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Jonathan Russell Clark Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Jonathan Russell Clark is a book critic and author. Columnist: Tasteful Rude. Author: AN OASIS OF HORROR IN A DESERT OF BOREDOM and SKATEBOARD. Book critic: NY Times, LA Times, Boston Globe, Esquire, et al.

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Book Cover for: The Christie Affair, Nina De Gramont

The Christie Affair

Nina De Gramont
Jonathan Russell ClarkJonathan Russell Clark

Happy pub day to @NinadeGramont’s THE CHRISTIE AFFAIR! Nina is an excellent teacher, a beautiful writer, and a wonderful human. And now a @ReesesBookClub pick! So thrilled for you, Nina! https://twitter.com/ReesesBookClub/status/1488613742740865025

Paperback, 2023

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Please Report Your Bug Here

Josh Riedel
Jonathan Russell ClarkJonathan Russell Clark

Hello, all! I reviewed Josh Riedel’s tech world satire Please Report Your Bug Here for @latimes https://t.co/1SICQYzDv8

Paperback, 2024

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020

Rachel Kushner
Jonathan Russell ClarkJonathan Russell Clark

In the gorgeous new issue of @Gulf_Coast, I reviewed two excellent essays collections—Helen Macdonald’s VESPER FLIGHTS and Rachel Kushner’s THE HARD CROWD. Also featuring work by @fannychoir @PaigeQuinoneszs @egabbert https://t.co/DmId2OOp8w

Paperback, 2022

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Mount Chicago

Adam Levin
Jonathan Russell ClarkJonathan Russell Clark

...a comedian, a mayor, and an aide grappling with the fallout of a giant sinkhole swallowing an enormous chunk of Chicago... stuffed to the brim with digressions, asides, varying points of view, nonlinearity, monologues, and all manner of other fictive techniques.

Paperback, 2023

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Book Cover for: The King of Infinite Space, Lyndsay Faye

The King of Infinite Space

Lyndsay Faye
Jonathan Russell ClarkJonathan Russell Clark

I reviewed Lyndsay Faye’s delightful and hilarious and lovely Hamlet retelling “The King of Infinite Space” for the @latimes https://t.co/50nbXwapZq

Paperback, 2022

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Book Cover for: Young Bloomsbury: The Generation That Redefined Love, Freedom, and Self-Expression in 1920s England, Nino Strachey

Young Bloomsbury: The Generation That Redefined Love, Freedom, and Self-Expression in 1920s England

Nino Strachey
Jonathan Russell ClarkJonathan Russell Clark

For @StarTribune, I reviewed Nino Strachey’s very good YOUNG BLOOMSBURY, which highlights some lesser known figures of the famed group of creatives and intellectuals but could have gone deeper and longer https://t.co/rh4gL4ZA99

Paperback, 2023

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Besiege Me

Nicholas Wong
Jonathan Russell ClarkJonathan Russell Clark

For @Salamander_Mag, I reviewed three collections of poetry: Carrie Bennett’s LOST LETTERS AND OTHER ANIMALS, Nicholas Wong’s BESIEGE ME, and Mark Leidner’s RETURNING THE SWORD TO THE STONE. https://t.co/MKrYY9s2cW

Paperback, 2021

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Book Cover for: End of the World House, Adrienne Celt

End of the World House

Adrienne Celt
Jonathan Russell ClarkJonathan Russell Clark

I reviewed Adrienne Celt’s apocalyptic time-loop novel “End of the World House” for @latimes https://t.co/yOlOTGPuRB

Paperback, 2023

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Cult Classic

Sloane Crosley
Jonathan Russell ClarkJonathan Russell Clark

For @latimes I reviewed Sloane Crosley’s funny and insightful second novel Cult Classic. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2022-06-03/review-all-her-exes-live-in-chinatown-sloane-crosley-romantic-chaos-caper-cult-classic?_amp=true

Paperback, 2023

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Book Cover for: Time of the Magicians: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reinvented Philosophy, Wolfram Eilenberger

Time of the Magicians: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reinvented Philosophy

Wolfram Eilenberger
Jonathan Russell ClarkJonathan Russell Clark

In the Summer issue of @GeorgiaReview, I reviewed Wolfram Eilenberger’s TIME OF THE MAGICIANS and Claire Messud’s KANT’S LITTLE PRUSSIAN HEAD AND OTHER REASONS I WRITE. https://t.co/ggWkTel6w0

Paperback, 2021

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