Naomi Fry Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Naomi Fry is a staff writer at the New Yorker. staff writer @newyorker | never underestimate the power of I'LL. SHOW. YOU. -- eli roth to harvey levin | my name is pronounced "nomi" just like in showgirls

The Goodby People
Gavin Lambert
some books worth REREADING, recommended by me and my esteemed colleagues (i wrote about gavin lambert's amazing "the goodby people") https://t.co/qGiQ8gKJ1o
Paperback, 2022
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The Country Life
Rachel Cusk
rachel cusk's the country life is a very funny book and i love it
Paperback, 2021
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Tiger Eyes
Judy Blume
transcribing an interview where i spend eighteen minutes recounting the plot of judy blume's tiger eyes to my subject apropos of nearly nothing
Paperback, 2014
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I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie
Pamela Des Barres
Talmudic
Paperback, 2005
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Groovy Bob: The Life and Times of Robert Fraser
Harriet Vyner
This is not an especially happy story, but it’s also not a moralistic, cautionary tale. Rather, it presents a thick portrait of a now mostly forgotten man, who, for a short while, shined so bright that he was able to almost single-handedly define his cultural moment.
Paperback, 2017
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What Makes Sammy Run?
Budd Schulberg
Schulberg…grew up in Hollywood, the son of a producer, but he writes with both an industry insider’s keenness and a sympathy for those shunted to that industry’s sidelines. Hollywood, after all, is just one case of the way things work in our world.
Paperback, 1993
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