Kathleen Rooney Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Kathleen Rooney

I got to write about Edna Ferber's underrated novel of "old maids," THE GIRLS, for @JSTOR_Daily! Also, don't miss the @belt_publishing reissue of the novel with my introduction, forthcoming later this spring! https://t.co/iSarvoXJfl

Kathleen Rooney

@alyssaharad Deeper. It reminds me of Toni Morrison's "Recitatif" & how that story deliberately avoids stating either main characters' race. SPHINX was written in French, so the absence of not only pronouns but gendered verbs is impressive.

Kathleen Rooney

Also WINTER IN THE BLOOD by James Welch. So many choices!

Kathleen Rooney

I got to review THE ENORMOUS ROOM, E. E. Cummings’ World War I novel reissued by @nyrbclassics, for @TheTLS: https://t.co/UJQtMZAMxp

Kathleen Rooney

"As engrossing as a dream, the novel uses the literal and metaphorical associations of waking and sleeping to explore the efficacy of political awareness." I got to review Dorothy Tse's novel OWLISH from @GraywolfPress for the @StarTribune https://t.co/eVyQR77x6u

Kathleen Rooney

@TheBookMaven The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch!

Kathleen Rooney

@caromacon So delicious! Also, Herman Melville mentions the Esopus in “Bartleby the Scrivener”!

Kathleen Rooney

"The perspective is very obvious in a grid kind of place like Chicago." I got to interview graphic novelist Nick Drnaso about his new book ACTING CLASS from @DandQ for @ChicagoMag: https://t.co/k3mNIn2S9y

Kathleen Rooney

"It's captivating to read about luckless individuals questionably matched to their calamitous circumstances..." I got to review Murray Lee's survival novel COMPASS for @StarTribune / @StribBooks https://t.co/cRZcyNrmvi

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Kathleen Rooney

"Writing down one's observations inevitably causes the observer to pay closer attention to the circumstances being observed..." I got to review the re-issue of Alba de Céspedes' FORBIDDEN NOTEBOOK for @StribBooks / @StarTribune! https://t.co/PL4y94rr38