Matt Bell Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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The weekend’s book mail: THISTLEFOOT by @grnethercott, out in September from @VintageAnchor. I love the cover, love the jacket copy. Excited to dig in. https://t.co/LUoSwQ74mW

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RT @ddillingworth: On the day “Mrs. Dalloway” was published, Virginia Woolf wrote about her next novel. (Diaries, 5/14/25) https://t.co/o1S…

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I started reading Gabrielle Zeven's TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW. In 20 pages, there's a woman handing out mysterious 3.25" floppies in a train station and an intimate dorm room D&D-game-for-two and is it possible this novel is aimed at my very specific nostalgia/desire?

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@JohannesGoranss I'd read a single paragraph stream of consciousness novella that begins this way. Nicholson Baker's I STOPPED AT THE BEACH ON THE WAY TO THE MEZZANINE.

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Yesterday's book purchases: THE WAR FOR GLORIA by Atticus Lish (@AAKnopf) and AMONG THIEVES by @mjkuhnbooks (@SagaSFF). https://t.co/md7E7VpApq

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Getting through all of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War as read by Game of Throne’s Littlefinger in a single gym workout has probably left me well-prepared for something, but what? The number of kingdoms I need to get conquered today is surprisingly low. https://t.co/1zjCq3e77G

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I’m serving as host/inquisitor for Anthony Doerr’s event tonight at @changinghands for the launch of his new novel CLOUD CUCKOO LAND, and I’m excited to talk to him about it. Join us by livestream or in-person (!) with the purchase of a book! https://www.changinghands.com/event/september2021/anthony-doerr-cloud-cuckoo-land

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@TheLincoln Stephen King rewrote all the cultural references in THE STAND at least twice after its initial publication, when it came out in paperback and again when the unabridged version came out, so that it would always be happening in the present.

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(I wanted to ask Jonathan Franzen about this when we did our Crossroads event, but decided it wasn't his problem.)

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@cliffgarstang My Appleseed does! So does The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara, The Actual Star by Monica Byrne, the new Doerr, the latest Hanya Yanagihara, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama…