Maeve Higgins Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Unlegendary Heroes
Mary O'DonnellMaeve HigginsThis is the first ep! I'm joined by visual artist and printmaker Geraldine O’Reilly and writer Mary O’Donnell, both members of Aosdána. We discuss 'Unlegendary Heroes', a work by Geraldine based on Mary's poetry collection of the same name - currently being exhibited at the RHA. https://t.co/Rgt5Ev9o5Q
Paperback, 1998
$12.95Member price:$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction; Introduction by John Leonard
Joan DidionMaeve Higgins"We tell ourselves stories in order to live. A sentence meant as an indictment has transformed into personal credo." Zadie Smith gets it right, naturally! Joan Didion and the Opposite of Magical Thinking https://t.co/eKg6c6zBYQ via @NewYorker
Hardcover, 2006
$40.00Member price:$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Grand Union: Stories
Zadie SmithMaeve Higgins"We tell ourselves stories in order to live. A sentence meant as an indictment has transformed into personal credo." Zadie Smith gets it right, naturally! Joan Didion and the Opposite of Magical Thinking https://t.co/eKg6c6zBYQ via @NewYorker
Paperback, 2020
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Updated and Expanded
David GraeberMaeve HigginsCouldn't write about debt forgiveness without mentioning David Graeber's insights on sophisticated civilizations that very deliberately did not reduce each other to transactions. And here's Peter Freuchen in his polar bear coat! https://t.co/tar2bpq9aJ https://t.co/zNcrEA1FyN
Hardcover, 2021
$34.99Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book