Jess Row 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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Novelist, essayist. Pronounced "Row": a British argument. He/him. My new novel, THE NEW EARTH, is coming in March 2023! Preorders and info at https://t.co/kpJTThnwIm
The Milagro Beanfield War
John NicholsJess Row@LalehKhalili Khoury’s Gate of the Sun, Malraux’s Man’s Fate, John Nichols’s The Milagro Beanfield War and The Magic Journey, Robert Stone’s A Flag for Sunrise, Conrad’s The Secret Agent, Chesterton’s The Man Who Was Thursday
Paperback, 2000
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Taipei People
Hsien-Yung PaiJess Row@rebeccamakkai The first suggestions I would make are Dung Kai-cheung’s ATLAS for Hong Kong and Pai Hsien-yung’s TAIPEI PEOPLE for Taiwan.
Paperback, 2000
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How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America
Rick FieldsJess Row@TylerAlterman Rick Fields's HOW THE SWANS CAME TO THE LAKE provides a useful short history of Trungpa's career. You should also read about the later history of Shambhala under the leadership of his son, Sakyong Mipham, which is its own sordid tale of abuse and secrecy.
Paperback, 2022
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The Saskiad
Brian HallJess Row@Mary_Beth_Keane Far Tortuga, Cold Mountain, As I Lay Dying, Soul Mountain (Gao Xingjian), Dog Soldiers, The Saskiad (Brian Hall), Life of Pi, Station Eleven, Severance
Paperback, 2021
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The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
Thich Nhat HanhJess Row南無阿彌陀佛. Thich Nhat Hanh has passed away. His book The Miracle of Mindfulness introduced me to meditation nearly 30 years ago. Beloved Thay, we will meet again. https://t.co/RuI28LrK3U
Paperback, 1999
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A Humument: A Treated Victorian Novel
Tom PhillipsJess RowOne of the first erasure texts and probably the most elaborate ever made. Everyone should have a chance to page through A Humument at least once. Tom Phillips, a true original, a.l.v.b. https://t.co/rYrcUDH3nA
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The Novel and the Problem of New Life
Aaron MatzJess Row@vincentscarpa @bleakhousing @DavidNaimon Antinatalism in fiction isn’t unusual—in fact my friend Aaron Matz published a great book about it last year, THE NOVEL AND THE PROBLEM OF NEW LIFE.
Paperback, 2022
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A Flag for Sunrise
Robert StoneJess Row@LalehKhalili Khoury’s Gate of the Sun, Malraux’s Man’s Fate, John Nichols’s The Milagro Beanfield War and The Magic Journey, Robert Stone’s A Flag for Sunrise, Conrad’s The Secret Agent, Chesterton’s The Man Who Was Thursday
Paperback, 1992
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Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
Toni MorrisonJess Row@John_Attridge Toni Morrison's Playing in the Dark and Calvino's Six Memos for the Next Millennium are up there too. I love invited-lecture books, because they're short and pithy. Kripke's Naming and Necessity is another good one.
Paperback, 1993
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Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
Cormac McCarthyJess RowMichael Herr’s blurb on the Vintage cover of Blood Meridian (“A classic American novel of regeneration through violence”) reminds me I was reading this book when Reservoir Dogs came out in 1992. https://t.co/62cGe4oQR4
Paperback, 1992
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