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Sasha Weiss Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Sasha Weiss is culture editor at the New York Times Magazine. Deputy Editor, Culture @NYTmag (photo is by @ryan_kathy)

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Book Cover for: Passing, Nella Larsen

Passing

Nella Larsen
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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

$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Good Lord Bird (National Book Award Winner), James McBride

The Good Lord Bird (National Book Award Winner)

James McBride
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.@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

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Hot Seat: A Year of Outrage, Pride, and Occasional Games of College Football, Ben Mathis-Lilley

The Hot Seat: A Year of Outrage, Pride, and Occasional Games of College Football

Ben Mathis-Lilley
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@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
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Book Cover for: Easy Beauty: A Memoir, Chloé Cooper Jones

Easy Beauty: A Memoir

Chloé Cooper Jones
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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

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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