M. Leona Godin Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
M. Leona Godin on XWriter, performer. Author of There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness from @PantheonBooks. Founding editor @ArPoMag. 🧑🦯😎

Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity
Erving GoffmanSuper stoked to publish this article by friend, fellow blind author, and the one and only, Jim Knipfel, about books, blindness, stigma and the great sociologist, Erving Goffman... “All the World’s a Stage: Thoughts on Erving Goffman” by Jim Knipfel https://t.co/PLOI8Y0JWn
Paperback, 1986
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Plant Hunter: A Scientist's Quest for Nature's Next Medicines
Cassandra Leah QuaveHuge thanks (and healing wishes) to Alice Wong @SFdirewolf for alerting me to The Plant Hunter, a great scientific memoir about diversity, disability, and more by Cassandra Leah Quave @QuaveEthnobot! #HappyDisability Pride Month #EbooksAreAccessibleBooks https://t.co/nFyVKIAvUB https://t.co/z10azUFWN5
Paperback, 2022
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie GarmusI’m not a huge fan of writing book reviews for books I love because my head explodes at the thought of trying to say it all without giving anything away… Enter the footnote! Here’s my first... Footnote on ‘Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel’ by Bonnie Garmus https://drmlgodin.com/2022/06/footnote-on-lessons-in-chemistry-a-novel-by-bonnie-garmus/
Hardcover, 2022
$29.00Member price:$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness
M. Leona GodinDelightful to chat with the brilliant Maggie Nelson at the @BrailleInst last Wed! Perhaps the best moment came when the crowd and I gave her a Braille lesson with the hand-Brailled copy of #TherePlantEyes! Thanks to @ChevaliersBooks for supporting the LA event with books! https://t.co/2ngSlSEAtr
Hardcover, Large Print, 2021
$37.95Member price:$18.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book