Harvard Review 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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Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally RooneyHarvard ReviewBEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU is an illuminating novel that is, at its heart, "about how to find meaning in an increasingly ugly world." Read Chelsea Bingham's review of Sally Rooney's latest: https://harvardreview.org/book-review/beautiful-world-where-are-you/ @fsgbooks https://t.co/EXlYebbAzJ
Paperback, 2022
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The Twilight Zone
Nona FernándezHarvard ReviewFrom @GraywolfPress, Natasha Wimmer's translation of THE TWILIGHT ZONE by Nona Fernández. @JDdebris: "Fernández’s conversational, essayistic narration guides the reader sure-footedly through a minefield of political absurdity" https://t.co/LWmfSFvFLn
Paperback, 2021
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Salient
Elizabeth T. GrayHarvard ReviewJames Berger reviews SALIENT by Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr., a poetry book concerned with the Battle of Passchendaele: "The book attempts to pay a debt of a history, and yet those who must be paid are all dead." https://t.co/WW05k01cL0 @NewDirections https://t.co/GopmQRwkaY
Paperback, 2020
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Empty Set
VerĂłnica Gerber BicecciHarvard ReviewMath, the Argentine dictatorship, loss, language and drawings... EMPTY SET by VerĂłnica Gerber Bicecci, translated from Spanish by Christina MacSweeney--has it all. Read @CCWeddell's review! @Coffee_House_ https://t.co/uv3qDkD8v9 https://t.co/uGuL4ESLIl
Paperback, 2018
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Harlem Shuffle
Colson WhiteheadHarvard Review"a bravura performance, an immersive, laugh-out-loud, riveting adventure" Today at HR Online, @patricklohier reviews Colson Whitehead's HARLEM SHUFFLE: https://harvardreview.org/book-review/harlem-shuffle/ https://t.co/76Mse88Kma
Paperback, 2022
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A Saint from Texas
Edmund WhiteHarvard ReviewOur congratulations to HR54 contributor Edmund White on the publication of his new book, "A Saint From Texas" and on a glowing review in the NYT that begins with, "Rules are made to be broken by the brilliant." đź‘Źđź‘Źđź‘Ź https://t.co/EmtZY3zywo
Paperback, 2022
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This Is One Way to Dance: Essays
Sejal ShahHarvard Review"This book is about pushing boundaries, both of stereotypes and of form." Rajpreet Heir ( @Rajpreet_edu) reviews THIS IS ONE WAY TO DANCE, an essay collection by Sejal Shah: https://t.co/9QkWOiEBC4 https://t.co/nx8C7naYYz
Paperback, 2020
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Last Night in Nuuk
Niviaq KorneliussenHarvard ReviewErica X Eisen reviews Niviaq Korneliussen's LAST NIGHT IN NUUK, and writes against popular praise for the Greenlandic writer's debut novel: "Korneliussen could do with a greater degree of faith in her readers’ capacity for empathy." Read on... https://t.co/evn4hiHkRA https://t.co/273zR2bSIm
Paperback, 2019
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Negotiations: Poems
Destiny O. BirdsongHarvard Review"Into the trolling and rancor that poison conversations about 'American' identity enters the compelling testimony of Destiny O. Birdsong’s debut poetry collection." Read @LesleyMWheeler's review of NEGOTIATIONS here: https://t.co/OF4dpJOzkR
Paperback, 2020
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We Want What We Want: Stories
Alix OhlinHarvard Review"The thematic consistency of absence unifies this collection" . . . Jackie Thomas-Kennedy reviews Alix Ohlin's WE WANT WHAT WE WANT (@AAKnopf ): https://t.co/IlhEJ24meJ https://t.co/AlQIvrUYfa
Hardcover, 2021
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