kat chow Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Kat Chow is a writer and a journalist. SEEING GHOSTS, out now via @grandcentralpub. ✨ hardly on here. repped by Jin Auh of The Wylie Agency.

Fleishman Is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
I feel like your mileage on this show will vary whether or not you loved the book and if you have real interest and empathy in this story, which, yes, is about marriage but is really about... aging, upper-middle-class Jewish New Yorkers.
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
With Teeth
Kristen Arnett
I would read @Kristen_Arnett’s writing about anything & MOSTLY DEAD THINGS was iconic & WITH TEETH does not disappoint https://t.co/OJCsmkYMoP
Paperback, 2022
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown
Taylor Harris
This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown (out Jan. 11) by @thurris has been on my list for a while and looks very compelling https://t.co/FRylRv8BkY
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home
Jami Attenberg
I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home (out Jan. 11) by @jamiattenberg is a tender and beautiful memoir for anyone, especially writers https://t.co/bECPymEcBU
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mostly Dead Things
Kristen Arnett
I would read @Kristen_Arnett’s writing about anything & MOSTLY DEAD THINGS was iconic & WITH TEETH does not disappoint https://t.co/OJCsmkYMoP
Paperback, 2020
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time
Natalie Hodges
I wrote about three striking memoirs in essays for @nytimesbooks: Samantha Hunt's THE UNWRITTEN BOOK, Natalie Hodges' UNCOMMON MEASURE and Ashley Marie Farmer's DEAR DAMAGE https://t.co/M3XXxshkDQ
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir
Kat Chow
RT @amyguay_: reading (and reviewing!) SEEING GHOSTS by @katchow was an intellectual and moving pleasure. thank you @emmasarappo for the ed…
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dear Damage
Ashley Marie Farmer
I wrote about three striking memoirs in essays for @nytimesbooks: Samantha Hunt's THE UNWRITTEN BOOK, Natalie Hodges' UNCOMMON MEASURE and Ashley Marie Farmer's DEAR DAMAGE https://t.co/M3XXxshkDQ
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
Sabrina Imbler
holy wow @aznfusion’s HOW FAR THE LIGHT REACHES is one of my favorite books of the year and it’s not even out yet. I’ll be thinking about these essays for years https://t.co/3L8V8fGlCA
Paperback, 2024
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Unwritten Book: An Investigation
Samantha Hunt
I wrote about three striking memoirs in essays for @nytimesbooks: Samantha Hunt's THE UNWRITTEN BOOK, Natalie Hodges' UNCOMMON MEASURE and Ashley Marie Farmer's DEAR DAMAGE https://t.co/M3XXxshkDQ
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book