Matt Bell Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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@Aaron__Burch I always talk about reviews of Ben Marcus, which have the same pattern. Critics disliked Age of Wire and String. When Notable American Women arrived, they went, It's not as good as AOWAS—and then, when Flame Alphabet released: What happened to the Marcus of AOWAS and NAW?

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Another good example of this “set piece prologue” idea is in Nnedi Okorafor’s LAGOON (which I’m rereading for class right now): each of the book’s three parts has its own labeled prologue, all from the point of view of animals: a swordfish, a tarantula, and a bat. Pretty great! https://t.co/GCvv4AWuZb

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@mat_johnson @dubioustalents @Aaron__Burch There's definitely a panel expansion that just makes this every 90s album, since so many of the rap/hip-hop albums I have from that time also have a song or a sketch that was entirely inscrutable to me.

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I loved @melissafaliveno's TOMBOYLAND! If you haven't read it yet, its first birthday is as good a time as any to dive in. Congratulations, Melissa! https://t.co/SVld61Kl97

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I listened to the first half of @YanGeMay’s STRANGE BEASTS OF CHINA today (translated by @JeremyTiang and performed by @zwooman), and even though I’m not finished I already know it’s going to rank among my favorite reads of the year. Give this one a look! https://t.co/HeJdmlKqBE

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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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@mattkeeley Brian Evenson’s LAST DAYS and Kay Chronister’s DESERT CREATURES, the latter of which isn’t out yet.

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Today’s book mail: THE SOUVENIR MUSEUM by @elizmccracken, one of my most anticipated story collections of the year. Can’t wait! https://t.co/fTjYTtSItg

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Book #27 of 2022: BERSERK, vol. 1 by Kentaro Miura. Digital comic. https://t.co/BJetxrLC3B

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Show up for the mob hitman turned rabbi, stay for the surprise inclusion of one of the best literary depictions of the morning of 9/11 that I’ve read. So good.