Rachel Kramer Bussel Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Rachel Kramer Bussel

My latest newsletter on what essay writers can learn from Paris Hilton’s Paris: The Memoir (which is also a fascinating and disturbing read full of feminist and ADHD insights), via her husband Carter Reum’s book Shortcut Your Startup: https://t.co/S5yS97W8CM Partially paywalled. https://t.co/LdhL816Hrv

Rachel Kramer Bussel

These book bans and attempts are part of a bigger movement but it’s striking to me every time I hear about them just how threatening reading is to conservatives. Any book is fair game, too. The NPR article cited Maurice Sendak’s In the Night Kitchen and Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste.

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I’m loving the TV show character reading lists indie bookstore @RoomofOnesOwn posts. Here’s their Bob’s Burgers guide which includes @KwanaWrites romance Real Men Knit for Gayle. So fun! I’d love to see them do Abbott Elementary next! https://t.co/1Ahd1j8yEH?

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I’m angry, but I’m also deeply embarrassed by the parents trying to get The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison out of classrooms. They sound unhinged. These students are infinitely wiser than the letter writer below: https://t.co/Ax1krGTe3I https://t.co/JVHNpwTCy3

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Looking for a sexy holiday gift? My erotica anthologies are in print, ebook and audio! My top picks are here: https://t.co/kk7gsHY2TS For an erotica newbie, I recommend flash fiction book The Big Book of Orgasms. #HolidayGiftGuide #sexygifts https://t.co/DFUP9lTgxX

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I don’t know what to say about this Virginia governor ad about a parent trying to prevent their child from reading Beloved by Toni Morrison except I feel for English teachers and fear for our country’s future with kids so coddled this book is a threat. https://t.co/JpqjdMRdCB

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This is worth paying attention to if you care about authors. Dixon’s indie Ice Planet Barbarians series was a BookTok sensation in 2021 that garnered her a book deal with Berkley. The series is listed on Amazon but Kindle editions aren’t available: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H3RKRLB?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_dp_awt_sb_pc_tpbk https://twitter.com/katiwilde/status/1477732186430193664

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SUCH a great episode of writing podcast Write-Minded on #flashfiction by @grantfaulker, author of The Art of Brevity. If you write flash or are curious about it, definitely give it a listen: https://t.co/BQSbtgD807

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The other night I was so tired I fell asleep reading Jennette McCurdy’s excellent memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died. Drew plucked the book out of my hands & I didn’t even feel it. My sleep has been extremely erratic, but my mind has been extra creative lately, which feels like a gift.

Rachel Kramer Bussel

Parents are terrified of books and plays. A Kansas school district pulled Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give, Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower & August Wilson’s play Fences. https://www.scarymommy.com/kansas-handmaids-tale-books-pulled/