Monica Byrne Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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@niallharrison @montsamu @NussbaumAbigail Yeah I’d say braided, and Stan said that and ‘interwoven,’ too. Another example of the linear pattern is Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham.

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Other terrific nun content: 1. Lying Awake by Mark Salzman 2. Mariette in Ecstasy by Ron Hansen 3. Exiles by Ron Hansen 4. The Sixteen Pleasures by Robert Hellenga (Hmmm, all men…🤔😅)

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Amid everything else going on today: BLOODMARKED, the second installment in the LEGENDBORN trilogy, is out today from Tracy Deonn. Legendborn was absolutely stunning and I have just stabbed tf out of the "buy" button for the sequel. https://t.co/ka2qRuTJPt

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Two major influences I forgot to list in the acknowledgements of The Actual Star and it’s driving me mad: 1. Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play by Anne Washburn 2. Joan of Arc: A Life by Mary Gordon Please don’t sue me

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IN ONE HOUR: catch me and Kim Stanley Robinson in conversation, followed by Q&A, hosted by @FlyleafBooks! To attend, just buy a paperback of The Actual Star and put in the comments that you’d like to attend: https://t.co/2FAsoNddNb https://t.co/mC5H2dyGoB

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@noahgittell There’s an entire book about exactly that, called The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson.

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@jessicaesquire The Surrender by Toni Bentley.

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I keep fantasizing about a massive bill strike, like Kim Stanley Robinson describes in New York 2140, Red Moon, and Ministry for the Future. Stop paying medical bills. Stop paying utility bills. Stop paying mortgage bills. Bring the banks to their knees in a matter of days.

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@lesbrains Short story collections: The Compass Rose by Ursula K. Le Guin, Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, and Story of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang.

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Literati: It’s pretentious to capitalize nouns in fiction Susanna Clarke: *bursts in and slams down a copy of Piranesi* GUESS WHAT MOTHERFUCKERS