Los Angeles Review of Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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River Spirit
Leila AboulelaLos Angeles Review of Books"'River Spirit' is a story about how within the contingencies that birth a revolution lies dormant the means of its own undoing." Farah Bakaari (@farahbakaari) reviews Leila Aboulela’s “River Spirit,” a historical epic set in 19th-century Sudan. https://t.co/LuXJGgnHKI https://t.co/hXOyJJnZLX
Paperback, 2024
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Your Nearness
Forrest GanderLos Angeles Review of BooksSusan McCabe reviews Jody Gladding’s “I entered without words” and Forrest Gander’s “Your Nearness”: "Gander delves far into grief to love what is yet alive." https://t.co/YEdZoKjZ6i https://t.co/638PE72Fkt
Paperback, 2022
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In a Few Minutes Before Later
Brenda HillmanLos Angeles Review of Books"In poem after poem, paradox, contradiction, and intuitive insight become her favored forms of protest." Forrest Gander reviews Brenda Hillman's poetry collection "In a Few Minutes Before Later." https://t.co/3XhVJiec6u https://t.co/XexhDetsGc
Paperback, 2024
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Best Barbarian: Poems
Roger ReevesLos Angeles Review of Books"He is a big thinker and a global writer—it is one of the great features of this book." @VChangPoet and @deanrader consider “Best Barbarian,” a collection of poems by Roger Reeves. https://t.co/0JkKaxoadB https://t.co/O7avnroqUl
Paperback, 2023
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The First Populist: The Defiant Life of Andrew Jackson
David S. BrownLos Angeles Review of Books"'The First Populist' offers a complex portrait of Jackson, one that escapes the simplifications of polemic or hagiography." @DanielGullotta reviews David S. Brown’s new biography, “The First Populist: The Defiant Life of Andrew Jackson.” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/pragmatic-and-passionate-cunning-and-callous-on-david-s-browns-the-first-populist-the-defiant-life-of-andrew-jackson/ https://t.co/3Q7NDSkENm
Paperback, 2023
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Planes
Peter C. BakerLos Angeles Review of Books“Most readers, I would think, will drop the novel in their laps with a jolt of self-recognition. What an indictment of our politics of care, which can never throw off the shackles of self-interest.“ Toral Jatin Gajarawala on Peter C. Baker’s “Planes.” https://t.co/BVLGUVuNey
Paperback, 2023
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Avalon
Nell ZinkLos Angeles Review of BooksOn this week's #LARBRadioHour, author @nellzink joins Eric Newman and Kate Wolf to talk about her latest novel, "Avalon." https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/nell-zinks-avalon/ https://t.co/sQgNTzjO8t
Paperback, 2023
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The Making of the Modern Philippines: Pieces of a Jigsaw State
Philip BowringLos Angeles Review of Books"'The Making of the Modern Philippines: Pieces of a Jigsaw State' takes on the turbulent 500-year history of one of Southeast Asia’s least understood and most unappreciated countries." Luisita Lopez Torregrosa (@luisitalt) reviews Philip Bowring’s newest. https://t.co/UbUy0lUV0D https://t.co/JE7YUj5L0h
Hardcover, 2022
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Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott
Marsha GordonLos Angeles Review of Books“Gordon’s tone is warm but unsentimental (as was Parrott herself), occasionally displaying a subtle and welcome bit of cheek or zing befitting her subject.” @sobsey reviews Marsha Gordon’s biography of Ursula Parrott, “Becoming the Ex-Wife." https://t.co/YxyHquFsRg https://t.co/7szwmFVzG7
Hardcover, 2023
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Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs
Greil MarcusLos Angeles Review of BooksThe new Bob Dylan biography by @GreilMarcusNET combines "the most candid sort of memoirist prose with truly inspired commentary," wrote @JoyceCarolOates – @GreilMarcusNET discusses “Folk Music" on @thenation podcast w/ @JonWiener1 https://t.co/84BRX3FxqI @yalepress https://t.co/ni0Bji14Ot
Paperback, 2023
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