Jenny Shank 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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Jenny Shank is a writer. One of the Jenfolk. books: MIXED COMPANY & THE RINGER teach: @MileHighMFA | words: @TheAtlantic @McSweeneys @washingtonpost https://t.co/QfL7hoEZks
Alpha: Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy Seals
David PhilippsJenny ShankCongratulations to @David_Philipps who I just met at the bar, and who just won the @cohumanities Colorado Book Award for biography for Alpha: Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy Seals. https://t.co/CWETREcV7p
Paperback, 2022
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga TokarczukJenny Shank@AlexisSchaitkin Olga Tokarczuk's "Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead" and Jonathan Evison's "This is Your Life, Harriet Chance!"
Paperback, 2020
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The House of Doors
Tan Twan EngJenny ShankPropelled by fascinating characters, the tension over their gradual revelations and Eng's exquisite writing... [he has] crafted an arresting, melancholy story about romantic complications, in a time and place when customs and law placed strict limits on whom one could love.
Hardcover, 2023
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How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
Angie CruzJenny ShankI wrote about two wonderful novels--Michelle Gallen's FACTORY GIRLS and Angie Cruz's HOW NOT TO DROWN IN A GLASS OF WATER for @americamag: https://t.co/xwCees0Boa
Paperback, 2023
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Friday Black
Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahJenny Shank@AdrienneLaF A 3-way tie between Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's "Friday Black," Jess Walter's "Beautiful Ruins," and Jesmyn Ward's "Salvage the Bones."
Paperback, 2018
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Sam: A Read with Jenna Pick
Allegra GoodmanJenny ShankFor the @StarTribune, I wrote about Allegra Goodman's new novel SAM, about a straightforward girl who suffers hard knocks and learns to climb rocks as she undergoes the traumas and revelations of growing up: https://t.co/X1H0G026uS
Paperback, 2023
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The Ninth Hour
Alice McDermottJenny Shank@henry_iblis @legroff Ron Hansen's "Mariette in Ecstasy" is really good (and wild). Alice McDermott's "The Ninth Hour." Claire Luchette's "Agatha of Little Neon." I guess I read more about nuns than preachers. I will have to think about that!
Paperback, 2023
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Our Souls at Night
Kent HarufJenny Shank@jenstjude Kent Haruf's final novel, "Our Souls at Night." So lovely.
Paperback, 2016
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Factory Girls
Michelle GallenJenny ShankMy #FridayReads is FACTORY GIRLS by Michelle Gallen. It's a hilarious and devastating story of three teenage friends in Northern Ireland in the '90s, working at a shirt factory while they wait for the exam results that will determine if they can leave town. https://t.co/pKyf22J9rW
Paperback, 2022
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Empty Bed Blues: Stories
George GarrettJenny ShankThe first slot goes to my story collection, MIXED COMPANY. I'd been working on the stories in it for decades. In February, I learned it won the George Garrett Fiction Prize, and here it is! https://t.co/O1C9jko28A
Other Merchandise, 2006
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