Sam Hurwitt Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Sam Hurwitt

I’ve been a Ruth Ozeki fan since My Year of Meats, and her latest is just packed: a kid who hears the voices of objects, his widowed hoarder mom losing herself in stuff, Borges-quoting street artists, a Japanese tidiness guru. Some of it spoke to me so much it stressed me out. https://t.co/z2PRyijEQx

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@sheologian Just finished reading the Mary Rodgers memoir, Shy. Also started listening to Silvia Garcia-Moreno’s The Daughter of Doctor Moreau.

Sam Hurwitt

24. It’s funny reading this so soon after Natalie Haynes’ Stone Blind, another marvelously told feminist reimagining of the same myth. Heywood’s version is also great and totally different, with no supernatural elements, all told from the perspective of Danae, Medusa & Andromeda. https://t.co/jqhq3oD7Ve

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Qui Nguyen's play "She Kills Monsters," popular at high schools nationwide, canceled at an Ohio high school because there's a gay character in it. https://t.co/BCAbUoBDJd

Sam Hurwitt

@sheologian Just finished reading the Mary Rodgers memoir, Shy. Also started listening to Silvia Garcia-Moreno’s The Daughter of Doctor Moreau.

Sam Hurwitt

Diablo Cody brings Alanis Morissette songs to life in @jaggedmusical: I interviewed Cody for the @mercnews about writing the book for the musical "Jagged Little Pill," which @broadwaysf is bringing to SF's Golden Gate Theatre. https://t.co/q0zVF6LJdl #sftheater @Theatre_Critics

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@clairewillett There’s a passage in the Star Trek The Motion Picture novelization nominally by Gene Roddenberry where Kirk reflects at length that the reason he and Spock never became lovers is that Vulcans don’t want sex nearly frequently enough for his tastes.

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Fairy-tale mashup brings musical magic to Mount Tamalpais: My review of @themountainplay's "Into the Woods" is in today's @marinij. https://t.co/nUoCX8NqO5 #theater #theatre #sftheatre #musical #sondheim

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I loved Natalie Haynes’ A Thousand Ships, retelling the Trojan War from various women characters’ POVs, & this nonfiction book about the women’s portrayal in Greek Myth is also great. Having written plays about Helen, Penelope & Medea, I would’ve found it an invaluable resource. https://t.co/5BCxMRpaMB

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Jazz club blues play out onstage at @AuroraTheatreCo: My review of Dominique Morisseau's "Paradise Blue" is in the @mercnews. https://t.co/ZYX7jpbNuc