just the pits Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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@Ofbooksandbikes Happy birthday! I’m still working through Fortunes of Feminism by Nancy Fraser and A Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys and I recommend both. https://t.co/tg6jsqJeNe

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The critics did a good job of highlighting this but it's worth repeating how in spite of all the silicon valley stuff, the real heart of Colin Winnette's Users is how fucking funny/harrowing the arguments are. https://t.co/J5VCdMtmOn

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Every Thomas Hardy novel is the best folk horror novel you've ever read.

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Happy to see that we're all discussing Helen DeWitt's Lightning Rods yet again. A great book!

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BTW the Indie Next deadline for Joseph Han's Nuclear Family is today. Nominate it if you enjoyed it as much as I did. https://t.co/LkSmciTzHs https://t.co/R3T1s2OgQ3

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Tomorrow night Meaghan is in conversation (in person!) with Elisa Shua Dusapin at @Powells discussing Winter in Sokcho. I'll be getting wrestled within an inch of my life by two small dudes. Don't let my sacrifice be in vain. https://t.co/e8KnatVYyo

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Was trying to read Williams on Matthew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy. Kept being interrupted by a small naked kid who needed me to release him from his pokeball and watch him do sweet kick attacks.

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I like this reading of Bitter Orange Tree. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/10/books/review/bitter-orange-tree-jokha-alharthi.html

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One of my favorite books of the year was Death by Landscape, fwiw. https://t.co/h11k8cx6eR

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New book of Snyder. A lot of unseen work and some uncollected favorites, including "Smokey the Bear Sutra" and "A Curse on the Men in Washington." https://twitter.com/CounterpointLLC/status/1483909209804533761