JD Wilson 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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Director, University of Alabama Press @UnivofALPress. Vegemite lover. Bringing back "Alabaman." The opinions here are mine or my dog Nigel's.

A Death in Harlem
Karla Fc Holloway
NUP is honored and thrilled to have Karla @ProfHolloway's second novel, "Gone Missing in Harlem." Check out the trailer and homepage feature. Her first, "A Death in Harlem," also a bestselling page-turner! https://twitter.com/ProfHolloway/status/1371869472890482692
Paperback, 2019
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Little Armageddon: Poems
Gregory Fraser
Congratulations to Greg Fraser from @UnivWestGa whose "Little Armageddon" is New & Noteworthy Poetry at @nytimesbooks! @NorthwesternUP https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/books/review/new-this-week.html?smid=tw-share
Paperback, 2021
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Politics of Black Joy: Zora Neale Hurston and Neo-Abolitionism
Lindsey Stewart
Sign up to hear Lindsey Stewart @Llstewart25Gm, author of "The Politics of Black Joy and Zora Neale Hurston's Legacy," discuss Hurston's political theory and philosophy! @NorthwesternUP @ProjectHBW https://t.co/DpeUOaeEnd https://t.co/jnYe5QGSGb
Paperback, 2021
$38.00$19.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Legacy
Winston Hardegree
Sign up to hear Lindsey Stewart @Llstewart25Gm, author of "The Politics of Black Joy and Zora Neale Hurston's Legacy," discuss Hurston's political theory and philosophy! @NorthwesternUP @ProjectHBW https://nupress.northwestern.edu/event/the-politics-of-black-joy-and-zora-neale-hurstons-legacy/ https://t.co/jnYe5QGSGb
Hardcover, 2007
$28.95$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gone Missing in Harlem
Karla Fc Holloway
Brava @ProfHolloway, whose "Gone Missing in Harlem" is a highlight in this week's @nytimesbooks Crime section! @NorthwesternUP He’s a Murderer, a Stalker, a Creep — and an Entertaining Narrator https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/books/review/crime-fiction-caroline-kepnes-you-love-me.html?smid=tw-share
Paperback, 2021
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
What Water Knows: Poems
Jacqueline Jones Lamon
Poetry lovers, check out Jacqueline Jones LaMon's "What Water Knows" from @NorthwesternUP, "an ambitious, stirring collection." https://t.co/1iBNUjSTtS via @publisherswkly
Paperback, 2021
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Polish Literature and the Holocaust: Eyewitness Testimonies, 1942-1947
Rachel Feldhay Brenner
@NorthwesternUP is sad to say good-bye to the luminous Rachel Feldhay Brenner of @UWJewishStudies and author of "Polish Literature and the Holocaust." https://t.co/boad7I1e7H https://t.co/qbcPv4Evvq
Paperback, 2019
$38.00$19.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ascension
Steve Tomasula
Congrats to @FCtwo's Steve Tomasula, whose "Ascension" is a finalist for @ForewordReviews 2022 Indies Sci-fi award! https://t.co/6kTqovDGG2
Paperback, 2022
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How Women Must Write: Inventing the Russian Woman Poet
Olga Peters Hasty
Petition to replace blurbs with Prince lyrics: How Women Must Write: Inventing the Russian Woman Poet by Olga Peters Hasty "You don't have to watch 'Dynasty' to have an attitude." —Prince https://t.co/PAhp49olu9
Hardcover, 2019
$120.00$95.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
A Far Cry from Kensington
Muriel Spark
@thunder_rhoda Muriel Spark’s “A Far Cry from Kensington.”
Paperback, 2014
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book