Maud Newton Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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RT @luxlotus: Meet Kia Corthron (MOON AND THE MARS, out 8/31): "I grew up in Appalachian Maryland, and my father worked for the local paper…

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I am sad to have finished reading Lauren Groff's FLORIDA and wish it could go on forever. The feral qualities of her writing are so true and exciting, inseparable from the gorgeous prose, with its perfect gleaming astonishing adjectives.

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@MarjoleineKars Rebecca Donner’s All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days Emily Raboteau’s Searching for Zion Dani Shapiro’s Inheritance Esmé Wang’s The Collected Schizophrenias Morgan Jerkins’ Wandering In Strange Lands

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Image reads: "Essential reading for anyone interested in learning more about themselves through the prism of the past – which is to say, nearly everyone. – Garrard Conley, author of Boy Erased" Pictured: my grandparents seated unhappily at a restaurant table, ~ 1939.

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RT @XochitltheG: 2022 Debuts: Xochitl Gonzalez's 'Olga Dies Dreaming' https://t.co/itGg7jdnEM via @WNYC

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Just finished FELLOWSHIP POINT and am crying on my sofa. One of those novels I wish I could read again, for the first time. https://t.co/1hBytLA9f5

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I'm dying to read EVERY GOOD-BYE AIN'T GONE by Itabari Njeri, thanks to @keziahweir, who says it and ANCESTOR TROUBLE “read very much in conversation with each other” and suggests treating yourself to “a double feature”! 📘📘 https://www.vanityfair.com/style/photos/2022/05/7-books-we-cant-stop-talking-about-in-may/

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@SonofBaldwin @andrehenry @lee_durkee (I started THE LAST TAXI DRIVER on the plane home and, well, I don't want to spoil all the surprises in store for you! I'm gonna polish it off here soon. And ALL THE WHITE FRIENDS I COULDN'T KEEP is one I need to pick up.)

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I've been giving away books that fed into or inspired Ancestor Trouble in one way or another. The next giveaway (starts mid-Sept) will include Lament of the Dead: Psychology After Jung's Red Book, & Jung's Memories, Dreams, Reflections. General info here: https://t.co/PyxDBVYCEH

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So many excellent books among the finalists—including, in nonfiction, @nhannahjones' THE 1619 PROJECT, Tanaïs' IN SENSORIUM, @edyong209's AN IMMENSE WORLD, and three I'm eager to read, from Ann Patchett, Margaret A. Burnham, and Lindsey Fitzharris. Congrats to all! https://t.co/IkWiLQpvkO