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Lee Mandelo Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Lee Mandelo is a writer and critic. phd candidate in gender studies - critic - writer of books (gay southern gothic ‘Summer Sons’ & bad vibes queer sf ‘Feed Them Silence’). he/him

15 books
Book Cover for: Love in the Big City, Sang Young Park

Love in the Big City

Sang Young Park
Lee MandeloLee Mandelo

“Love in the Big City” was one of my favorite books last year, I’m so excited to see it get an adaptation!! https://t.co/AYhBAswmNV

Paperback, 2022

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: On the Inconvenience of Other People, Lauren Berlant

On the Inconvenience of Other People

Lauren Berlant
Lee MandeloLee Mandelo

The struggle: wanting to read the new Lauren Berlant book, ‘On the Inconvenience of Other People,’ but held back by the knowledge it’ll be the last new Lauren Berlant book I ever get to read

Paperback, 2022

$25.95$12.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: How to Sell a Haunted House, Grady Hendrix

How to Sell a Haunted House

Grady Hendrix
Lee MandeloLee Mandelo

How to Sell a Haunted House is the first thing I’ve read by Hendrix—and I had so much fun! The novel reminded me of the frenetic, compulsive energy that propelled me through pulp horror paperbacks as a kid, except cleverly updated for a contemporary adult audience.

Paperback, 2024

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Walking Practice, Dolki Min

Walking Practice

Dolki Min
Lee MandeloLee Mandelo

Check out this lil‘ Pride Month reading round-up essay!! Including my favorite book of the year so far, Dolki Min’s absolutely fucking amazing “Walking Practice” ✨✨ https://t.co/SriRKJpIoj

Paperback, 2024

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Bad Gays: A Homosexual History, Huw Lemmey

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

Huw Lemmey
Lee MandeloLee Mandelo

Oh, hey, my review of “Bad Gays: A Homosexual History” by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller (@badgayspod) has gone live in GLQ from @DukePress!!

Paperback, 2023

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Terrible We: Thinking with Trans Maladjustment, Cameron Awkward-Rich

The Terrible We: Thinking with Trans Maladjustment

Cameron Awkward-Rich
Lee MandeloLee Mandelo

Afternoon research reading today: ‘The Terrible We’ by Cameron Awkward-Rich!! Had a great time with this book, especially the ways Awkward-Rich draws connections between and across trans studies, disability studies, queer studies etc. https://t.co/TwA0JYmQpW

Paperback, 2022

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Screw Consent: A Better Politics of Sexual Justice, Joseph J. Fischel

Screw Consent: A Better Politics of Sexual Justice

Joseph J. Fischel
Lee MandeloLee Mandelo

Finished Joseph Fischel’s ‘Screw Consent: A Better Politics of Sexual Justice’ and enjoyed it! A thoughtful analysis of all the ways “consent” as sole & singular metric often seriously fails to protect against harm while impoverishing an already depressingly-bad sexual culture. https://t.co/iOIcO9LaIv

Paperback, 2019

$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays, Kiese Laymon

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays

Kiese Laymon
Lee MandeloLee Mandelo

Also, read Kiese Laymon’s “How to Kill Yourself and Others in America (Revised Edition)” on the flights and it’s so fucking great—definitely will be assigning essays from it in future coursework https://t.co/wB22UEHVt1

Paperback, 2020

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Punks, John Keene

Punks

John Keene
Lee MandeloLee Mandelo

Reading some John Keene today, like these two pieces from ‘Punks: New & Selected Poems’ https://t.co/V56OJ4Ailp

Paperback, 2021

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Racial Erotics: Gay Men of Color, Sexual Racism, and the Politics of Desire, C. Winter Han

Racial Erotics: Gay Men of Color, Sexual Racism, and the Politics of Desire

C. Winter Han
Lee MandeloLee Mandelo

Dissertation reading continues apace with ‘Racial Erotics: Gay Men of Color, Sexual Racism, and the Politics of Desire’ by C. Winter Han (2021) https://t.co/o5lNCZepTT

Hardcover, 2021

$110.00$85.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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