Sasha Weiss Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Sasha Weiss is culture editor at the New York Times Magazine. Deputy Editor, Culture @NYTmag (photo is by @ryan_kathy)

Passing
Nella Larsen
A searching piece by @AlexKleeman about being multi-racial in America, sensing gaps in your family's history, trying to fill them in, and how Nella Larsen's "Passing" (the book and Rebecca Hall's new film adaptation) can be a key https://t.co/xfgAE5xObR
Paperback, 2003
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The Good Lord Bird (National Book Award Winner)
James McBride
.@carvellwallace with a searching consideration of "The Good Lord Bird," Ethan Hawke's adaptation of James McBride's novel about John Brown and why, despite its excellence as TV, it just doesn't sit well with him https://t.co/rHbMZjNQU8
Paperback, 2014
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The Hot Seat: A Year of Outrage, Pride, and Occasional Games of College Football
Ben Mathis-Lilley
@BenMathisLilley is one of the sharpest and funniest people I know. His new book about college football is out this week and it is as slyly insightful as he is
Hardcover, 2022
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Easy Beauty: A Memoir
Chloé Cooper Jones
This essay by @CCooperJones is so poised, frank, and provocative. Made me see Bernini sculptures and beauty at large in a new way. It's adapted from her beautiful forthcoming book EASY BEAUTY that I can't recommend enough.
Paperback, 2023
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