PopMatters Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Idea of Europe: A Critical History
Shane WellerPopMattersCritic Shane Weller’s THE IDEA OF EUROPE (@CambridgeUP), which is hampered by his British Euroscepticism, suggests that British critics are still not ready to listen to their neighbors, writes British expat Andrea Tallarita. Read Tallarita's argument: https://t.co/tHrhX14NXN https://t.co/E5H2oK8NrT
Hardcover, 2021
$44.99$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nasty+Notorious: Stories
Summer LopezPopMattersPREMIERE: Southwestern indie rocker Brian Lopez (@b_lopez_music) of XIXA and Calexico (@casadecalexico) fame premieres "3,000 Stories", the first single from his new album TIDAL that's releasing this summer. - @jfrahm_ https://t.co/kLQLp3JH4x https://t.co/etwEtqCBNP
Paperback, 2021
$11.11$5.55 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Conflict Graffiti: From Revolution to Gentrification
John LennonPopMattersSituating his study at sites of conflict and interviewing artists, scholar John Lennon’s visually-rich CONFLICT GRAFFITI [@UChicagoPress] gives readers new perspectives for interpreting the graffiti and street art they encounter. @lindalevitt https://t.co/ROpu3o84ff https://t.co/2Ldo8sN11q
Paperback, 2022
$33.00$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Monster Kids: How Pokémon Taught a Generation to Catch Them All
Daniel DockeryPopMattersHow Pokémon and Japanese Media Created a Generation of 'Monster Kids' ✍️ @AguaLives ➡️ https://t.co/zZCGH7Kxrk In Daniel Dockery’s MONSTER KIDS, Pikachus usher the pandemonium of Pokémania into the US, but his account of the phenomenon leaves readers wanting more. #videogames https://t.co/QRERQbi9aH
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Acting Class
Nick DrnasoPopMattersGlee and Melancholy in Nick Drnaso's ACTING CLASS #PMPick In our age of constant performance, Drnaso’s work of graphic fiction is not an escape, it’s hyperreality. ✍️ @AguaLives https://t.co/ZfNvKMqqDg https://t.co/51IbBBkNi3
Hardcover, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Alice: The Classic Victorian Play for Children: Adapted from "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll
Lewis CarrollPopMattersWhen Taylor Swift Fell Down Lewis Carroll's Rabbit Hole #TaylorSwift's "Wonderland" and "long story short" use imagination to interpret reality, whereas Lewis Carroll's Alice draws from reality to understand the imaginary. https://t.co/9LslYU2AR7 https://t.co/3f56oSwI1T
Paperback, 2015
$8.95$4.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beirut 2020: Diary of the Collapse
Charif MajdalaniPopMattersPopMatters' Best Books 2021: Charif Majdalani's BEIRUT 2020 @otherpress @ruthldiver Lebanon's crisis is put in historical perspective and the astute diary entries assume the quality of allegorical parables. – @rhearollmann Read: https://t.co/HMuXBsSmz6 https://t.co/plQZ27jugz
Paperback, 2021
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Twilight Zone
Nona FernándezPopMattersBest Books 2021: Nona Fernández's THE TWILIGHT ZONE @GraywolfPress Set in Pinochet's Chile, Fernández’s ingenious work of imagination tells a tangled and disturbing story that requires wading through an unsettling fog. – @DRockfromda941 Read on: https://t.co/HMuXBsSmz6 https://t.co/zYbYOQc0ru
Paperback, 2021
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The State of Israel vs. the Jews
Sylvain CypelPopMattersBest Books 2021: Sylvain Cypel's THE STATE OF ISRAEL VS. THE JEWS @otherpress As more young Jews throughout the world immerse themselves in conversations about social justice, Cypel's book will serve as a critical resource. – Jeremy Levine Read on: https://t.co/HMuXBsSmz6 https://t.co/7TZx3w1HlC
Paperback, 2024
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Crossroads
Jonathan FranzenPopMattersBreaking form with his latest work, CROSSROADS [@fsgbooks] #JonathanFranzen has not written a social novel. He has written an Antisocial Novel. – @jessekavadlo https://popm.at/3zKQiYW https://t.co/zYcuFK7mol
Paperback, 2022
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