James Wolcott 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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Author of the memoir Lucking Out and the nonfiction collection Critical Mass, contributor to Air Mail, London Review of Books, and Liberties. Strictly Democrat.
Now Beacon, Now Sea: A Son's Memoir
Christopher SorrentinoJames WolcottRecent reading: Dad Says He Saw You at the Mall* by Ken Sparling (novel) Current Reading: Now Beacon, Now Sea by Christopher Sorrentino (memoir) Next up: Filthy Animals by @blgtylr (stories) *2nd favorite novel title ever after Casanova's Chinese Restaurant (Anthony Powell)
Paperback, 2022
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Maigret
Georges SimenonJames WolcottCurrently reading Cecile Is Dead by the master, Georges Simenon. #Maigret
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The Vanishing: Faith, Loss, and the Twilight of Christianity in the Land of the Prophets
Janine Di GiovanniJames WolcottGreat job of reporting, imbued with history and empathy, congratulations and commendations all around. Also recommend di Giovanni's The Vanishing, which I'm reading now. https://twitter.com/janinedigi/status/1485980985997078535
Hardcover, 2021
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wayback
Sam BattermanJames WolcottHighly recommended by me, a Nancy Lemann fan from Way Back… Yodeling into a Canyon: A Conversation with Nancy Lemann - The Paris Review https://t.co/kPIWt7okLF
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An Essay On Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons: With Proper Rule for Preventing Their Fatal Consequences and Instructions for Their
Samuel Auguste David TissotJames WolcottBlights of the Bookish: *An Essay on Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons* (1768) https://t.co/K3Z3DlsED0
Hardcover, 2015
$31.95Member price:$28.75 + Free shipping10% off
The Blacks: And Other Joys of Sexual Intimacy
Jean GenetJames WolcottImagine time-machining to 1961 & being able to catch the original off-B'way production of Genet's The Blacks w/ a cast that includes Roscoe Lee Browne, James Earl Jones, Lou Gossett, Raymond St. Jacques, Cicely Tyson, Godfrey Cambridge, &...Maya Angelou. I mean, wow; triple wow.
Paperback, 1994
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In America: A Lexicon of Fashion
Andrew BoltonJames WolcottObscured by the folderol of the Met Gala is the come-one, come-all ambitious, organizationally daring Costume Institute's exhibition "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, reviewed by Laura Jacobs. https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-america-a-lexicon-of-fashion-metropolitan-museum-of-art-costume-institute-ralph-lauren-halston-claire-mccardell-serendipity-puppets-and-puppets-bonnie-cashin-michael-kors-tommy-hilfiger-11631912513
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The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous Dynasty
Natalie LivingstoneJames WolcottListening to The Spectator's Book Club podcast interview with Natalie Livingstone about her new book The Women of Rothschild. Miriam Rothschild's passionate interest in fleas inspires me to learn more about her & them. https://t.co/kMVznwuLHL
Hardcover, 2022
$39.99Member price:$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beat Writers at Work: The Paris Review
Paris ReviewJames WolcottHighly recommended by me, a Nancy Lemann fan from Way Back… Yodeling into a Canyon: A Conversation with Nancy Lemann - The Paris Review https://t.co/kPIWt7okLF
Paperback, 1999
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book