Heather Scott Partington Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Heather Scott Partington

Do you have a book club? The @bookcritics auction has something great for you. 10 paperback copies of @KateDMilliken's bold debut novel, KEPT ANIMALS and a one-hour live Zoom with the author! https://nbcc.betterworld.org/auctions/national-book-critics-circle-fun-2/items/10-copies-kept-animals-book-club

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RT @AltaJournal: For today's #AltaMondayBookReview @HeatherScottP reviews Judith Freeman's "MacArthur Park" [@PantheonBooks]: https://t.co/…

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.@bookcritics board member @RodDavisAuthor calls ALL THE FREQUENT TROUBLES OF OUR DAYS “a crucial addition to the historical record, but also a full-bore page-turner” in his appreciation of the NBCC 2021 Biography Award Finalist. https://www.bookcritics.org/2022/03/15/all-the-frequent-troubles-of-our-days-by-rebecca-donner-2021-biography-finalist-2/

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“Until I Am Free is moving, brilliant, and gorgeously written—it’s the biography that [Fannie Lou] Hamer deserves.” Read @michaelschaub’s appreciation of Keisha N. Blain’s 2021 @bookcritics biography award finalist here: https://t.co/UOnPSSPHkw

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Pick the brain of @AltaJournal books editor and @airlight_mag editor @davidulin. How do you find your voice? What makes a good pitch? Is the official uniform of the book critic a flannel and a pair of Vans? Find out by bidding here: https://t.co/cC4DzqSkm3 @bookcritics

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The allusive nature of 'Fox' and its twist ending shows how greatness that comes from awfulness can be inconveniently, unquestioningly good... Oates wants us to turn pages and squirm.

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NBCC @bookcritics 30 Books series kicks off today with a lovely appreciation by @AnitaFelicelli: Hanif Abdurraqib’s A LITTLE DEVIL IN AMERICA (@randomhouse), a 2021 Autobiography category finalist https://t.co/KndIFkQ802

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Colson Whitehead’s HARLEM SHUFFLE is “one of those books you can hang out in.” Read @bookcritics board member @DavidVarno on the 2021 NBCC fiction award finalist: https://www.bookcritics.org/2022/03/04/harlem-shuffle-by-colson-whitehead-2021-fiction-finalist/

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Good morning! I wrote an essay for @AltaJournal's @CalBookClub about Andrew Sean Greer's LESS. Like most things, I made it about my own anxiety. Thank you, @AnitaFelicelli for the opportunity, and for the deft edits. https://t.co/QhTH487Cht

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Tonight! 7 PM EST. @bookcritics: "Criticism in Insolation": @wmuyumba #BlairMcClendon #KarenSandstrom & @marionwinik discuss reviewing Margo Jefferson's CONSTRUCTING A NERVOUS SYSTEM. Moderated by @justlikebeirut. Zoom CC + ASL translation. Register: https://t.co/CaxCbagmQQ https://t.co/zWXp53OAZz