LIT Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, & Other Mixed Messages
Carina Chocano
@Carina_Chocano pulled up to talk about her new essay collection, You Play the Girl (@HMHbooks) Her episode drops Friday! https://t.co/lLO6pZOrA3
Paperback, 2017
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Miles Morales: Spider-Man
Jason Reynolds
Jason Reynolds on Langston Hughes, Writing Spider-Man, and Putting Respe... https://t.co/IY7Fi3DZjW
Paperback, 2018
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Changeling
Victor Lavalle
@victorlavalle on the origins of his new novel, The Changeling (@SPIEGELandGRAU) Full episode below: https://t.co/XphRbqoObN https://t.co/lZswbryJL2
Paperback, 2018
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America
Darnell L. Moore
We’ve been gone way too long, but we’re backkkkk—and there’s no one we could think of rekindling this flame with than @Moore_Darnell, whose critical memoir No Ashes in The Fire (@imprintonfire) is available in book stores now. His episode drops 8/15, stay tuned 📺 #litplatform https://t.co/GxIXy8ozye
Paperback, 2019
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Turner House
Angela Flournoy
Back like we never left! Novelist @angelaflournoy pulls up to chop it up about her novel, The Turner House (@HMHbooks) segregated school systems and more! https://t.co/VpRXatqCLr
Paperback, 2016
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family
Mitchell Jackson
Writer @MitchSJackson pulled up to the studio today to chop it up with @yahdon about his forthcoming book, Survival Math (@ScribnerBooks) 🔥 https://t.co/NkS0d9yBjp
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Build Yourself a Boat
Camonghne Felix
Poet @KamoneFromPluto pulled to LIT to talk about her chapbook, Yolk (@penmanshipbooks) and her new poetry collection, Build Yourself a Boat https://t.co/kwcR0uPXrH
Paperback, 2019
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Candy King: Special Edition Verse 1: The Candy Game
Marcus Mafematics Johnson
Marcus ‘Mafematics’ Johnson talked about his children’s book The Candy King on LIT https://t.co/loIiNvbZrJ
Paperback, 2017
$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Burning Girl
Claire Messud
Claire Messud pulled up to LIT to talk about her latest novel, The Burning Girl (@wwnorton) 🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/UzNyBnkzaE
Paperback, 2018
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter
Aja Monet
Another One: Aja Monet on My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter, Poetry, Obama, and Giving Her Regards to Brooklyn https://t.co/4aF8gSAVHB
Paperback, 2017
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book