Jonathan Russell Clark 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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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.

The Christie Affair
Nina De Gramont
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
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Please Report Your Bug Here
Josh Riedel
Hello, all! I reviewed Josh Riedel’s tech world satire Please Report Your Bug Here for @latimes https://t.co/1SICQYzDv8
Paperback, 2024
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The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020
Rachel Kushner
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
...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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The King of Infinite Space
Lyndsay Faye
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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Young Bloomsbury: The Generation That Redefined Love, Freedom, and Self-Expression in 1920s England
Nino Strachey
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
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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End of the World House
Adrienne Celt
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
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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Time of the Magicians: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reinvented Philosophy
Wolfram Eilenberger
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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