Michele Filgate Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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it’s a book that uses history and America as a jumping-off point to dissolve borders and boundaries ... “Thrust” unveils the illusions that America was built on and continues to perpetrate, and how those beliefs can lead to bodily harm.

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RT @lequincampe: For @latimesbooks, I wrote about the novel NONE BUT THE RIGHTEOUS: Chantal James: "This is a book of faith aching to be cl…

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Can't wait to read a bunch of books coming out this year, including: CLOUD CUCKOO LAND by Anthony Doerr, ORWELL'S ROSES by Rebecca Solnit, THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS by Ruth Ozeki, HARROW by Joy Williams, THE EVERYBODY ENSEMBLE by Amy Leach, NEGATIVE SPACE by @lillydancyger

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Oooo. I can’t wait to read Hanya Yanagihara’s new book! A LITTLE LIFE = one of my favorite novels. https://t.co/NdkD9OdbmB

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I reviewed FIGHT NIGHT by Miriam Toews for @latimesbooks. https://t.co/Pvv4ObArV6

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I can't wait to see this film adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh's EILEEN: https://t.co/OaotJuKcrP

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And: FIELD STUDY by @Nahtil, THE GUILD OF THE INFANT SAVIOUR by @megangalbraith, FILTHY ANIMALS by @blgtylr, BLOW YOUR HOUSE DOWN by @Ginafrangello, SOUTHBOUND & THE PARTED EARTH by @AnjaliEnjeti, ON FREEDOM by Maggie Nelson, WHEN WE MAKE IT by Elisabet Velasquez.

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Levy, who imparts her intimately realistic world with uncanny touches that never ring false...wanted Elsa to accept the woman she encounters as real, even if she is slightly perturbed by the idea.

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Also: I’m FINALLY reading a Laurie Colwin novel (HAPPY ALL THE TIME) and I reread @lequincampe’s brilliant love letter to Colwin in @latimesbooks. Halfway through the book and already obsessed/need to read everything she wrote!

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Tomorrow night I’m in conversation with Atticus Lish about THE WAR FOR GLORIA, one of the best novels of the year. Hosted by @CommunityBkstr. Register here: https://t.co/SscANaOhu6