Julia Ridley Smith Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Stories: SEX ROMP GONE WRONG, forthcoming @BlairPublisher Memoir: THE SUM OF TRIFLES, @UGAPress Repped by @frecklywench Teaches at UNC Chapel Hill she/hers

The Sum of Her Parts: Essays
Siân Griffiths
Excited to talk with Siân Griffiths @BorrowedHorses about THE SUM OF HER PARTS, her @UGAPress essay collection focused on women's body parts and the roles/parts women play. Hosted by @PorchTN on Zoom, 9/8. Free registration.
Paperback, 2022
$21.95Member price:$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Witch of Eye
Kathryn Nuernberger
@nonsuchbook Windswept by @annabelabbs Art for the Ladylike, Whitney Otto The Baby on the fire Escape, Julie Phillips Flash County Diary, Darcey Steinke Dear Memory, Victoria Chang The Witch of Eye, Kathryn Nuernberger
Paperback, 2021
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Kids in America: A Gen X Reckoning
Liz Prato
Zoom with @Liz_Prato and @saribotton hosted by @katiekosma would've been worth it for the slide shows alone--so many GenX memories. Looking forward to getting my copies of Liz's Kids in America: A GenX Reckoning and Sari's And You May Find Yourself... Thanks, y'all!
Paperback, 2022
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Between Lives: An Artist and Her World
Dorothea Tanning
@MaureenLangloss Between Lives by Dorothea Tanning
Paperback, 2011
$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Art for the Ladylike: An Autobiography Through Other Lives Volume 1
Whitney Otto
@nonsuchbook Windswept by @annabelabbs Art for the Ladylike, Whitney Otto The Baby on the fire Escape, Julie Phillips Flash County Diary, Darcey Steinke Dear Memory, Victoria Chang The Witch of Eye, Kathryn Nuernberger
Paperback, 2021
$23.95Member price:$11.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Antipodes: Stories
Holly Goddard Jones
Loving Evan Fackler's interview with Holly Goddard Jones at Adroit Journal, talking about her very excellent new story collection ANTIPODES. I've read it once and am looking forward to rereading and teaching these stories in the future. https://t.co/owzua7XiRw
Paperback, 2022
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Jenny Odell
Excited for new book by Jenny Odell @the_jennitaur. I loved How to Do Nothing, and as I near a big birthday, I am thinking even more about time . . . https://t.co/EySJpdZb6H
Hardcover, 2019
$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Sum of Trifles
Julia Ridley Smith
Thanks to @lesliepwriter for including my memoir The Sum of Trifles in her list and calling it her most recommended book of 2022. 🥰📚 https://t.co/EBK1U51jQW
Paperback, 2021
$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem
Julie Phillips
@nonsuchbook Windswept by @annabelabbs Art for the Ladylike, Whitney Otto The Baby on the fire Escape, Julie Phillips Flash County Diary, Darcey Steinke Dear Memory, Victoria Chang The Witch of Eye, Kathryn Nuernberger
Paperback, 2023
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Guild of the Infant Saviour: An Adopted Child's Memory Book Volume 1
Megan Culhane Galbraith
So moved by The Guild of the Infant Saviour by @megangalbraith. Wowed by how she pursues her questions through making art & writing. Also feel like it helped me understand my adopted friends a bit better. #FridayReads https://t.co/Y5AlfXn0JW
Paperback, 2021
$21.95Member price:$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book