Neely Tucker Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Neely Tucker

w #Oscars2022 this wknd: fred macmurray thought he was lousy in "double indemnity." barbara stanwyck said it was "always her favorite" role. the stars & author james m. cain's letters about one of most famous oscar snubs, all @librarycongress. https://t.co/AFB2tDOdb1 https://t.co/V3HBBndYKv

Neely Tucker

@smathewss "absalom, absalom," "sound and the fury," anything by faulkner/mississippi. "dubliners" by joyce. washington, dc, in "lost in the city" and "all aunt hagar's children." edward p. jones. small-town ohio in morrison's "the bluest eye." do we have to say london/dickens?

Neely Tucker

@roswellencina cain's papers always fun. wrote @washingtonpost story sev years ago when a "lost novel" was found in an agent's files. from @librarycongress collection, here's how he named "the postman always rings twice," tho story has no postman and no ringing. https://t.co/BUMG6W8iN1

Neely Tucker

@roswellencina one of my favs about that era is sebastian faulks' "birdsong" which i loved, am never going to get over, and am never going to read again. remember parts of it like i read it last week. somehow it was 30 years ago (!!)

Neely Tucker

dark, riveting and accomplished.. Cosby has broken the mold by setting ferocious Black characters free in a slow-moving Southern landscape...Cosby’s world is Saturday night homicides, Sunday sermons, home-cooked cheeseburger casseroles and a fist to the face.

Neely Tucker

@smathewss "absalom, absalom," "sound and the fury," anything by faulkner/mississippi. "dubliners" by joyce. washington, dc, in "lost in the city" and "all aunt hagar's children." edward p. jones. small-town ohio in morrison's "the bluest eye." do we have to say london/dickens?

Neely Tucker

worked w a great team to produce this. featuring interviews w billy crystal about a certain fake orgasm, sissy spacek about the worst prom EVER, ricki lake and john waters about big girls getting the hot guy, and jodi benson (the little mermaid herself) singing just for you. https://t.co/7YQoHkDQKP