Maria Popova 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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Maria Popova is a blogger and cultural critic. Reader. Writer. Creator of The Marginalian (long ago named Brain Pickings). Author of #Figuring. Lover of trees. Petter of moss. Rider of a cobalt blue bicycle.
Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women
Maya AngelouMaria PopovaWe lost Maya Angelou 8 years ago today, having gained beauty and wisdom for lifetimes to come. Hear her beloved voice carry the iconic poem "Phenomenal Woman": https://t.co/2gvONUzTdS
Hardcover, 1995
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Optimism
Helen KellerMaria PopovaHelen Keller died 55 years ago today, leaving us her hard-earned wisdom on optimism https://t.co/juJhx1Cr4d
Paperback, 2011
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de Profundis
Oscar WildeMaria PopovaPatti Smith reads Oscar Wilde's stirring letter on suffering and transcendence, penned while imprisoned for loving whom he loved https://t.co/ihhZIN9ZQH
Paperback, 2000
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Gratitude
Oliver SacksMaria Popova“I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.” Remembering Oliver Sacks, who would have been 90 today, with his beautiful wisdom on life and death https://t.co/Mf2y3T3M2K
Hardcover, 2015
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The Grapes of Wrath
John SteinbeckMaria PopovaOn this day in 1938, John Steinbeck completed his classic "The Grapes of Wrath," which won him a Pulitzer and paved the way for his Nobel. He wrote it in only 6 months (!), using his diary as a tool of self-discipline and an antidote to self-doubt https://t.co/9lSP0SFxW1
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The Lover
Marguerite DurasMaria PopovaMarguerite Duras, born on this day in 1914, on what makes life worth living despite the haunting fact of death https://t.co/NxSdmKQUjp
Paperback, 1998
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Ulysses
Joyce JamesMaria Popova“You may gather from my article what Ulysses has done to a supposedly balanced psychologist.” On James Joyce's birthday, Carl Jung's review of Ulysses https://t.co/XWWI3vs5sI
Paperback, 2017
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The Giving Tree
Shel SilversteinMaria PopovaSome sweetness for your weekend: A decade after "The Giving Tree," Shel Silverstein illustrated and illuminated the simple secret of true love and nurturing relationships https://t.co/M3yOAicTlb
Hardcover, 2014
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Parable of the Talents
Octavia E. ButlerMaria Popova“Love quiets fear. And a sweet and powerful positive obsession blunts pain, diverts rage, and engages each of us in the greatest, the most intense of our chosen struggles.” Octavia Butler on creativity and how we become who we are https://t.co/qmssoo8hHC
Paperback, 2019
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Little Red Riding Hood
Tiger TalesMaria PopovaThe Little Red Riding Hood and other beloved tales, reimagined by the subversive genius Edward Gorey https://t.co/cxHD7uKMPj
Paperback, 2015
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