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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

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Book Cover for: The Goodby People, Gavin Lambert

The Goodby People

Gavin Lambert
Naomi FryNaomi Fry

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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Book Cover for: The Country Life, Rachel Cusk

The Country Life

Rachel Cusk
Naomi FryNaomi Fry

rachel cusk's the country life is a very funny book and i love it

Paperback, 2021

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Book Cover for: Tiger Eyes, Judy Blume

Tiger Eyes

Judy Blume
Naomi FryNaomi Fry

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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Book Cover for: I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie, Pamela Des Barres

I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie

Pamela Des Barres
Naomi FryNaomi Fry

Talmudic

Paperback, 2005

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Book Cover for: Groovy Bob: The Life and Times of Robert Fraser, Harriet Vyner

Groovy Bob: The Life and Times of Robert Fraser

Harriet Vyner
Naomi FryNaomi Fry

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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Book Cover for: What Makes Sammy Run?, Budd Schulberg

What Makes Sammy Run?

Budd Schulberg
Naomi FryNaomi Fry

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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