NYU Journalism 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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More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech
Meredith Broussard
THURSDAY: Join @bwln_nyu for a book talk with MORE THAN A GLITCH author @merbroussard on bias in #tech Register for 5pm ET livestream here: https://t.co/8RFqEQsTp4 #AI #journalism
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The Plague: (Annotated Edition)
Albert Camus
"As I read about his struggles, his doubts, his risks, all I could think was, Why on earth is he not using sulfa drugs?" | Professor @PerriKlass on rereading Albert Camus' 'The Plague' for a remote course during the #COVID19 pandemic @NEJM https://t.co/l4SpjflHEC #Literature
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Victory City
Salman Rushdie
Michael Gorra of @nytimes reviews 'Victory City' by Distinguished Writer-in-Residence @SalmanRushdie #SalmanRushdie #VictoryCity #book https://t.co/oXDEBHRybv
Paperback, 2024
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church
Rachel L. Swarns
Professor @rachelswarns latest book, 'The 272: The Families who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church,' is one of @PublishersWkly Top 10 history books to watch for this spring! https://t.co/XNEbuBLcFs #journalism #history #slavery
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American Caliph: The True Story of a Muslim Mystic, a Hollywood Epic, and the 1977 Siege of Washington, DC
Shahan Mufti
Tuesday, Feb 7 @ 6pm — BOOK TALK: 'American Caliph' by @shahanmufti, in conversation w/ @NewYorker's @andrewmarantz https://t.co/yleVs0gyjB #book #booktalk #journalism https://t.co/RolZWgtSEO
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Rachel Aviv
"Aviv’s book asks...Is there power to be found in the incoherence of the self?" @crc_nyu alum @cal_hitchcock reviews @RachelAviv's latest book "Strangers to Ourselves" for @LAReviewofBooks https://t.co/tXeHrZAkbZ #BookReview #journalism #mentalhealth
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Eyes and the Impossible: (Newbery Medal Winner)
Dave Eggers
"Eggers first employed the perspective of a dog in a short work in 2000, and has had the story of 'The Eyes' in his mind ever since." @crc_nyu alum @carmela_gua on #DaveEggers latest—THE EYES AND THE IMPOSSIBLE—for @sfexaminer https://t.co/8yJQ8E81ZN
Hardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Volunteers: Growing Up in the Forever War
Jerad W. Alexander
New book, 'Volunteers: Growing Up in the Forever War,' by NYU alum @jerad_alexander is out now! @AlgonquinBooks #memoir #nyujournalism @NYUAlumni #foreverwar https://t.co/thA5It4Heq
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
After Sappho
Selby Wynn Schwartz
@crc_nyu alum @melissa_rodman on @selbywynn's new book "After Sappho" https://t.co/Ds2hhvFhWh #journalism #bookreview
Paperback, 2024
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Plague
Albert Camus
"As I read about his struggles, his doubts, his risks, all I could think was, Why on earth is he not using sulfa drugs?" | Professor @PerriKlass on rereading Albert Camus' 'The Plague' for a remote course during the #COVID19 pandemic @NEJM https://t.co/l4SpjflHEC #Literature
Hardcover, 2021
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book