Pamela Paul Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Just finished this superb debut, a historical novel set in the late nineteenth century about the efforts by two men to destigmatize homosexuality in the face of bigotry and British law at the time...well worth reading if you haven’t already.

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Something different this month for The New York Times's/PBS NewsHour Now Read This book club pick. It's YA. And it's in verse. Read Elizabeth Acevedo's award-winning novel, "The Poet X" https://t.co/yEHxhDCOEd

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The December book club pick for Now Read This, The Times/PBS NewsHour's book club, is Casey Gerald's memoir, "There Will Be No Miracles Here." Read Mitchell Jackson's review in The New York Times Book Review https://t.co/89Xv4SesMw

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On this week's Book Review podcast, @parul_sehgal, @jenszalai and I debate whether "The Great Gatsby" is a great novel, Fitzgerald vs. Hemingway and whether one should revisit literary opinions formed in junior high. https://t.co/awaM9ZG2b3

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We are honoring the winners of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize tonight. Here is Kerri Greenidge, winner of the history prize for “Black Radical,” her biography of William Monroe Trotter. Congratulations to all! https://t.co/mifbyYQZpW

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RT @BeschlossDC: Greatly honored by just-posted New York Times Book Review on my new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR by the esteemed historian Jay W…

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Colson and Colm on this week's podcast: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/books/review/podcast-colson-whitehead-harlem-shuffle-colm-toibin-magician.html?campaign_id=0&emc=edit_bk_20210917&instance_id=0&nl=books&regi_id=0&segment_id=0&te=1&user_id=a92c5b5c754103b124349f9961946e6e

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It's the Alan/Allen episode of the Book Review podcast (it's OK to hear "Two Alans!"): @Alancumming talks about his memoir BAGGAGE and Allen Guelzo talks about Robert E. Lee. https://t.co/iSN5gxJMBl

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Oh, Russell Baker. So many early newspaper reading memories tied to his name and his words. And his marvelous memoir, "Growing Up," a glimpse into a bygone era. Read it now if you haven't yet. RIP https://t.co/wpnXohhN86

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You wouldn't have guessed it from last week's Rooneymania, but Sally Rooney's new novel wasn't even out until today. Here's Brandon Taylor's smart, sharp review of "Beautiful World Where Are You" from the cover of the NYTBR. https://t.co/dtS3unxwPI