Samuel Miller McDonald Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Samuel Miller McDonald

The Hatred of Poetry—Ben Lerner It's a fun essay about poetry by Ben Lerner. Who doesn't like a fun essay about poetry by Ben Lerner? https://t.co/pZLOJ6slDb

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Economic growth has long been treated as a sacred idol by economists and pundits. A new book, The Future is Degrowth by @MGSchmelzer, Andrea Vetter, and @a_vansi brings levelheaded analysis, historical and scientific research to the issue of growth: https://t.co/p3kAJiQvWE

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Stella Maris—Cormac McCarthy Read with The Passenger only. It's also very good. Will take me more reads to appreciate fully. After looking through many reviews, there's only one worthwhile one I've seen so far, James Wood's at the New Yorker: https://t.co/gEzfO8DWJE

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Lincoln in the Bardo—George Saunders ~Lit drama, experimental, paranormal~ Took me a bit to get into it but when I did found it very affecting. The Lincoln sentimentality is thick, but it compensates by being rich & complex, funny, with some well-earned tragedy R https://t.co/nVW2oOdHWV

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No Country For Old Men—Cormac McCarthy It's clear this started as a screenplay and then got dressed up as a novel later. It's fun and has glimmers of introspection, but also lots of odd moralizing. Worth reading even if you've seen the movie and did/didn't enjoy it https://t.co/deErLxPeg7

Samuel Miller McDonald

No Country For Old Men—Cormac McCarthy It's clear this started as a screenplay and then got dressed up as a novel later. It's fun and has glimmers of introspection, but also lots of odd moralizing. Worth reading even if you've seen the movie and did/didn't enjoy it https://t.co/deErLxPeg7

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The Passenger/Stella Maris are intricate and original. This review by @MedinaMora does justice to their complexity and explains the bewildered responses from a lot of critics. It's a good read alongside the novels: https://t.co/WBUBnYSoTo