jourdain 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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Jourdain Searles is a writer, comedian and podcaster. comic & critic • bylines @thr @okayplayer @vulture @bitchmedia @thrillist • programmer @outfest • cohost @badromancepod, she/her • jourdainwrites@gmail.com

The Bloody Chamber: And Other Stories: 75th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Angela Carter
intro w/ 7 books the color purple (alice walker) play it as it lays (joan didion) playing in the dark (toni morrison) their eyes were watching god (ZNH) the devil finds work (james baldwin) the bloody chamber (angela carter) bastard out of carolina (dorothy allison) https://t.co/mSy9OXjVnt
Paperback, 2015
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The Devil Finds Work: An Essay
James Baldwin
intro w/ 7 books the color purple (alice walker) play it as it lays (joan didion) playing in the dark (toni morrison) their eyes were watching god (ZNH) the devil finds work (james baldwin) the bloody chamber (angela carter) bastard out of carolina (dorothy allison) https://t.co/mSy9OXjVnt
Paperback, 2011
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Inside Out: A Memoir
Demi Moore
demi moore's memoir INSIDE OUT is great for so many reasons but one thing that really struck me is how candid she is about how directors spoke to her and how it fueled her eating disorder.
Paperback, 2020
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Tell Me I'm Worthless
Alison Rumfitt
the best new book i read in 2022 was Tell Me I’m Worthless by the brilliant @hangsawoman https://t.co/TwfCNJIeFl
Paperback, 2023
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Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father
Alysia Abbott
FAIRYLAND: it’s hard to pack so much life into a relatively short film runtime, but andrew durham does the best he can adapting alysia abbott’s book about her life with her father. really lovely, heartfelt work from scoot mcnairy. #sundance
Paperback, 2014
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The Color Purple
Alice Walker
intro w/ 7 books the color purple (alice walker) play it as it lays (joan didion) playing in the dark (toni morrison) their eyes were watching god (ZNH) the devil finds work (james baldwin) the bloody chamber (angela carter) bastard out of carolina (dorothy allison) https://t.co/mSy9OXjVnt
Paperback, 2019
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The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
in the next room (or the vibrator play) by sarah ruhl intimate apparel by lynn nottage the bell jar by sylvia plath there’s also this less-known YA book called BREATHE MY NAME that I think would make a great movie (also would kind of love an adaptation of MEDEA) https://t.co/dFj5KzkDjh
Paperback, 2005
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The Moviegoer
Walker Percy
read walker percy’s the moviegoer. ernest j gaines’s the autobiography of miss jane pittman. I didn’t like kate chopin’s the awakening when i read it in high school, but I think it’s important within the context of early feminist lit. may reread.
Paperback, 2019
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Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Ed Graczyk
some films leaving @criterionchannl at the EOY to prioritize: millennium actress the innocents the black power mixtape the grand bizarre belladonna of sadness alice the wolf house living in oblivion to sleep with anger come back to the 5 & dime, jimmy dean, jimmy dean
Paperback, 2010
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Stargirl
Jerry Spinelli
stargirl by jerry spinelli. the cover was going to be my first tattoo but i’m still not sure where to put it lol https://t.co/VNTCmUto2J
Paperback, 2002
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