Julia May Jonas Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Julia May Jonas

With her remarkable examination of American monoculture she tells a story about economics that’s neither poverty porn nor finance fantasy. Instead, it’s about the hows and whys of everyday consumerism and the insidious toll it takes on our lives.

Julia May Jonas

Oh oh oh happy pub day to @elisatamar for this glorious, hilarious, brutal baller of a book. Spending time with her main character felt like I was hanging out with my most brilliant and with-it friend—the rhythms of her prose seeped under my skin...

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@alienvsrobbins @KateCarraway “I don’t know what I said when I danced. Probably nothing. Probably, “I’m a pretty girl, I’m a pretty girl, I’m—” Mary Gaitskill, Veronica

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Since this is getting such traction I need to re-mention the source, which is John Lahr’s excellent biography of Tennessee Williams, Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, one of the best biographies I’ve read period. https://t.co/J7ldRt2AqS

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@HillaryKelly The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker captures low-level office-work mindset like no other

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Rereading Roth's The Human Stain for some research and like most other Zuckerman novels I forgot it was a Zuckerman novel. May we all find such useful and reusable frames.

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If you’re looking for something tense, terse, and mythic: Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss is wonderful, and the most unsettling novel I’ve read in a long time.

Julia May Jonas

Having to write character descriptions, have been told to consider a This Meets This model, and am so tempted to use (to those who will read this) obscure references only. “The mother from Fierce Attachments meets Bluets-era Maggie Nelson.”

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@JamesGleick @colsonwhitehead All the Dawn Powell’s, notably Turn, Magic Wheel.

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Happy belated pub day, to my friend @jasonwilliammcbride !! When he told me he was writing a biography of Kathy Acker I thought, well, there is nothing I’d rather read, and this book did not disappoint—she’s such an art beast inspiration.