Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

I was so thrilled to review SUNSHINE NAILS @bymainguyen for NPR books. It's such a wonderful book and so very loving: https://t.co/sBwuHVzGrg

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Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

Why do people seem to hate "Stoner" by John Williams so much? I just finished it (never read it before) and it's of its time and all but oof, the pathos, the glorious refusal to allow for the Cartesian mind/body split, the quiet drama of a small life!

Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

Good day to you! I reviewed @Gabino_Iglesias's incredibly new novel, THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME, for @nprbooks and I think you should read it (and also learn, like I did, more about noir as a genre because it's fascinating): https://t.co/pjp2XZJwyD

Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

Just realized my latest review is up! I wrote about @donovanxramsey's excellent book, WHEN CRACK WAS KING: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era for NPR: https://t.co/MaV3xMhTfW

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Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

There's a bunch of books I love that are slim, poetic and/or experimental novels written by women, and I'm wondering suddenly if I have a type. (What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons; Those Who Knew by Idra Novey; & The Atlas of Reds and Blues by Devi S. Laskar)

Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

Real Americans is sprawling, employing three narrators and spanning decades…Who we are born as and become…are products of socialization as well as biology—and it is these invisible codes and instructions that Real Americans seeks to explore.

Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

For @nprbooks, I reviewed @DanaSchwartzzz newest book, ANATOMY: A LOVE STORY! (also I didn't cover this in the review because it's not the point but the cover designer deserves an award. It wasn't until I got the book that I realized the heart is a dress) https://www.npr.org/2022/01/27/1075750973/anatomy-is-a-gothic-love-story-stirring-up-mystery-and-medicine

Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

the novel, which manages to convey sweeping changes and painful events in families and nations through condensed, often lyrical language...“The Liberators”…explores how the past travels with us, and how we may find solace amid loss through relationships with others.

Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

I have started reading The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (had to check the order of those words because I always mess it up lol) by Tom Wolfe and I am fascinated and disturbed and also like...how have I never heard of the Merry Pranksters being covered by a cult podcast

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Ilana Masad (newly minted Ph.D.)

@AbbyHiggs Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey and I don't regret it for a second tbqh