo I found Ted Gioia's essay "The Imperfect Art" very liberating - it describes how jazz came to celebrate improvisation, with its inherent "imperfect", as the pinnacle of musical achievement. (When I'm feeling less pretentious, I just describe myself as "agile" :-)
Paperback, 2001
$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
One Last Stop
Casey McQuistonGreg Wilson @gvwilson@mastodon.social"One Last Stop" by @casey_mcquiston is an outstanding read: funny, poignant, sexy, heartbreaking, and that's just the first three chapters... https://www.caseymcquiston.com/one-last-stop
Paperback, 2021
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Music: A Subversive History
Ted GioiaGreg Wilson @gvwilson@mastodon.social@jamespjh have you read Ted Gioia's "Music: A Subversive History"? if so, is that sort of what you're after?
Paperback, 2021
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Night Watch
Terry PratchettGreg Wilson @gvwilson@mastodon.social"As soon as you saw people as things to be measured, they didn't measure up." - Terry Pratchett, "Night Watch" cc @grimalkina
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