Jake Romm 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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Ugly Feelings
Sianne NgaiJake Romm@rolandbarfs Tom McCarthy - Remainder Walter Benjamin - Recent Writings Sianne Ngai - Stuplimity chapter of ugly feelings Kafka - The Castle Krasznahorkai - War and War
Paperback, 2007
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Symposium
PlatoJake Romm@saintsoftness Now that we’ve cut out all the gay stuff from the curriculum and restored classical education, we’ll be reading only classic works like Plato’s Symposium
Paperback, 2009
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Critical Models: Interventions and Catchwords
Theodor W. AdornoJake Romm@robin_VEVO @lakeeater pg. 90 https://t.co/YwttACYeKe Theodor W. Adorno, “The Meaning of Working Through the Past,” Critical Models: Interventions and Catchwords, trans. Henry W. Pickford (New York: Columbia University Press, 2005) 89-103.
Paperback, 2005
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Armand V
Dag SolstadJake Romm@__AustinAdams Dag Solstad: Armand V + Novel 11 Modiano: Young Once Aira: Fulgentius
Paperback, 2018
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The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View
Ellen Meiksins WoodJake RommAny good critiques out there of Ellen Meiksins Wood’s The Origin of Capitalism?
Paperback, 2017
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Tractatus
Elise HoucekJake RommI love when books are written specifically for me: "Tractatus...derives much of its nauseating comic power from the spectacle of a rationality so obsessive that it passes into the territory of the deranged, where it trespasses the limits of good taste." https://t.co/z6GKs0HplI
Paperback, 2022
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Come, Take a Gentle Stab: Selected Poems
Salim BarakatJake Romm"Come, Take a Gentle Stab" is one of the most exciting books of poetry I've ever read and definitely one of my favorite books of the year. Looking forward to many more Barakat translations. https://t.co/uDCre6tHXV
Hardcover, 2021
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Chasing Homer
László KrasznahorkaiJake RommThe wonderful people @strange_matters let me go long on Laszlo Krasznahorkai (the king, the 🐐), the "end of history", deformed subjectivity, and paranoia. So many thanks to @red_dilettante for his patience and incredible editing (@FrancesSteere too) https://t.co/UKPlx2EUPZ
Hardcover, 2021
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Homunculus
James WomackJake Romm@river_is_nice two great and relatively recent works: Deaf Republic - @ilya_poet https://t.co/FOseOzWMVM Homunculus - @lieutenantkije https://t.co/WoiE9bmEKo -- James Womack (same as above) also did a really excellent translation of some Mayakovsky: https://t.co/p5tNyAuwvE
Paperback, 2020
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Stranger by the Lake: Walk with us in the Places the Nazarene Loved
Monte C. FastJake RommReally great interview and further cementing my need to read a conversation between Hofman and Mark McKnight about Stranger by the Lake https://t.co/VcjtH5WFbJ
Paperback, 2001
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